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Posted By: tbob

Two times it has happened to me.
The first time I was desperately searching for a very tough card, a T212-2 1910 Obak with 150 series back of Willis. It has a different image than the 175 series. After 3 years of searching everywhere, I saw one on ebay. I immediately emailed the seller and made him an offer for what I considered the card was worth (book value) and he accepted. I sent the payment by PayPal and he ended the auction. A crybaby or maybe just someone who didn't like seeing me get a bargain emailed him and told him that ending auctions early on ebay was an offense which would get him thrown off ebay. He got scared, refunded my money and nixed the deal. I ended up getting sniped on the card. To complete the cycle, I ended up winning the very same card about 6 months later in an auction, I believe it was Barry Sloate's.
The second time I put an exish to exmtish T206 Rhoades right arm extended on ebay for sale. I mentioned in the ad that it was a very tough common card. It took off like a house on fire with 2 bidders running it up against each other and it sold for over $400 instead of the $100 or so I thought it would get. Immediately a couple of jackasses (one of whom posts on this board and yes I know who you are) emailed the happy buyer and told her she had paid way too much and did not get a good deal on the card.
These 2 examples are the flip side of the coin, Billy, where someone interferes AFTER the fact and tries to sour a contracted for deal simply out of some "moral" sense of outrage. I'll be at Scott and Leon's table gabbing with them in Chicago if you want to talk about this further but I have no puglistic intent as I am 55 years old and my high school fisticuff days are just a memory