Battersbox

[Econteachert205]

I had this happen to a card I listed, clear front and back scan, words "big crease" in the description, buyer gets it, says it was bigger than he thought. Card was listed in poor condition, wtf do you want, refunded and thankfully haven't sold to since.

[jrawlsian]

Originally Posted by Econteachert205

I had this happen to a card I listed, clear front and back scan, words "big crease" in the description, buyer gets it, says it was bigger than he thought. Card was listed in poor condition, wtf do you want, refunded and thankfully haven't sold to since.

Yeah, they didn't say "big crease." Furthermore, there is a "depth" to a card since it's a three-dimensional object that a 2D scan makes really hard to detect. Maybe you called it out in your post and people are saying this is so obvious, but the card was even less presentable than it appeared - In my opinion for that price.

[Rich Klein]

In case anyone ever wondered why I'm such a big fan of buying and selling at shows, this thread again proves there is nothing like actually seeing cards in person.

[autograf]

The other issue with Battersbox and many LARGE sellers.....on lower grade stuff they don't spend an inordinate amount of time inspecting the stuff when they're listing it. They do a cursory look. I can only see a little black mark on the back side of that card in the border that looks like it COULD be an ink mark or it could just as easily be a print mark too. Also remember the graders aren't infallible as well. I don't play the registry game but I'm assuming you're trying to buy something described as VG or VGEX and hit an EX in this case? A $30-$40 card, grading at $8-$10 and try to get it to a $60-$70 card? As for the 53 card, flatbed scanning can hide some stuff obviously. It looked like a low grade card to begin with but hard to get on you about that one.

I think you're skewering them about their return policy but it worked 100% of the time. You returned 4 cards which, in dollar terms, represented 40-50% of your $1600 gross buy. They made a business decision to block you from bidding. Maybe that's just an automatic thing after four returns from a single buyer. Have you called or emailed them to see what their excuse is?