What's the deal with this T206 on ebay?

[Rob D.]

Thank you for this thread, David.

[Jim VB]

Originally Posted by Rob D.

Thank you for this thread, David.

Edited to add: I concur. This is the best thread since Dorskind threatened to sue himself!

[Jim VB]

By the way, I refuse to believe anything written in this thread (including my own posts) until Richard comes on here and confirms them to be true!

No hunches! I want facts!

[OldSchoolBaseball]

Let me first say "Buying to sell and make some quick cash" is totally fine with me. I am sure I have purchased hundreds of cards that were profitable for the seller. That's fine with me.

I question the authenticity of some of these auctions and how they reach their final sale price. It sounds and looks fishy to me and other Net54 members.

[JP]

Why is someone selling a card and buying it back "fishy"? Stop speaking in generalities like a coward. If you have a specific accusation, make it. But I don't see how me buying a card on this forum for $180 and selling it two weeks later on eBay for $185 constitutes "fishy".

[Rob D.]

Suggested reading, JP:

Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 2.

To make things easier, line No. 230 here:

http://www.twelfth-night.info/clickn...amlet/H32.html

[JP]

That's a BS thing that can be said to annoy anyone who is defending themselves. Why don't you grow a pair Rob and accuse me of something?

EDIT: if anything, I believe I deserve an apology. Haven't you ever bought anything on BST here? And haven't you ever sold any of those items on eBay? What would happen to you if the person who sold to you on Net54 bought from you on eBay? Would you then be guilty of some malfeasance? Even though you can't control who bids on your auctions on eBay? This has become F'in ridiculous. You and some of the other "adults" in this forum should be ashamed of yourselves. I've been buying and selling cards for 25 years. I'm sure many customers have come back to buy cards they've sold. I've never once been accused of any inappropriate dealing untilyou jackasses decided to jump to a ludicrous conclusion. Shame on you. Shame. You should reconsider what sort of person you are, and maybe amend your future "online" behavior.

[JP]

Originally Posted by Jim VB

This is the best thread since Dorskind threatened to sue himself!

Is that why he only talks in the 3rd person?

I remember on the old Net54 boards people used to give him a hard time about his silly "we" posts and usage of words like hither and henceforth. But people don't tease him in the new boards, why not?

[barrysloate]

Bruce speaks in the first person plural, for a reason that nobody can fathom. And he gets his fair share of ribbing on this board, and is not ashamed to give it right back.

[FrankWakefield]

Bruce still catches grief over it on this new board... he doesn't post on the new board as often, many don't.

There is a difference between the sale of a card and the closing of an auction for a card. An auction can end with a high price where there ultimately is no sale. Maybe payment was never made, maybe the card was not satisfactory and payment refunded, there are lots of ways for an auction to end with a high price and there was never a completed sale.

[JP]

Originally Posted by FrankWakefield

Bruce still catches grief over it on this new board... he doesn't post on the new board as often, many don't.

There is a difference between the sale of a card and the closing of an auction for a card. An auction can end with a high price where there ultimately is no sale. Maybe payment was never made, maybe the card was not satisfactory and payment refunded, there are lots of ways for an auction to end with a high price and there was never a completed sale.

Maybe that is why I haven't seen as much ribbing, fewer posts to rib him about.

Re: the auctions...

Roomn8 was the first seller and piedmont150 was the first buyer on eBay in mid-January. I know of Roomn8, Daniel, so I can only assume that sale is legit, and they don't live near each other (New Hampshire and Indiana) so they can't be in cahoots.

Then a month later piedmont150 sold to me at a $60 loss, which I'm 100% sure of since PayPal I've got a PayPal record of it.

Then I posted it on eBay and two weeks later, piedmont150 won my auction.

So all three transactions had to have taken place, and money changed hands each time, so I'm guessing that piedmont150 just wanted to get his card back, even if it cost him a little extra. I can't blame the guy as I've done it myself in the past....maybe we all have.

[Matt]

Originally Posted by FrankWakefield

he doesn't post on the new board as often, many don't.

Frank - we've got more posts/posters on the new board then we did on the old one...

[BlueDevil89]

This thread is better than a CSI episode - definitely has more intrigue and drama.

It's "a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma".

[JP]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

Bruce speaks in the first person plural, for a reason that nobody can fathom. And he gets his fair share of ribbing on this board, and is not ashamed to give it right back.

Ah, yes, the "royal" we...

I forgot how thick skinned you need to be for these forums....I'm a pretty sensitive/defensive guy....best for me to navigate with caution.

[Rob D.]

JP,

I'll echo what others have posted: I don't need any PMs from you. If you've got something to say, post it here.

[JP]

Originally Posted by Rob D.

JP,

I'll echo what others have posted: I don't need any PMs from you. If you've got something to say, post it here.

The sale was legit.


EDIT: shoot...I should've PM'ed you that, would have been much funnier....

[Rob D.]

Originally Posted by JP

EDIT: shoot...I should've PM'ed you that, would have been much funnier....

Instead of sending PMs to people you don't know, you might want to keep shoveling in an attempt to remove yourself from the hole you've put yourself in.

[JP]

Originally Posted by Rob D.

Instead of sending PMs to people you don't know, you might want to keep shoveling in an attempt to remove yourself from the hole you've put yourself in.

And what hole would that be?

I bought a card on Net54, then sold it on eBay, and the guy who sold it to me on Net54 decided to buy it from me on eBay. How does that have anything to do with me? How do I have any control over that? And what purpose would it serve?

Stop being an a*hole.