babe ruth - just found for sale.. is it real?

[travrosty]

Some people advertise things for sale that they don't have.

They will put it at a higher price than a place they know they can buy it from.

then when you agree to the higher price, they buy it from their source, then sell it to you at the higher agreed upon price, and take the mark up and put it in their pocket.

Some people get permission to do this from the original seller, and maybe even have it dropshipped from the original seller, but some people don't, they just appropriate the image and pretend they own it in house without permission from the original owner.

it's not right, but people do it all the time.

[scooter729]

Travis, I think this was a case of purely being a scam. The Craigslist ad just stole an image off the Internet and likely was trying to get someone to pay $400 via PayPal with the hopes of getting a Ruth ball.

I certainly understand about your theory / model, but this doesn't appear to be any more than another dirty scammer at work.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by travrosty

Some people advertise things for sale that they don't have.

They will put it at a higher price than a place they know they can buy it from.

then when you agree to the higher price, they buy it from their source, then sell it to you at the higher agreed upon price, and take the mark up and put it in their pocket.

Some people get permission to do this from the original seller, and maybe even have it dropshipped from the original seller, but some people don't, they just appropriate the image and pretend they own it in house without permission from the original owner.

it's not right, but people do it all the time.

We actually had this happen on the board once. A member took a well known west coast Dealers list of items he was selling and posted it on this board for sale (from the member posting it). Once we found out about it, very quickly I might add, it was nipped in the bud. People shouldn't be trying to sell stuff they don't own and/or without the permission of who does own it. It's just wrong.