Careful, there's a bad ad backed S74 Cobb silk on Ebay!

[Seattle799]

He lowered the BIN price to $190... most likely to account for the lack of honesty.

[Leon]

Here my friends we have witnessed a true trifecta-

Ignorance, honesty, dishonesty .......all in one auction.

[frankbmd]

The second wife of Mike Wallace was an actress named Cobb. It was not a long marriage but lasted longer than 60 Minutes.

[BobC]

Don't beat him up too badly guys. The Seller actually thanked me for pointing out the problem to him and updated the description as he told me he would. He just didn't know what he had. He also told me the back WAS NOT glued on to the silk, so in that respect he may have been a bit misleading. It is still an original Cobb silk and even at the original BIN he had listed it at, it wasn't that overinflated in asking price.

For the earlier poster who commented about him not crossing out the actress reference on the back of the silk, all the silks, whether ballplayers or actresses, mention both names on the back.

Bob

[Leon]

Originally Posted by BobC

Don't beat him up too badly guys. The Seller actually thanked me for pointing out the problem to him and updated the description as he told me he would. He just didn't know what he had. He also told me the back WAS NOT glued on to the silk, so in that respect he may have been a bit misleading. It is still an original Cobb silk and even at the original BIN he had listed it at, it wasn't that overinflated in asking price.

For the earlier poster who commented about him not crossing out the actress reference on the back of the silk, all the silks, whether ballplayers or actresses, mention both names on the back.

Bob

If he is honest why didn't he leave the description amendment? That is definitely the wrong back on that silk and it should be described that way, unless I am missing something? As for the price, that is irrelevant to the issue of there being an actress back on a baseball front, no?

[BobC]

Leon,

From the gist of his correspondence, I got the impression he didn't know any better and that was how he acquired it. The fact that he quickly went ahead and changed the description after I contacted him helped to confirm that feeling.

Of course, he could have just played me and knew exactly what he was doing and decided to change the description once he knew someone else was on to him. Probably just being naive and trying to believe that everyone is inherently good and honest.

Bob

[Leon]

Originally Posted by BobC

Leon,

From the gist of his correspondence, I got the impression he didn't know any better and that was how he acquired it. The fact that he quickly went ahead and changed the description after I contacted him helped to confirm that feeling.

Of course, he could have just played me and knew exactly what he was doing and decided to change the description once he knew someone else was on to him. Probably just being naive and trying to believe that everyone is inherently good and honest.

Bob

Hi Bob
Unless I missed something you are commenting as if this seller is doing the right thing? He isn't. This is a wrong back, almost positively put on a decent Cobb silk. The fact the price isn't a lot more than it's worth doesn't matter that much to me. It should be described correctly.