So, as the guy who started the thread, I wanted to put a bow tie on this one... it's a good
and bad news ending
The
good news? The seller is a great dude... he was responsive, friendly and we even met (ironically, I noticed he lives 2 town from me!). So I asked if he'd mind a brief meet/greet so I could see the card I was planning to bid on. He enthusiastically said yep, we met this morning and had a great mini chat, the card looked awesome and i tucked away the 1/1,000 bad Ebay review. Clearly a non-issue with this seller.
The
bad news? I got shnookered in the auction! The card got away from me and just went past my budget
- DOH!! (Looking for a great King Kelly to add to my collection btw... have one? "Call me!")
But I'd much rather tell this story than the reverse - good guy/lost card is better than bad guy/got card.
Anywho... thanks again for all of the advice and your own experience here. I enjoyed (and learned) the process over the last day or two.
Back to the drwaing board
#insearchofKingKelly
Have a great weekend
(and Go Sox!)
Jeff