PSA slabs a Hank Aaron reprint

[Peter_Spaeth]

Presented without comment.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/365418261041

[npa589]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Presented without comment.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/365418261041

Lol. Wow. This is up there with one of the most egregious mistakes I have ever seen with TPG.


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[raulus]

Never get cheated!

[bk400]

Goodness. It literally says "JALFCO Reprint 1988" on the back.

[BobbyStrawberry]

Has anyone told Rick?

[DeanH3]

It’s a good thing they’ve tightened their grading standards.

[OhioLawyerF5]

Originally Posted by BobbyStrawberry

Has anyone told Rick?

It looks like it, since he already changed the listing title.

[BobbyStrawberry]

Originally Posted by OhioLawyerF5

It looks like it, since he already changed the listing title.

I wonder what will happen at the authentication stage if this ends up being sold.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by BobbyStrawberry

Has anyone told Rick?

It's right in his title.

[BobbyStrawberry]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

It's right in his title.

Right, I missed that initially. (As did 3 bidders and 12 watchers, apparently...)

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by BobbyStrawberry

Right, I missed that initially. (As did 3 bidders and 12 watchers, apparently...)

Or they're buying it for the novelty? Crazy.

[oldjudge]

It did get an extra half point for appearance--can't argue with that. 🤮

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by bk400

Goodness. It literally says "JALFCO Reprint 1988" on the back.

Yeah, but to be fair to the grader of this card, you have to read a lot of other text on the back before you get to the reprint notice.


Brian

[Balticfox]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

PSA slabs a Hank Aaron reprint

It's what they do. That's their business model. You present a card, they slab it with a number, you pay to get the card returned, case closed. It then is what it is, i.e a slabbed card with a number on it, for most buyers.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Or they're buying it for the novelty? Crazy.

I can guarantee the guy with the highest bid now wants it as a novelty.

[Brent G.]

I suppose if PSA took the time to do everything right, your common submission would take 6 months instead of 3. God knows they won't hire more people to reduce the burden and improve service -- that isn't the Modern American Way.

[perezfan]

Maybe PSA will approach the winning bidder with a free membership and some party favors like they did with this one...

[brewing]

Originally Posted by perezfan

Maybe PSA will approach the winning bidder with a free membership and some party favors like they did with this one...

That Mack Cracker Jack has my vote for biggest mistake.

[4815162342]

Originally Posted by brewing

That Mack Cracker Jack has my vote for biggest mistake.

The T206 Heinie that was slabbed a Honus gets my vote. I wish I would’ve saved a scan years ago when it was for sale on eBay.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by brewing

That Mack Cracker Jack has my vote for biggest mistake.

Originally Posted by 4815162342

The T206 Heinie that was slabbed a Honus gets my vote. I wish I would’ve saved a scan years ago when it was for sale on eBay.

I still vote for the PSA 8 Wagner as the worst.

[nat]

It's weird; except for the novelty bidders, this is an auction for money. The PSA guarantee is worth far more than a reprint, so, again, unless you're doing it for the novelty factor, the thing to do if you win this auction is to call in the PSA guarantee (assuming that they honor it). Which means that you should expect the auction to end at whatever the guarantee for this card is.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by nat

It's weird; except for the novelty bidders, this is an auction for money. The PSA guarantee is worth far more than a reprint, so, again, unless you're doing it for the novelty factor, the thing to do if you win this auction is to call in the PSA guarantee (assuming that they honor it). Which means that you should expect the auction to end at whatever the guarantee for this card is.

As a novelty bidder I pushed it to the current price. $20 shipped for a cool PSA error was my limit as I had no plans for trying to get PSA to honor anything.

[aconte]

Originally Posted by nat

It's weird; except for the novelty bidders, this is an auction for money. The PSA guarantee is worth far more than a reprint, so, again, unless you're doing it for the novelty factor, the thing to do if you win this auction is to call in the PSA guarantee (assuming that they honor it). Which means that you should expect the auction to end at whatever the guarantee for this card is.

The guarantee is out the window on mechanical label errors which is what they
will claim.

[darwinbulldog]

Originally Posted by BobbyStrawberry

I wonder what will happen at the authentication stage if this ends up being sold.

There will be no authentication. That's only after the $250 threshold.

[BobbyStrawberry]

Originally Posted by darwinbulldog

There will be no authentication. That's only after the $250 threshold.

14 bids and 20 watchers...if enough of them think it's real it could reach that threshold. (Certainly at least some of them are missing the fact that it's a reprint, right?)

[bk400]

Since this thread was started a few hours ago, over 500 people have viewed the listing on ebay.

[frankbmd]

Hey Kids,

Reading the back, the card will be punched when redeemed for a prize.

I imagine if the card had been punched, either

a) it wouldn't have received the same grade or

b) the grader would have lost his reserved parking in the PSA lot.

[OhioLawyerF5]

Originally Posted by BobbyStrawberry

14 bids and 20 watchers...if enough of them think it's real it could reach that threshold. (Certainly at least some of them are missing the fact that it's a reprint, right?)

It's an interesting question. My understanding is that ebay authentication does 2 things with graded cards. They authenticate the slab itself to verify it wasn't tampered with, and they verify the item matches the description. But they don't re-authenticate the card within the slab at all (like they would for a raw card). So my guess is that since the description is accurate and the slab has not been tampered with, it would pass. But it's a weird situation where the description is different from what's on the slab, but references that the label is an error.

[BobbyStrawberry]

Now up to $46 and 24 watchers.

[Gary Dunaier]

As of date and time of posting, it's gotten 18 bids and is now at $100. 30 people are watching it.

Are these reprints collectors' items in their own right? COMC has an unslabbed copy on eBay, also identified as a reprint, for which they're asking $56.89 as a "Buy It Now."

[Rich Klein]

Originally Posted by Gary Dunaier

As of date and time of posting, it's gotten 18 bids and is now at $100. 30 people are watching it.

Are these reprints collectors' items in their own right? COMC has an unslabbed copy on eBay, also identified as a reprint, for which they're asking $56.89 as a "Buy It Now."

FYI - COMC are not the people setting the asking price, the submitters are and frankly what price they set a card for sale as is the submitter's business. To me, a person has a right at COMC, on EBay, at a show, at a store, or even on a place like the Net 54 B/S/T to ask what they want for a card. The consumer/collector has the right to say yes, to try to negotiate a price or to say it's a museum piece and I have not a shred at interest at that price level,

Rich.

[NiceDocter]

Just hammered for $730 plus $5 shipping and tax!!!! What’s the odds this transaction actually is completed? Crazy…….

[BobbyStrawberry]

Originally Posted by NiceDocter

Just hammered for $730 plus $5 shipping and tax!!!! What’s the odds this transaction actually is completed? Crazy…….

Looks like it will head to "authentication" after all.

[Tabe]

Originally Posted by bnorth

I still vote for the PSA 8 Wagner as the worst.

It ain't a mistake if it is intentional

[darwinbulldog]

Originally Posted by BobbyStrawberry

Looks like it will head to "authentication" after all.

Aye. I stand corrected.

[Fred]

What's the problem? So PSA forgot to add the text "Jalfco Reprint" on the label. Sheesh, everyone makes mistakes.

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[Cliff Bowman]

If PSA is smart then they are the ones who bought it.

[darwinbulldog]

Originally Posted by Cliff Bowman

If PSA is smart then they are the ones who bought it.

If

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by Cliff Bowman

If PSA is smart then they are the ones who bought it.

That seems the dumbest to me. Why wouldn't they just deactivate the cert # and say it is a mechanical error and will correct that for free. Then the buyer is out some cash and hopefully learns a valuable lesson.

[darwinbulldog]

Originally Posted by bnorth

That seems the dumbest to me. Why wouldn't they just deactivate the cert # and say it is a mechanical error and will correct that for free. Then the buyer is out some cash and hopefully learns a valuable lesson.

namely "Never get cheated."