1971 Topps Complete Set offered by NESC....Advice

[Hammerin'Hank]

$1,500 for a pretty decent 1971 Topps Complete Set of raw cards. Condition appears to be EX-MMT 6 with a few in EX and a some NMT. Maybe a couple of NM-MT.

Its being offered by New England Sports Cards. They have many good reviews on Ebay but a few bad ones where they are accused of bait and switch. Does anyone here have experience buying sets from them ?

I'm strongly considering this set but would value the opinion of others.

[vintagetoppsguy]

I've been buying from NESC for years. I've never had a problem with them. I've also read where others have (never bait and switch -just overstated condition), but that's never been the case from my experience.

[Hammerin'Hank]

The stories of corners and edges being touched up with markers is scaring me from buying a set of all raw black border cards.

[vintagetoppsguy]

Originally Posted by Hammerin'Hank

The stories of corners and edges being touched up with markers is scaring me from buying a set of all raw black border cards.

Are you speaking in general or from what you heard about NESC? I've never heard of NESC touching up cards. However, I have heard of others touching up cards - especially '71s.

When building my '71 set, I found it was easy to spot touched-up cards (fortunately I didn't end up with many) by stacking them raw (a small stack, like 50 or so) and then taking the stack and looking at all 4 sides. The black Sharpie will bleed though to the edges and they are easy to spot and pick out when in a stack with clean cards.

[111gecko]

Done several deals with them...always been very happy.

[K-Nole]

Add me to the list of having many dealings with them, and I have been happy with every one the dealings.

[Hammerin'Hank]

Thanks for the input everyone.