PSA Error in your favor...

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Posted By: Jerry Spillman

Let's see if I understand this auction...

A graded baseball card that the seller obviously examined and described - Terrific in-action pose photo displays bright, clear, focus and registration with no yellowing or fading - is inserted into the eBay auction. However the seller fails to notice and is therefore ignorant of the fact that the PSA identification of the player on the label of the holder is not the same as the player's name on the card itself.

This PSA Error is determined by this thread initiator to be a "help" to the seller. Of course that "help" would result in cheating the buyer, but who cares it's self-interest that ranks supreme.

To capitalize on this transaction the seller could have easily used the PSA Error to his advantage because the card of the player whose name is printed on the label and the auction title is more valuable than the encapsulated card.

This situation could have gone undetected by a bidder. However, the seller innocently reported that 'knowledgeable' Old Judge collectors had recognized this obvious name error and reported it. The collectors’ alert had to be made known.

The initial intention of this auction seems suspect. The outcome justifies nothing.

Check the rep.

The bridge is next.