T206 Plank reprint just ended

[iwantitiwinit]

Originally Posted by tonyo

I was looking for a good Plank reprint when I came across it shortly after it was listed. although the scans were fuzzy I thought it looked really good except the corners were all evenly rounded.

I was ready to go maybe $50 on it on the 1% chance it was real and even if it wasn't I had myself a nice looking reprint.

I was pretty surprised when it went up to $300, then really surprised at $710.

I figured whoever won would send it off the grade immediately then ask for a refund if it came back reprint. Then again, the seller does list as reprint.

Ready to pay $50, don't do it. Have we ever heard that one of these cards was real. Save the $50 Tony!!!!

[T206Collector]

1000% fake. The font is wrong, the box around the image is too dark, and the edges are clearly a tea-stained fraud. It's a nice reprint, but it's not real.

[jp1216]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/141709855798

Lots of different bidders too.

[Joshchisox08]

Originally Posted by jp1216

http://www.ebay.com/itm/141709855798

Lots of different bidders too.

Am I alone in being upset that someone would waste $710 on this fake card when you could get yourself a REAL Cobb, Matty, Young, for that price ??

[RichardSimon]

It has "ware" on it so it must be good.

p.s. Her Wagner is at $560. Are people insane? I don't really need an answer to that.
The dumbing down of America seems to occur all the time on ebay.

[tonyo]

Originally Posted by Joshchisox08

Am I alone in being upset that someone would waste $710 on this fake card when you could get yourself a REAL Cobb, Matty, Young, for that price ??

Doesn't upset me, I just find it interesting wondering what people's motives may be and what % of the bidders available $$$ $710 represents ....... Is someone's $710 to them like my $50 ( probably more like $20 on this case if it came right down to it ) is to me?

[rp12367]

My thought is the winner will get the card in hand, examine it, determine if it is a fake (reprint) and they will simply return the card. They are only out a trip to the post office and $3 return postage. E-bay buyer protection will give them a refund no questions asked.

[drcy]

As I'm apt to say "It's stupid." The card, the listing, the bidding, the final price, everything.

Stupid things happen in the hobby sometimes.

[pokerplyr80]

Originally Posted by rp12367

My thought is the winner will get the card in hand, examine it, determine if it is a fake (reprint) and they will simply return the card. They are only out a trip to the post office and $3 return postage. E-bay buyer protection will give them a refund no questions asked.

I don't have any experience trying to buy or return a card like this. But since the seller listed it as a reprint, and that's what the buyer got, why would the buyer protection apply?

Assuming there weren't a couple of people putting in fake bids on this one, I think someone just got an expensive lesson in buying ungraded high profile cards online.