Is anyone else getting sick of the constant BS in listings?

[novakjr]

Originally Posted by BigDan502

I always loved the "it's graded x , but you can send it in to be regraded and it'll surely get a higher grade"

I am so glad my eBay selling days are behind me. I felt like a dirty 80's dealer hawking 50 ct lots of Cory Snyder by the end.

Gotta love Cory Snyder...His '85 Olympic card was one of my favorites growing up. It's virtually worthless, but I still love it for sentimental reasons..

[BigDan502]

My favorite worthless card is 1989 upper deck
Jerome Walton. They were actually selling for $12
When they first came out and my old man wouldn't let me have one.
I was 8 so there was nothing I could do about it.
Junior Felix was the man too.

a quick ps, I had no issue at all with the original.
You gotta write something in the description on eBay so you might
As well pitch the card as best you can.

[Zach Wheat]

I agree with Iggy. Almost makes me wish for Peter Chao to liven up the board again. Naaahhh.

[oldjudge]

Pete-What site was that from? Harry Wright didn't innitiate overhand pitching.

[novakjr]

Originally Posted by oldjudge

Pete-What site was that from? Harry Wright didn't innitiate overhand pitching.

http://www.goodwinandco.com/LotDetail.aspx?lotid=18791

[barrysloate]

So the seller took erroneous information from Goodwin's site, and used it for his sale. Why not use a primary source to see what Harry Wright's actual contributions to baseball were?

Also see that card has become a lot more valuable since the auction closed. Must be inflation.

[oldjudge]

Barry-That's hilarious! When I first read the description my reaction was to think of Goodwin Auction descriptions, the only place where I recall seeing inaccuracies like that. I didn't realize that the description WAS lifted from a Goodwin Auction description.

It should be listed as the "Ghost of Harry Wright" variety. You can't see him, but you can feel his presence, kinda.

[novakjr]

When I originally saw the description on ebay, the overhand thing didn't even register with me. I couldn't seem to get past the mention of the $4000 SMR while trying to sell the card for $8200.

[kcohen]

I know this is off the subject of the OP, but once again, this card brings to light how ridiculous the grading scale is for OJs. This bugs me more than inflated descriptions. Yes, I know this issue has been raised before. I would pay more for a PSA 1 with a clear and rich image than for a seriously faded PSA 5. If that card was little more than a blank piece of cardboard, yet barely identifiable as Wright, it would have probably gotten the same grade.

[tbob]

Originally Posted by kcohen

I know this is off the subject of the OP, but once again, this card brings to light how ridiculous the grading scale is for OJs. This bugs me more than inflated descriptions. Yes, I know this issue has been raised before. I would pay more for a PSA 1 with a clear and rich image than for a seriously faded PSA 5. If that card was little more than a blank piece of cardboard, yet barely identifiable as Wright, it would have probably gotten the same grade.

+1. Agree 100% with you.

[kcohen]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

Also see that card has become a lot more valuable since the auction closed. Must be inflation.

I'm glad I bought most of my cards before QE2.

[rhettyeakley]

Wow, tough crowd today. A little far fetched description and price but you guys are brutal! It's his card he can ask what he wants.

[Bilko G]

Originally Posted by Zach Wheat

I agree with Iggy. Almost makes me wish for Peter Chao to liven up the board again. Naaahhh.

Chao sure did "spice" up the board in the old days though.

To be completely honest, i just recently found Net54 and began lurking here, right around the same time that Peter became a member and started posting (i believe that was back sometime around the winter of 2007 or so) and he got me coming back to Net54 every few hours, just to see what he was gonna post next, lol.

[grundle20]

I do realize this is an old post, but I just had to rekindle it with this gem:

CLICK HERE TO GASP...

I mean, "breathtaking"? HAHAHA. What is this, Gone With the Wind?

[Brendan]

Originally Posted by grundle20

I do realize this is an old post, but I just had to rekindle it with this gem:

CLICK HERE TO GASP...

I mean, "breathtaking"? HAHAHA. What is this, Gone With the Wind?

There seems to be a ring of eBay sellers who have been doing this. All their cards are raw and all are "STUNNING!!!" "PERFECT CENTERING!!!!!" "BREATHTAKING!!!!!!"

[novakjr]

Originally Posted by grundle20

I do realize this is an old post, but I just had to rekindle it with this gem:

CLICK HERE TO GASP...

I mean, "breathtaking"? HAHAHA. What is this, Gone With the Wind?

That is some great centering...haha!!!

[Bicem]

Flooding ebay with 300 of these listed individually is really annoying.



LINK

[Sterling Sports Auctions]

Don't forget these straight out of Net 54s BST, from a seller that knew nothing about them a week earlier.

"(A card in this shape is shocking)"

"(another relatively insane card)"

Lee

[Jaybird]

I just checked, he must have been posting them as you posted on here. He now has 1500 of them up. Wow.

[HRBAKER]

Originally Posted by Bicem

Flooding ebay with 300 of these listed individually is really annoying.



LINK

It could be worse, they could all have a wheat penny in them!

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by novakjr

Gotta love Cory Snyder...His '85 Olympic card was one of my favorites growing up. It's virtually worthless, but I still love it for sentimental reasons..

Same here. I had a stack of them as a teenager. Thought he was gonna be better then McGwire LOL!!

Plus he played for the Waterbury Indians, whose Stadium I could actually see from my grandmothers house.

[ls7plus]

I "see" Jeff's initial, comically well-put point, but hype is and always has been part of the game, especially in all fields of collectibles. Just check out Barrett-Jackson's classic car auctions. Each of us just has to decide for ourselves just what is the sizzle and what is the steak in any given case, with no ill will intended towards Pete in this regard at all. Most of us here are pretty good at doing that. Plus we're big boys now, and we've had extensive discussions on eye appeal versus technical grade, and we pretty much agree on the importance of the former.

May those items that you pull the trigger on fill your heart with joy for years to come.

Best, guys,

Larry