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Posted By: Kenny Cole

If I understand this correctly, some graded poor American Beauty backs were sold for $20 each which, depending on the card, is not too bad a deal for the seller. Now, because the seller was evidently unaware of the well-publicized fact that ABs are narrower than other T206s, he seems to think that the transaction was "not right" and feel taken advantage of. Am I right so far?

I would think that the first lesson of selling something is to have some basic clue regarding the value of your merchandise. If you don't, that's teh seller's fault, not the buyer's. Second, I think that a deal's a deal unless one of the parties engages in some sort of deception. Then all bets are off. Last, I'm trying to figure out what the issue is. The seller presumably was paid more than the cards were worth, the buyer was happy to get them for set collecting purposes, a lesson was (hopefully) learned, and best as I can tell, no one lost anything in the transaction. In fact, there appears to have been a net gain for all involved. Am I missing something? What's the beef?