Biggest Mistakes as Buyers/Sellers

[zljones]

When I first started collecting again as an adult I made a stupid rookie mistake. I saw a really crappy beat down Hank Aaron rookie card in auction on ebay. The seller was from Canada, the background behind the cartoon characters on the back was white instead of green. And the card looked downright kinda funny. Againt my better judgement, I bid anyway and paid $100 for the card and $25 for shipping. I also never asked the seller about the measurements of the care either. Stupid!

I get the card and low and behold it was a dirty, worthless reprint. I bugged the seller to death that it was sold a reprint. He said he got it from his uncle in the 1980s. He said a friend of his said it was real. I told him it did not measure up and that the background behind the cartoon was white. he refunded the money but did not refund the shipping. I lost $25 then sent it back to him.

A few months later the dirty reprint was returned to me as unclaimed, the seller never even picked it up from the P.O. he had me send it to. I was stupid but made a rookie mistake returning to the hobby, plus I did not know vintage cards, I then took it upon myself to do the research to make sure I never got ripped again. Now it should be really hard to rip me off now.