"PSA 8" P350 Jimmy Collins on eBay -- what's wrong with this picture?

[HobokenJon]

Goodness, this is turning out to be funnier than I would've imagined. Here's where the card with the same cert number sold at REA. It looks like a match?

https://bid.robertedwardauctions.com...e?itemid=61212

I think it very well may be the same card as the one with the legit cert number. In which case this should go down as the worst scan ever published by someone ostensibly trying to sell a PSA 8 Monster subject online.

[HobokenJon]

Sorry, Robert. I didn't see your reply till after I posted the link.

[raulus]

If you go to the seller’s eBay store, this seller has a lot of other high end items with high end prices for sale. Many (all?) of the items seem to have similar photos. I think I agree that they are basically photos of the item on a computer screen.

Feedback is in the thousands. But only 5 in the last month. Part of which could just be a function of asking aggressive prices, so not selling a lot of volume. Or it could be a sign that it’s all make-believe.

Part of me wonders whether this seller is legit, or if it’s just a matter of time until the eBay guarantee program catches up with him. Could be that he hasn’t sold a legit item since the new eBay guarantee program began.

[HobokenJon]

So in a situation like this, I have to shake my head and wonder: What possesses someone to post a scan looking like this, if he actually has the card and wants to sell it?

And alternatively, if a seller doesn't have possession of the card, how would that someone expect to get through the eBay "Authenticity Guarantee" in which: "This item is verified by an authenticator before delivery"?

[Snowman]

This is a phone picture of a screenshot of the original image of the card. Then it was ran through eBay's image enhancement tool in an effort to "correct" the crappy image quality. Clearly, this is a fail.