Eddie Plank Letter

[thetruthisoutthere]

Originally Posted by RichardSimon

I hate to see anyone in this hobby get taken advantage of but why would you buy this letter?
A Plank letter should go for $25,000++ and you bought it for not much money. Didn't that set off an alarm for you?
Use that Yiddish brain next time .

In this particular case, the buyer was not taken advantage of, but in fact, the opposite occurred.

The buyer was hoping to take advantage of the possibility that no one was watching that listing and was looking to buy it cheap and flip it.

No sympathy for the buyer here.

[jgmp123]

Originally Posted by thetruthisoutthere

In this particular case, the buyer was not taken advantage of, but in fact, the opposite occurred.

The buyer was hoping to take advantage of the possibility that no one was watching that listing and was looking to buy it cheap and flip it.

No sympathy for the buyer here.

The buyer placed a bid on an item that Justin Priddy said was authentic. Sorry Chris, but the buyer was taken advantage of.

[thetruthisoutthere]

Originally Posted by jgmp123

The buyer placed a bid on an item that Justin Priddy said was authentic. Sorry Chris, but the buyer was taken advantage of.

$175.00 for a Eddie Plank signed letter and the buyer was taken advantage of?

Strongly disagree.

[ibuysportsephemera]

I agree with Chris. In fact the buyer admits that he was hoping "it slipped through the cracks".

This is why there is so much fraud in the autograph industry. The roaches and others will continue to pump this stuff out as long as there are people buying it. There are far too many collectors or dealers trying to make a quick buck or find a steal.

The person or collector that suffers from these fakes are the ones that have no little or no experience and are truly purchasing an autograph for their collection. This is not an excuse for not doing your homework, but I would guess that the majority of collectors don't have (or want to have) the kind of knowledge that our members have.

Just my 2¢.

Jeff

[JimStinson]

I bought a lottery ticket for $1.00 , the sign in front of the store said the jackpot was 10 Million dollars the next day the numbers didn;t match my ticket ...I feel I was taken advantage of

[jgmp123]

All I am saying is this, It doesn't matter the $$ amount. If you purchase something that you believe to be authentic and it turns out to be fake, you are being taken advantage of. I understand that the buyer should have been aware and did his own research and yadda yadda yadda...I get that...I totally understand that, but take $$ out of the equation and the buyer was taken advantage of.

[thetruthisoutthere]

Originally Posted by jgmp123

All I am saying is this, It doesn't matter the $$ amount. If you purchase something that you believe to be authentic and it turns out to be fake, you are being taken advantage of. I understand that the buyer should have been aware and did his own research and yadda yadda yadda...I get that...I totally understand that, but take $$ out of the equation and the buyer was taken advantage of.

Ah, the dollar amount is part of the equation and always will be.

Look at thousands of buyers who purchased Mantle, Williams and DiMaggio forgeries.

Why did they purchase those forgeries for between $10.00 and $50.00? Because they thought they could flip them on Ebay for between 10-20 times their purchase price. And 99% of that crap was removed before it sold.

Absolutely no sympathy for those buyers and the OP of this thread.

Jeff wrote "In fact the buyer admits that he was hoping "it slipped through the cracks".

Excellent post, Jeff.

[JimStinson]

At least the last name is spelled correctly.

[cubsfan-budman]

Originally Posted by thetruthisoutthere

Ah, the dollar amount is part of the equation and always will be.

Look at thousands of buyers who purchased Mantle, Williams and DiMaggio forgeries.

Why did they purchase those forgeries for between $10.00 and $50.00? Because they thought they could flip them on Ebay for between 10-20 times their purchase price. And 99% of that crap was removed before it sold.

Absolutely no sympathy for those buyers and the OP of this thread.

Jeff wrote "In fact the buyer admits that he was hoping "it slipped through the cracks".

Excellent post, Jeff.

If you read the dude's last post, I didn't get the impression that he was looking for sympathy. He said it was a shot in the dark and basically that it was a lesson learned.

Not sure where your vitriol toward the OP is coming from.

I think its annoying that people create forgeries. It is unfortunate that we all can't be autograph experts, indeed.

But the fact is some jackass sat there and wrote out a fake Plank letter, got it authenticated and someone else bought it. The person that bought it got hosed. There's really no other way to consider this, as far as I can tell.

Christian Augustus

[chaddurbin]

the buyer knew what he was getting (a $175 shot in the dark at 20-25k item) so he didn't get hosed or ripped off...the sucky part is the plank turned out to be exactly what he'd thought.

same thing with scavengers going to flea markets and gambling $50 on a painting thinking it could be some expensive artwork. once in a blue moon it works out most of the time it's money flushed away.