Crazy eBay story

[Snapolit1]

Someone committed a felony and I presume a zero chance this will be pursued seriously by anyone.

[Pat R]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

Someone committed a felony and I presume a zero chance this will be pursued seriously by anyone.

I don't think anyone did because I think the seller purchased it through one of the lost or unclaimed package auctions. The auctions however seem pretty idiotic and full of potential problems. First of all they basically give anyone who purchases packages through these actions the equivalent of diplomatic immunity on anything that goes missing during shipping and is reported stolen.

Another potential problem is what if you didn't notice it listed by this seller and it passed through one or more persons hands and was back up for sale and you then reported it stolen that person better have records of where they got it from or they would be in hot water.

I think your card is a case of someone being too lazy to make an effort to get the package to the buyer or at the very least back to you.
The information says that the packages are only auctioned after every attempt has been made to deliver it. You sold the card on November 29 right in the height of the busy holiday shipping season the seller listed it on January 6. It doesn't seem like anyone spent a lot of effort in trying to get the package to the buyer or back to you.

This is a picture from the sellers warehouse on his business listing.
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[jingram058]

This one pretty much takes the cake.

[Fred]

Patrick - you probably described the scenario which occurred, but as you indicated, it seems like there was little effort spent trying to get the package back to Steve.

Well there are (5) new watchers of this item on ebay in the past 24 hours. I guess this is either a popular item that many people want or there are people with popcorn in hand waiting to see how this all unfolds.

My guess is that ebay considers the matter closed and will not answer further questions because seller was inconvenienced for a short period (that seems wrong) but suffered $0 loss. The buyer is probably only out not having the card but is not out anything more.

I'm still a little lost on what occurred (other than the package was obviously not delivered) after it left Steve's hand and released to the delivery service. I'll assume it's the US postal service.

The package still has the shippers info and should have gone back. Fact remains that this is a shoddy way of doing business.

Just curious, is that considered Jaz-Z's rookie? Bwaaa, hahahahahaha... just kidding. Steve, really - I am just kidding. I don't follow new/shiny stuff so I have no clue what's out there. Sometimes I think the smart people the ones that are figuring this out and making a few bucks on it to roll into vintage cards. Still, this is totally mind boggling to me.

[G1911]

Originally Posted by Fred

Just curious, is that considered Jaz-Z's rookie? Bwaaa, hahahahahaha... just kidding.

The serious answer is no, Jay was in pretty much all the 2005-06 Topps basketball sets for some reason. Base, Chrome, Draft Picks, Bazooka, Total, etc. Nothing against celebrity or rap cards, but it seemed odd he was hijacking into every basketball release then. Presumably he has something less mainstream before this spate of Topps cards.

[Snapolit1]

[QUOTE=G1911;2309284]The serious answer is no, Jay was in pretty much all the 2005-06 Topps basketball sets for some reason. Base, Chrome, Draft Picks, Bazooka, Total, etc. Nothing against celebrity or rap cards, but it seemed odd he was hijacking into every basketball release then. Presumably he has something less mainstream before this spate of Topps cards.

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[G1911]

I have no doubt his 1/1 sticker autos are worth lots of money still.

[Fred]

Originally Posted by G1911

The serious answer is no, Jay was in pretty much all the 2005-06 Topps basketball sets for some reason. Base, Chrome, Draft Picks, Bazooka, Total, etc. Nothing against celebrity or rap cards, but it seemed odd he was hijacking into every basketball release then. Presumably he has something less mainstream before this spate of Topps cards.

Chris, you got that right, gotta watch out for those Crazy Canucks!

I was kind of being facetious about the JayZ card thing. All I could do was shake my head and laugh about the "celebrity and rap" cards. I honestly had no clue that stuff existed or was collected. It's all in the collecting universe so it's understood. I collect non-sports, but not that stuff. I stick to vintage non-sports (go figure that).