Beautiful "T3"

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Posted By: Kenneth A. Cohen

I know these scams appear endlessly and they can get pretty banal, but this one and the amount of the bid blow me away nonetheless, unless of course it's stu_p_dazzo doing the bidding.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=320272374302&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=011

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Posted By: martindl

I've no interests in these T3's but I'm always open to learning. What about these auctions says to you 'scam', other than than the zero feedback?

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Posted By: Steve

Ken, If I may...

Red flags that jump right out, the Gloss (scammers shouldn't use the flash), blurred image, very dark top and left border, bright white back.

Couple those with a new seller and this auction screams scammer.

On a positive note, his Scandinavian auto parts appear legit!

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Posted By: Robert Klevens

The seller wrote: From mid-1910 through mid-1911, packs of Turkey Red brand
cigarettes (as well as Old Mill and Fez) contained coupons redeemable
for a full-color, cabinet sized (5 3/4" X 8") premium picturing one of 126
different baseball players and athletes (boxers).

He didn't actually mention the size of the card he is selling, could it be the small reprint?

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Posted By: jim sexton

I happen to notice that the winning bidder for this lot was the same guy who won the phony scrapbook album on the memorabilia forum. That is what you call a bad day.

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Posted By: Anonymous

jim - perhaps the buyer is someone who looks out for their fellow collectors by buying up bogus listings. But it might a guy who just got scammed twice.

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Posted By: Frank Wakefield

Maybe the buyer is a shill who keeps the bogus stuff from going to cheaply... And maybe not.

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Posted By: Ted Sherman

I was in contact with the seller, aside from the gloss, I thought they could have been legit. However not at those prices. It's hard to cheat an honest man! Some of the stains are consitent with those I have seen on t3's, upon a second look the backs look very white