Time to unload those vgex T206

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Posted By: Mike Brailey

Todd,

I take great offense to your last posting on Network 54 regarding any insinuation that the T206 Bescher auction was in any way illegetimate. I take great pride in my honesty and integrity and feel slandered by your comments as I believe you have absolutely no right to make this type of comment without any real evidence.

I posted a card on Ebay, the card sold for much more than I valued it and the item was paid for in full by a person I do not know living some 2,000 miles away from me in a state I have never visited. I've posted 19 other cards on ebay over the past 2 weeks and many of the cards have sold for much less than I thought they would. How would you explain these? Do you think someone would be so ignorant as to make one sale stand out so much if they were really trying to defraud?

I've been an ebay member for many years and as of yet have not received a negative or neutral comment out of over 1,000 transactions. I've bought cards from many prominent dealers and top auction houses over the past 20+ years and keep excellent credit with each and every one. I've interacted with many Network 54 members and have always negotiated and traded in good faith.

What basis do you have for making your allegation other than a person who was an underbidder on one auction soon after bid on a similar graded item that went for a high price in a different seller's auction?

I find this entire public commentary distasteful especially when it jeopardized the initial sale to what turned out to be a genuine buyer and now has questioned my integrity. I do not believe your comment is in the true spirit for which Network 54 was started.

Regards,
Mike Brailey (Ebay ID: brails)