What makes you most suspicious of an eBay auction?

[CobbSpikedMe]

Originally Posted by Jay Wolt

A very tiny scan so you can't really tell about the condition of the card

I hate the tiny scans! What a waste of an auction listing.

[Al C.risafulli]

Lack of a back scan, particularly on a raw card or a lower-grade graded card.

-Al

[Nashvol]

"sorry for the poor scan, it doesn't do justice to the quality of the card"

[Leon]

Sellers with high end cards not graded while others of theirs are...

[smtjoy]

An auction with lots of early bidding and then the high bidder has bid 100% with that seller.

[tcjsavannah]

"I'm not a professional grader but these cards look sharp/great/fantastic/mint/etc."

Doesn't make me suspicious, just seems very unwarranted, especially if you're putting pics in of the cards. Just once I'd like to see an auction where a guy says, "Why yes, I -am- a professional grader..."

[Deertick]

Registered within the past month, has 10 feedback (all buying, e-delivery to boot) and all of a sudden is selling high dollar cards with crappy photos. Oh yeah, and using eBay mobile to list.

[JollyRoger]

When a seller has the card listed both auction style and buy it now style at the same time.

[WillowGrove]

Originally Posted by Leon

Sellers with high end cards not graded while others of theirs are...

+1!

[Anthony S.]

Dead bodies lying in the background of the photo, just behind the card.

[Howe’s Hunter]

Originally Posted by Anthony S.

I had a Howe McCormick stamp made late last year. Ed's quest won't be ending anytime soon.

A sudden glut of a difficult card you've been looking for....

[rp12367]

Originally Posted by Al C.risafulli

Lack of a back scan, particularly on a raw card or a lower-grade graded card.

-Al

+1

I think all vintage should have a back scan.

[wolf441]

How about the:

"So, I'm divorcing my husband after I found out that he was a cheating SOB and now I'm going to sell off his precious baseball card collection. I know nothing about these stupid cards, but he was always bragging about how much they were worth...."

[jefferyepayne]

The number of times the seller puts the word "VERY" in front of "RARE" in the description. So far the record I've seen is 10.

jeff

[Howe’s Hunter]

http://tinyurl.com/8bex89n

Bad image. Out of focus. Strange background. High dollar card. Low feedback, No back scan or image. Story of how he just got it. Doesn't know if it is real or not, but will let us decide. And, oh, he doesn't really care.

[SMPEP]

Am I allowed to say ... Rick Probstein (as a joke!) without getting sued???

Cheers,
Patrick