How to Scam and Make $ on eBay...

[hunterdutchess]

Good looking out, only thing you can so is look at the sellers feedback left or received and send a message to the buyer letting them know the deal was no good. Here is a Mantle rc for sale that is also bogus: http://cgi.ebay.com/1952-TOPPS-MICKE...#ht_499wt_1154
The seller has been reported but it takes more than one to put a end to a listing.

[CharleyBrown]

Lol when I read your post the first person I thought of was battlefield. I've watched some of their auctions and not only is shilling evident but one has to be suspicious given all the factors you mentioned. Sad to see all the positive feedback and have to wonder if the winners have a clue

[CharleyBrown]

Fits your description exactly:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...T#ht_500wt_757

[hunterdutchess]

Here is another one: http://shop.ebay.com/uncle_bills_tre...id=p4340.l2562

[Jcfowler6]

Thanks for keeping the hobby real guys!

[fkw]

far from illegal, but also far from honest.

A real scam is selling a fake as authentic, or selling just a photo of the card, or selling a card you dont own, thats a scam!

I buy raw all the time but not so I can get it graded and flip. I expect raw cards to be mid grade at best, anything higher is a bonus.

The guys that think they can buy these raw cards and flip them for good profit will learn. They need to pay what the card is worth "raw" not what it may be worth after it gets graded.

[Leon]

This reminds me of a Judge Judy episode. BTW, I love Judge Judy. She so tells it like it is. She must call people "idiots" 5x a show. It's great. Anyway, one of the cases was where someone sold a picture of a cell phone on ebay for around $200. Of course the buyer saw the picture and thought they were getting a real phone. It wasn't even a good picture.....but just a regular ole printed out cell phone picture. The defendants had the gall to say they never said they were selling the phone, but only the picture. (the description was misleading too). What a great case that was. Total scam, and Judge Judy called it the way it was. She told them they needed to get a job, they should be ashamed of themselves and called them idiots, scammers, thiefs and everything else. A classic episode.

As for cards on ebay....no doubt there are a ton of folks trying to play on other folks greed. If the cards shown were truly NRMT or better those sellers know darned well they would sell for more in slabs and they would be graded.