Beware of this deceptive Ebay seller

[vintagetoppsguy]

I sent the seller the following message...

"I'm confused. Your description says that the card belonged to your great grandfather, but your feedback history shows you bought the same card for $10.49 on January 13th. So you purchased the card from your grandfather?"

We'll see if he responds.

[Babe3Ruth3]

I also sent him a message asking if he could give me any more information as to it's history, seeing how it was passed down for his GGfather. People like this really give the hobby of BB card collecting a bad name.

[tbob]

Be wary of sellers selling pre-war cards who also sell talking Darth Vader helmets and Finding Nemo figurines

[Babe3Ruth3]

Good point, so in other words a dishonest card flipper and not a true BB card collector.

[steve B]

Not really. When I was active selling I sold a lot of different things. China, Harley parts, cards, camera stuff, books, old stereos, old industrial stuff....Pretty much anything I found at yard/estate sales or flea markets that I thought was underpriced.

And yes, the occasional thing I bought on Ebay and sold for much more than I paid. Usually because the item description when I bought it was very poor, or the pictures were awful and I took a chance. (I've also got a "few"
cartons of stuff I was wrong about)

I never resorted to BS stories, and always had good photos and a description that was short on hype and actually described the stuff.

Steve B
PS: I probably would have kept the talking Darth Vader helmet.

[HRBAKER]

I like this line from the Item Condition section:

“my card would grade at least a 7 or 8 in today's market if it was regraded”

[Babe3Ruth3]

I agree HRBAKER and i needed to reread it, thinking i misread it at first.

[SetBuilder]

Originally Posted by tbob

Be wary of sellers selling pre-war cards who also sell talking Darth Vader helmets and Finding Nemo figurines

Why? Is there an unwritten rule in the hobby that if you sell cards, you can't sell anything else?

[Bored5000]

I realize the description is a scam attempt, so logic doesn't really enter the picture. But if the card was really appraised for $800, why would any seller have a BIN price of $300? That alone should set off huge red flags.

[jcmtiger]

Originally Posted by SetBuilder

Why? Is there an unwritten rule in the hobby that if you sell cards, you can't sell anything else?

+1

Joe

[Sean]

So now the card is only worth 9x what he paid for it a month ago? I guess he really is quite reasonable after all.

[HRBAKER]

Originally Posted by Sean

So now the card is only worth 9x what he paid for it a month ago? I guess he really is quite reasonable after all.

He'll fit right in on ebay as a card dealer.

[Babe3Ruth3]

I just got this Ebay message back from didiwinn123 after asking him to give me this cards history: "this card belonged to my great grand father and was left to me in his will it was kept in a lock box so nothing would happen to it now that i have it im not really a collector but if you would buy it now and request an invoice i will save you 100- and give it to you for 200- with free shipping...... be for the auction ends. i rather see some one use it in there collection then to be in my drawer ". I was thinking of reporting him to Ebay for being so dishonest in his description and to stop the auction, for people unaware or for new Baseball card collectors.