WARNING. Seller jefstep82 selling all reprints as real

[icollectDCsports]

Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards

Not reprints, counterfeits. One is legal the other is not. If manufacturers like Topps would put the pressure on Ebay that Coach and Tiffany's and other companies do, this shit could be shut down. I have no idea why Topps doesn't want to protect their intellectual property. People get burned enough times on crap like this they leave the hobby which hurts Topps in the long run. They can't seem to get it into their head that a bad secondary market does, in fact, hurt them.

Is the production of counterfeit cards mostly limited to much older ones, or does this extend to current product? If it's not impacting the stuff that they sell now, they probably don't view it as a threat.

[oldeboo]

Plenty of modern and ultra modern counterfeits too. Go check out some raw base Trout rookies with no foil embossing.

[icollectDCsports]

Originally Posted by oldeboo

Plenty of modern and ultra modern counterfeits too. Go check out some raw base Trout rookies with no foil embossing.

Ugh. Hate to see it.

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Originally Posted by icollectDCsports

Is the production of counterfeit cards mostly limited to much older ones, or does this extend to current product? If it's not impacting the stuff that they sell now, they probably don't view it as a threat.

What Trey said. Trout and Tom Brady are counterfeited by the thousands. It just frustrates me how short-sighted Topps is on this issue.

[jgannon]

Can this guy somehow be reported and his buyers refunded?

[oldeboo]

Originally Posted by jgannon

Can this guy somehow be reported and his buyers refunded?

The listings can certainly be reported, how eBay responds is a different animal. It comes down to the technicality of these being reprints or counterfeits since he puts in his listings that they are reprints. To me they are certainly counterfeits, but how much does eBay care? There are millions of just sports cards listed on their site, let alone all of the other items. I wouldn't be shocked if there are well over a million counterfeits listed in all sorts of categories on their site.

[jgannon]

Originally Posted by oldeboo

The listings can certainly be reported, how eBay responds is a different animal. It comes down to the technicality of these being reprints or counterfeits since he puts in his listings that they are reprints. To me they are certainly counterfeits, but how much does eBay care? There are millions of just sports cards listed on their site, let alone all of the other items. I wouldn't be shocked if there are well over a million counterfeits listed in all sorts of categories on their site.

Yeah, it's a shame. Someone like this being so obviously deceitful. You really have to be careful looking that the listings. Buyer beware.

[drcy]

Beyond that they are listed as reprints, most sellers if they were authentic
would specifically mention that the card is authentic, original or "guaranteed authentic."

The descriptions are false and fraudulent. For example, saying "1960 Topps CARL
YASTRZEMSKI Rookie Boston Red Sox #148" (Lifted from description) is saying
the card is original. That's what that description without qualifier means. In a listing,
saying it false twice and correct once won't hold up as defense in small claims court.
Which is not to say the bidders shouldn't notice that it's listed as a reprint.

On this Clemente card the corners are funky. The cards have a white coating on
darker cardstock, so the stock beyond the upper left corner should be
darker not brighter.

The odd wear on the front of the Palmer showed above stuck me as add too.

Another one is, despite the edge wear, I don't think a single one of his cards has a
single wrinkle or crease.

But these are far from horrible fakes. Many fakes are obviously bad at first glance.
I remember those Cincinnati guys trying to forever hawk their "blue eyed" T206
Honus Wagner. The problem is that anyone familiar with the card knew it was a fake at firt glance.

[Marchillo]

wow - I came across him today on ebay (Seaver RC card) and started looking through his listings and thought his cards were counterfeit too. Most were perfectly centered, weird corners, colors off on a few. I was going to post a link but came across this. I saw the Jim Brown RC in the feedback. I think the buyer paid $400. That really sucks.