I hate to out an auction but....

[mrreality68]

Does it really surprise any of us.
It’s the trendy thing to do on eBay

[DocScoot]

I always wonder what the end game is with these auctions. Are there drunk late night bidders on these items? Is there some benefit to having insanely inflated sales posts up? Is it just delusional people, or some sort of joke? Also seems to be a trend with these sellers to list all sorts of cards as "error" cards for nutty prices. It's pretty prevalent with certain cards actually, the fake "error" card market.

[Snapolit1]

I've always assumed some of these are people in bad financial straits throwing up a desperate Hail Mary pass. But who knows.

[BobbyStrawberry]

But it's 112 years old!

[Howe’s Hunter]

Thought $123.67 was more in line with reality.

[53toppscollector]

if ebay charged a fee (or higher fee) for every single auction run, I think people might do less of this. Its so frustrating seeing cards listed for 10x what they are actually worth pop up every week, over and over again, in my ebay searches/alerts.

[raulus]

My father in law likes to muse about opening a hamburger stand and selling a million dollar hamburger. Just have to sell one!

If you find eBay sellers whose listings vex you to no end, you can always block them so they don’t show up in your search listings.

[jayshum]

Originally Posted by Howe’s Hunter

Thought $123.67 was more in line with reality.

Just curious. Was it automatically rejected or did it actually get sent to the seller who then rejected it?

[Howe’s Hunter]

Originally Posted by jayshum

Just curious. Was it automatically rejected or did it actually get sent to the seller who then rejected it?

Auto rejected.

[CW]

Originally Posted by BobbyStrawberry

But it's 112 years old!

HA! Beat me to it. Well played.

112!!!

[jfkheat]

He has a great deal on a Donruss Griffey rookie.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/36444380201...4AAOSwKGlk6X9P

[iwantitiwinit]

His strategy seems very successful. Zero sales.

[Kutcher55]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

I've always assumed some of these are people in bad financial straits throwing up a desperate Hail Mary pass. But who knows.

+1. Generally people don’t try to rip others off unless they are desperate and/or see no other financial means of surviving. Some of these scammers have got to be succeeding though. And there are a few out there who seriously get off on this stuff. One in particular comes to mind. Just shows you what a dog eat dog world it can be.

I do think eBay could do a considerably better job policing these listings but apparently they decided it is bad for business to regulate.

[jchcollins]

Originally Posted by Kutcher55

I do think eBay could do a considerably better job policing these listings but apparently they decided it is bad for business to regulate.

eBay does not care in the least, to put it mildly. Their model since the 1990's now has been to sponsor this type of stuff with minimal and sometimes zero intervention. It's ludicrous this far into the 21st century that not only are these listings permitted to stand, but eBay will go so far as to advertise cards like this and $100K Fleer Jose Uribe cards in my Facebook feed. Really?

If they cared about collectibles at all as a true "category", they would have hired professionals who know something about cards in this case to manage it - decades ago. But this is not their model, and I doubt it ever will be. Gimmicks like (re-) "authenticating" cards that are already in PSA and SGC holders are just window dressing to make it appear as if they care somewhat. I suppose it does at least marginally cut down somewhat on fraud at a large scale, but to the original point - some of the stuff that does not pass the test should never have been allowed to be listed in the first place.