Ebay question on what constitutes a complete set.

[conor912]

This stinks....I’m sorry. FWIW, I have also waited months before cracking into sets. It happens.

[RL]

unfortunately that is a risk of selling on ebay.

scammers know that ebay always protects the buyers.

[bmattioli]

Definitely Not part of the set. Another buyer to block..

[Fballguy]

Put my vote in the "not part of a complete set" column.

Sold many, many, many "complete" sets over the years. Never* included the traded set. Never got questioned about it. Most people do not expect the traded set to be included.

*One interesting exception though...The one time I did sell a complete set along with the traded set...it was a 1974 Topps baseball. Maybe I set a bad precedent though pretty sure I listed it as "Complete set plus traded".

[Tim Zwick]

Just list the number of cards you're selling - pretty simple. My view is it's the seller's responsibility to be thorough with their listing description, especially with all the new blood coming into the hobby recently.

By the way, if I would have been bestowed with the hammer price of $930 for that set, a traded set would have been out in the mail as fast as the buyer requested it. No message board advice necessary! You're lucky he didn't return it, it could have cost you hundreds as I believe $600 would have been a pretty healthy selling price.

[steve B]

If someone doesn't know that a 74 set is 660 cards.... should they be buying it?

How much handholding do new collectors really need?

[Huysmans]

Originally Posted by steve B

If someone doesn't know that a 74 set is 660 cards.... should they be buying it?

How much handholding do new collectors really need?

Why not apply this thinking to the whole situation?
By your logic, the seller shouldn't be selling on eBay either if he can't even list the number of cards included.

[Fballguy]

Originally Posted by Huysmans

Why not apply this thinking to the whole situation?
By your logic, the seller shouldn't be selling on eBay either if he can't even list the number of cards included.

I guess the seller should list every name too just so there's no confusion. And might as well provide description of every card while you're at it.

Pretty sure every price guide in existence is very clear on how many cards constitute a complete set. It's in black and white. No room for misinterpretation is there?