I won this lot of 75 T-210's on ebay a few weeks ago (which includes a Kelly - Mascot). I knew I was taking a gamble, but thought that I could remove the black tape on the reverse of them. After trying many approaches, there is one thing I can say for certain: This tape is NOT coming off.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1910-OLD-MIL...p2047675.l2557
I was always planning on reselling them (maybe keeping a few), but now I have a quandary of how to do it. I certainly will not try to pawn them off as a whole, trying to get another “gambler” to fruitlessly try to remove the tape.
My thought right now is to sell them individually on ebay, as is. I would list them “as is,” explain that I do not believe the tape will ever come off, and therefore “no returns.” My foreseeable problem (paranoia ?) with that is when a buyer who thinks he can remove tape receives them, and realizes tape is not coming off, he would then go through ebay/paypal for a return. Knowing ebay, even if I state “no returns,” they would probably side with the buyer.
I know I could go the BST route, with more educated/accepting, and less disgruntled buyers. However, I have a few busy weeks coming up and am not ready to do so right now (in other words this is not meant to be a “cheap” front page selling thread).
Opinions ???
Upon re-reading this, I realize BST/ebay are my best options, BUT any other opinions would be welcome (other than submitting them to PSA requesting a “Black Tape Find” label
).