How would you call this guy

[savedfrommyspokes]

While I do not disagree with Ben in regards to it being a buyer's responsibility to read a listing and understand when stock images are used , it is a case of 100% laziness on any seller's part when they use stock photos in pre 1980 card listings. I say this because, a 1000+ cards can be scanned front/back and attached to their respective listing in less than an hour. So if any seller can't take, at most, an extra 3.6 seconds to scan a card and use actual images vs stock images, they will not receive my business.

In most cases, this does not apply to modern cards for me.

[jchcollins]

Never buy from a "stock photo" seller, that's a huge red flag - even if you are just buying commons to complete a set. With the prevalence of overgrading out there anymore, and an increasing number of sellers who simply refuse to grade at all (see photos, judge for yourself! God how I hate that...) you are going to find more than a few people that will call a P card Good and a creased VG-ish card EX or better. I'm not wild about professionally graded cards, but do buy PSA on eBay the large majority of the time anymore, even in mid-grade because of this kind of stuff that goes on with raw cards that you can't hold in your hands before buying. TPG's do provide peace of mind.

[1963Topps Set]

Many thanks for responses. I agree that unless you are selling a "new in the box" item, you should not use stock photos. Vintage items vary so greatly from one item to another, they need their own photos. I will not be doing business with this seller again which is shame since they are close to me in vicinity. Yes, they did accommodate me with a refund, but the whole transaction was a waste of time and the card was not even close to the GOOD rating given in the listing header. (Let alone in the stock photo) I felt the card received was an insult to my integrity as an experienced collector of vintage baseball cards.