Selling Cards that you do not own

[bigtrain]

Interesting. What happens if I make a deal to sell a card
that I do not own and then am unable to acquire it? I have
entered an enforceable contract that I cannot perform.
Seems like a dangerous method of operation. Wondering if
anyone here has agreed to buy a card that could not be
delivered. What excuse did the seller use to back out?

[Republicaninmass]

Originally Posted by bigtrain

Interesting. What happens if I make a deal to sell a card
that I do not own and then am unable to acquire it? I have
entered an enforceable contract that I cannot perform.
Seems like a dangerous method of operation. Wondering if
anyone here has agreed to buy a card that could not be
delivered. What excuse did the seller use to back out?

The seller told me someone contacted him after the auction ended, and offered him 10x more than my ebay "accepted" price

[Peter_Spaeth]

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthr...ighlight=milch

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthr...ighlight=milch

[thetruthisoutthere]

Here's an example of what they do.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1992-Little-.../161627262288?

http://www.sportsmemorabilia.com/spo...-graded-5.html

[gregr2]

Let me get this straight. They price the card on their site for 2X the Ebay price. Then if someone buys it from them, they quickly purchase the card from Ebay and sell it to the buyer?

[HOF Auto Rookies]

Originally Posted by gregr2

Let me get this straight. They price the card on their site for 2X the Ebay price. Then if someone buys it from them, they quickly purchase the card from Ebay and sell it to the buyer?

From my understanding is they take a cut of that 2x sale price. That's just my guess


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[ruth-gehrig]

Interesting situation that I'm sure would have a higher chance of backfiring than a typical transaction...as it appears has happened here.

[thetruthisoutthere]

Originally Posted by gregr2

Let me get this straight. They price the card on their site for 2X the Ebay price. Then if someone buys it from them, they quickly purchase the card from Ebay and sell it to the buyer?

I guess they either have the item dropshipped, or they have the item shipped to them (SM) and then they ship it.

Have to be a moron to buy from them. If anyone is looking for a particular item, there's a good chance they will notice a "duplicate" listing from two different sellers.

[swarmee]

Originally Posted by bigtrain

Wondering if
anyone here has agreed to buy a card that could not be
delivered. What excuse did the seller use to back out?

I once bought a pallet of uncut 1991 Georgia Tech Collegiate Collection sheets on eBay from krukcards; Price of the sheets including shipping worked out to about $1/sheet, with the shipping being 70% of that expense. After waiting about four days for it to be shipped, I contacted them, and they said it was no longer in their warehouse. How you lose a pallet with 500 uncut sheets on top of it, I have no idea. But they refunded my money and I gave them a neutral.

[Luke]

I had someone try to do this to me on this forum about a year ago. He saw that I was looking for a certain card for my e95 set. He then agreed to buy a copy of the card I was looking for from another member. He said he would send a check to the seller, and then immediately offered the card to me for $225 more than he agreed to pay the seller.