Probstein Magie listing

[sbfinley]

Originally Posted by calvindog

Has anyone emailed him? These aren't even close.

He won't respond. Never does unless they are confidently incorrect. I stopped bothering emailing him about a decade ago after outing between 20-25 bad items over the years. His reps responded to exactly one email, when I tried to explain the card below wasn't PSA/DNA authenticated and the auto was probably bad. They responded that " the holder had not been compromised and that the auto was clearly authenticated as designated on the flip'. Funny enough, the card sold for a ridiculous sum and 6 months later was in a mid-major auction house popular on this forum. I again emailed that auction house and tried to explain the same issues. They also responded that the auto was clearly deemed authentic by PSA. It sold for even more dough. So I took it to the CU forums to hopefully educate some people. CU responded by giving me one month vacation. I gave up at that point.... My new belief system is that if you can drop four or five figures on a picture of a dude, you can take a little time to learn not to be a sucker.

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

Originally Posted by sbfinley

My new belief system is that if you can drop four or five figures on a picture of a dude, you can take a little time to learn not to be a sucker.

It's so difficult for me to fathom that there are people with lots of money and apparently some degree of interest in this hobby who will spend untold amounts on items that mere minutes of education would have told them was bad. Many of these people are obviously successes in other parts of their lives to be able to afford such material. If you are interested in any subject, then why wouldn't you learn anything about it? I would not want to be stuck in a conversation with people like that, even for a nanosecond. Not my way of thinking.

If the winner of the card in the OP is actually a legitimate bidder, they deserve to own that card. Sorry, I have no compassion for that level of ignorance. But they will be covered if it even gets that far. I'm amazed it has stayed up this long. Every aspect of this auction is infuriating.

[calvindog]

Originally Posted by sbfinley

He won't respond. Never does unless they are confidently incorrect. I stopped bothering emailing him about a decade ago after outing between 20-25 bad items over the years. His reps responded to exactly one email, when I tried to explain the card below wasn't PSA/DNA authenticated and the auto was probably bad. They responded that " the holder had not been compromised and that the auto was clearly authenticated as designated on the flip'. Funny enough, the card sold for a ridiculous sum and 6 months later was in a mid-major auction house popular on this forum. I again emailed that auction house and tried to explain the same issues. They also responded that the auto was clearly deemed authentic by PSA. It sold for even more dough. So I took it to the CU forums to hopefully educate some people. CU responded by giving me one month vacation. I gave up at that point.... My new belief system is that if you can drop four or five figures on a picture of a dude, you can take a little time to learn not to be a sucker.

It's clear that the grade is not for the autograph and I'm amazed (not really) that both Leland's and Probstein would sell it. A simple review of the pop report shows that the card doesn't exist in the pop report as autographed, corroborated by the lack of autograph notation on the flip. What a joke!

As for the fake T206s, at this point I also have little empathy for the buyers. The cards jump out of the screen as fake. But this is the hobby and collectors are salivating at the prospect of getting a raw card at a cheap price.

[Eric72]

"This listing was ended by the seller on Sun, Oct 6 at 5:39 AM because there was an error in the listing."

[Fred]

Originally Posted by Eric72

"This listing was ended by the seller on Sun, Oct 6 at 5:39 AM because there was an error in the listing."

Forgot the word reprint.

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by Fred

Forgot the word reprint.

Forgot?

Forgot.

Sure, we'll go with that.

[philliesfan]

"forgot"