what a joke

[wonkaticket]

Originally Posted by danmckee

BMW knows better, their mother irishhosta is posting a faded black Old Mill.Dan Mckee

Agree 100% faded standard Old Mill, regardless of the write ups.

As for the other card the buyer is a friend and knew all too well what he was buying. He got an amazing deal and took a gamble on a mislabeled card good for him.

Cheers,

John

[thehoodedcoder]

some how this thread transformed from its original goal. it was a great detour though.

back on topic...

who wrote the original description if it was not you? and who wrote the response on ebay? your replies lead me to believe it was in fact you.

please address this question.

kevin

[itjclarke]

Originally Posted by wonkaticket

As for the other card the buyer is a friend and knew all too well what he was buying. He got an amazing deal and took a gamble on a mislabeled card good for him.

Cheers,

John

Any chance he'd share his approximate (+/- 10%) max bid.. or better yet, his precise max bid?

I'm not really a back collector and would never have been looking for this, so it doesn't sting too much... but strangly it does sting a little. I'm guessing he was prepared to go much higher, so if I, or anyone else were to know we'd have needed to bid several thousand higher, it may feel a little better.

Regardless, good on your friend.

[wonkaticket]

This kind of stuff is good for the hobby every now and then IMO.

Keeps us on our feet, dreaming, hoping and engaged in the search. As painful as it may be for the seller it's good to know that in this hobby filled with hype, mucho ads and talk of SMR's that great items and deals can still be found with a little digging and sometimes a lot of luck.

It shouldn't sting it should be refreshing but that's just my take.

As for the deatils of the purchase the buyer is a humble and nice guy Ill let him share the details should he decide too.

Cheers,

John

P.S. I was told by him today that when I said it was $51.55 there was close to $4 in shipping I didn't take into account.

[itjclarke]

Originally Posted by wonkaticket

It shouldn't sting it should be refreshing but that's just my take.

As for the deatils of the purchase the buyer is a humble and nice guy Ill let him share the details should he decide too.

Fair enough. It is cool, and amazing for your friend. Especially cool when it was a high profile seller, selling cards from a high profile set and it still slipped through. "Sting" may be the wrong word, especially since I wasn't looking for this type card/back. There are other cards I've missed out on, where the "deal" was $50, $100, $200 that stung a lot more because I was actively searching, even watching and for whatever reason missed out at auctions' end, or eBay's mobile site's timer was 5 seconds off, etc.

I am still curious to know what he bid.. but at the same time, I guess the mystery adds to the coolness.

[barrysloate]

"It shouldn't sting it should be refreshing...."

If I were the consignor and found out, it would sting a whole lot.

[thehoodedcoder]

the consigner is now aware of what a brown old mill card is....

they were not beforehand.


kevin

[ullmandds]

refreshing...like a York peppermint pattie!