No photo of back of card

[SAllen2556]

I got banned from a prominent eBay seller for giving neutral feedback on a card that had significant paper loss on the back. They listed it as EX and never described the back nor did they have a photo of it. They're huge and reputable (?) so I assumed the best. Live and learn. I think they knew exactly what they were doing.

At the next National I'm going to go to their booth as soon as I get there, ask for a bunch of expensive cards, pull out a wad of hundreds, and then say, "oops, sorry, can't buy them, you banned me."

Ah, I wouldn't really do that, but it would be fun. Actually, I might do that.

My advice: next time you're in the batters box, ask the ump to check the ball for scuff marks.

[philliesfan]

Iwould love to see that done to the seller. It would be great if you recorded his reaction also.

[bnorth]

If it is a card I really want I will sometimes ask for a back scan, usually I just ignore those auctions.

One of the big eBay consignors disables the zoom option on cards with problems they don't want you to notice.

[swarmee]

Originally Posted by SAllen2556

I got banned from a prominent eBay seller for giving neutral feedback on a card that had significant paper loss on the back. They listed it as EX and never described the back nor did they have a photo of it. They're huge and reputable (?) so I assumed the best. Live and learn. I think they knew exactly what they were doing.

Did you return the card and get reimbursed, or keep the card with a partial reimbursement?

[darkhorse9]

Battersbox almost never has a back scan of the card, but their grading is consistent enough that I can tell what I'm getting before hand. I've never had an issue.

Otherwise I'm leery of smaller dealers who don't post back scans. It has caused me to pass on a card if the description isn't very thorough.