Dumb Ebay questions

[buymycards]

Scott, do you have any better scans? Who wrote 1b on the back? Can you send me scans of all four edges?

Thanks,

Rick

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by buymycards

Scott, do you have any better scans? Who wrote 1b on the back? Can you send me scans of all four edges?

Thanks,

Rick

Rick, I am going to re-scan the card through a microscope, pixel by pixel, numbered by column and row so that interested bidders can piece it back together if desired. '1b' was actually written at the factory by a disgruntled employee named either 'Ed Smith' or 'Bill Davis' - he should be easy to find.

Here is the center one-eighth of the left edge, viewed with the front side of the card facing upward:

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by Runscott

Rick, I am going to re-scan the card through a microscope, pixel by pixel, numbered by column and row so that interested bidders can piece it back together if desired. '1b' was actually written at the factory by a disgruntled employee named either 'Ed Smith' or 'Bill Davis' - he should be easy to find.

Here is the center one-eighth of the left edge, viewed with the front side of the card facing upward:

Looks like it was soaked.

[smrtn240]

now that's the way to do it

[drc]

One thing is I've had blunt, brusk questions from people who won the item and gave positive feedback. So it may just be his way of communicating and he's on the up and up. Which is in part why I recommended answering his question.

I had a guy ask a blunt, accusatory question about the authenticity on an eBay item. I explained and he thanked me and apologized for the tone of initial question, saying that he'd had some recent bad eBay experiences so was grouchy.

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by drc

One thing is I've had blunt, brusk questions from people who won the item and gave positive feedback. So it may just be his way of communicating and he's on the up and up. Which is in part why I recommended answering his question.

I had a guy ask a blunt, accusatory question about the authenticity on an eBay item. I explained and he thanked me and apologized for his initial question, saying that he'd had some recent bad eBay experiences so was grouchy.

David, I didn't post the rest of our exchange, but believe me - he had no good motives. Like Howard above, he was trying to get a flame war going.

It didn't work - I responded to a couple of his messages, then added him to my 'blocked bidders' list and moved on.

[drc]

Okay.

It was an old card show technique for scammers to proclaim a dealer's autographs are fake in the hopes of getting them at discount. At least Mr. Mint said that in one of his books That crossed my mind with your post.

[drc]

I remember when a guy called me to negotiate price over an expensive item I had for sale. Early in the conversation he said "My favorite book is Donald Trump's Art of the Deal." I though "Oh, God."