T206 Cobb CSA 8.5

Doug · #1 05-27-2009, 04:44 PM

I guess people don't think $4688 for an 8.5 T206 green Cobb falls under that "if it looks too good to be true it probably is" philosophy?

chaddurbin · #2 05-27-2009, 04:47 PM

it has plenty of border, it could be further trimmed down if needed...4.5k with a chance at 15-20k is not a bad gamble

calvindog · #3 05-27-2009, 05:15 PM

Correct me if I'm wrong but the winning bidder has only bid on items from this seller. So it's probably not a real sale -- though I thought the ebay seller "consignments" was on the up and up?

marvjung · #4 05-27-2009, 05:20 PM

I was watching this one and when it was initially posted, I bid it up a tiny bit to check out the bites.

I emailed the seller as well, asking him/her what was a "CSA" and did they have a website. I must have deleted the email, but I recall being sent a link to a site that was...well, I definitely chuckled a little bit (when I had looked, it wasn't updated since 2007 I believe).

Anyway, I was leary about the grading service and didn't pursue it anymore...I just hate those encapsulated cards from "weird-o" grading companies.....I refuse to be Channed!

calvindog · #5 05-27-2009, 06:26 PM

Looking closer at this auction, it's pretty clear to me that 'consignments' is a crooked operation. The 'winner' of the auction -- a low feedback ebayer -- only bids on auctions of 'consignments;' the highly valuable card was graded by a non-PSA/SGC company (which means it's trimmed); and then I noticed that the location of the seller is not disclosed.

I think what's most disturbing is that the idiots running this auction didn't bother to even hide the nature of the shill bidding.

nsaddict · #6 05-27-2009, 07:35 PM

I also find the underbidder a bit fishy. With a 5000.00 retracted bid just to see the high bidder's max. And note 118 bid retractions in the last 30 days. How have they not been suspended?

calvindog · #7 05-27-2009, 07:41 PM

Wow, I missed that. The 'underbidder' didn't want to win...just wanted to set a higher floor for the card.

Does anyone know who 'consignments' is? Why do I have a feeling that this answer is going to be a funny one? This is about as dumb of a shill bidder as I've seen in a while.