Are cards usually packaged together on ebay?

[TexasLeaguer]

Aside from the limited feedback and terrible pictures, what gives these away as being fakes? I usually steer clear if there is any doubt, but I'm wondering what else you guys might see. Thanks!

[iggyman]

They are obvious fakes. The Mathewson is easy, the font used for his name is all wrong and the fake rounded corners give it away as well (corners don't usually wear in a rounded symmetrical fashion like that). The color and registration on the Young is way off, got that circa 1999 copy machine look to it.

Lovely Day...

[Matthew H]

Originally Posted by TexasLeaguer

Aside from the limited feedback and terrible pictures, what gives these away as being fakes? I usually steer clear if there is any doubt, but I'm wondering what else you guys might see. Thanks!

For starters, on the Young, the borders are more discolored than the rest of the card. They both appear to be ink-jet reprints. After seeing hundreds of these on eBay, they become easy to spot. Not even the most blurry photo could fool the regulars anymore.

[sportscardpete]

I was actually curious myself. The Cy Young scan was a little difficult to tell if it was an outright fake or not, since I am not familiar with E-90s. But look at the back of the card!! It goes from dark to white to dark. Makes no sense.

[Bridwell]

I, too, would not bid on those two cards. I doubt they are original.

Sad for the person who bought them.

[barrysloate]

I don't know which is worse, the cards or his sentence structure. Both are abominable.

[tbob]

I think the buyer got hooked. o***t runs up the bids and the buyer snipes and gets two fakes. Even though it is harder and harder on ebay to see who's doing what to whom, it looks like this is the buyer's only transaction with this clown. Sad. I always wonder if innocent buyers like this slip the cards in to pocket pages and store them away or if they try to get them slabbed and find out the bitter truth.

[chaddurbin]

someone with an ebay connection can alert CSR about the auction...$475 is a tough lesson but the worst part is the sob didn't even offer free shipping