Settle a debate involving "Keyword Spamming" on Ebay auctions!

[Jim65]

Originally Posted by BCauley

Though it's really a minor issue, it's an annoying one. I typically do a search for the years/sets I'm collecting and then will filter down to the grading company of my choice. I just shake my head when after doing that, I still see listings with other cards/grading companies listed in the title.

On another thought, I almost wonder if these sellers could easily open themselves up for a scam where the buyer gets the item and gives the old item not as described and ships back something else instead.

I follow some FB sportscard and thrifting groups and have seen some things similar. One guy put "PSA 10?" in the title of a modern raw card and had the issue above happen. On a thrifting board, someone sold an item of jewelry but their pic of the item had a plant behind it for staging purposes. The buyer complained that they didn't get the plant and filed an INAD, sending back something other than the jewelry they won.

That reminds of the seller who listed "Large Picture Big Screen TV" or something like that and sent buyers a photo of a TV, I believe he ended up going to prison.

[bobbyw8469]

Originally Posted by Jim65

That reminds of the seller who listed "Large Picture Big Screen TV" or something like that and sent buyers a photo of a TV, I believe he ended up going to prison.

I know something similar happened on Judge Judy. The defendant was laughing and smirking at how she "got over" on the plaintiff. Judge Judy was not amused and threw the book at her.

[pokerplyr80]

I've never understood why so many people use the phrase "I could care less." If you could care less, that means you do care. But if you couldn't care less, you don't care at all.

[bobbyw8469]

Originally Posted by pokerplyr80

I've never understood why so many people use the phrase "I could care less." If you could care less, that means you do care. But if you couldn't care less, you don't care at all.

It's just talk. It basically means "Either or is fine with me. I'm not appalled by it nor do I condone it. I am neutral."

Sorry...I am from the south, and I guess I need to not use flippant phrases like that.

[perezfan]

Originally Posted by pokerplyr80

I've never understood why so many people use the phrase "I could care less." If you could care less, that means you do care. But if you couldn't care less, you don't care at all.

This.

I probably would have picked option #3, but wanted to state that I could NOT care less. The way it was worded was the opposite of what I believe was intended.

Anyway, I shop only for the card itself, and not for the slab. So as long as the card is properly titled, I couldn't care less which TPGs are name-dropped.

[JollyElm]

Keyword spamming is blatant douchebaggery.

I can't wait to see a seller break new ground and start employing a double negative to get their graded Mick a boatload of confused views...
FS: 1965 Topps Mickey Mantle - Not Not PSA!!!!!

[Rhotchkiss]

If this guy - pracc34610 - is on net54, I think you are a dipshit. There is nothing PSA, nothing “5”, and nothing that would make this card worth a fraction of the asking price.

Ryan Hotchkiss

[sando69]

A disheveled june cleaver one morning at breakfast-
"ward, weren't you a little rough on the beaver last night?"

what i find ultimately intriguing is that in less than an hour of you posting, prac34610 seems to have completely disappeared from ebay.

[Rhotchkiss]

No, he/she is still there. I just misspelled the absurd username- it’s “pracc”. I initially spelled it with only one “c”. I edited my original post.

But regardless of how you spell (or misspell) the username, there is much more wrong with that listing than just gratuitously using “psa” in the title.

[doug.goodman]

Originally Posted by pokerplyr80

i've never understood why so many people use the phrase "i could care less." if you could care less, that means you do care. But if you couldn't care less, you don't care at all.

Thank you!!!!!!!

[BCauley]

Originally Posted by Jim65

That reminds of the seller who listed "Large Picture Big Screen TV" or something like that and sent buyers a photo of a TV, I believe he ended up going to prison.

I recently saw someone doing something similiar with a PS5 on FB marketplace. They were selling the box but not the actual PS5 system. I always remember the Judge Judy episode where a seller listed a camera for sale but it was actually just a picture of the camera she sent. Needless to say, the seller lost.

[Shoeless Moe]

Oops, there goes the shutout

[forceplay sport]

in my opinion its almost fraud, the item should be listed for what it is and thats all.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by BCauley

I recently saw someone doing something similiar with a PS5 on FB marketplace. They were selling the box but not the actual PS5 system. I always remember the Judge Judy episode where a seller listed a camera for sale but it was actually just a picture of the camera she sent. Needless to say, the seller lost.

I have seen that episode twice. It was great. Judge Judy called them morons, scammers and everything else.

And as far as the shutout of it being ok to do. there is always at least one malcontent.


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