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Posted By: leon
Before I went on vacation last week I got a call from Shelly Jaffe. We spoke a little bit and agreed and disagreed a little bit. I know he had issues before, and admits it, but seems like he is truly trying to help at this point. So be it. He told me to call a person at ebay and that they are enlisting some hobby folks to help clean up the Sports Card side of ebay with respect to obvious fakes and scams. I called and we spoke for quite a bit and I told J.G. I would be glad to help. I have a call into him today to let him know I am still up to doing it and was out last week. Basically I am going to email him with obvious questionable items (these won't be close calls) and he is going to email the seller to ask for more info, and if need be, shut the auction down. I feel this is a very positive thing ebay is doing and wanted to let folks know about it. He also asked about getting a few other folks to help but I was busy and didn't offer any names at the time. I assured him that if I emailed him then it would be almost positive the card is not good...like the red back Cobby - Drum on ebay now with a BIN of 15k. It is an extremely obvious reback job in a hacked PSA holder...At any rate I wanted to give some more positive hobby news..Ebay is trying to clean up a little bit.....regards |
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Posted By: David
It's about time ebay takes charge of this issue...but what a job it’s going to be. Thanks for the info Leon!! |
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Posted By: Jimmy
Great to hear eBay is reaching out in the hobby and I look forward to hearing about the progress. This site is a great resource for all companies in our industry to reach out to and provide support. |
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Posted By: Jeff Lichtman
Hard to believe, but great news. Now if only Leon could have such a positive effect on Mastro and PSA..... |
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Posted By: Joseph
Now, now Jeffrey...let's not try to rile up Leon with the "M" word. |
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Posted By: E, Daniel
to get some extra help Leon you might consider setting up yet another tab on this forum titled 'fakes' (or other), where members who are surfing ebay and happen across obvious rip-offs can list the ebay auction number. You could then run your eye over them to vet for yourself before passing on the info. |
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Posted By: dan mckee
This is a great idea Leon! I have been doing it for close to 8 months now. My contact was a female for the first 6 months who was excellent and shut down the fraudulent auctions; the last 2 months I have been working with a guy whose goal is to help fix problems with the entire category. My suggestion, get a team of 5 or 7 guru's who are tops in the hobby for knowledge and do not mind taking the time to do it. That way there is a board and not 1 high and almighty dictator. Naturally I consider myself one of the top knowledgable people in the pre-war hobby and I have the time and have already been doing this for awhile. I will however yield to Barry Sloate, John Rameriez, Lew Lipset and possibly Kevin Struss. After that, you will probably get an argument out of me. Lets take out the trash! And clean up the garbage auctions in the pre-1930 category. Dan Mckee |
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Posted By: Eric
I think that's a great idea too. |
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Posted By: barrysloate
Thanks Dan for including me but I rarely check what's on ebay. I just look at the links that others post on the board. |
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Posted By: jay behrens
Barry, I think he was saying that you are among the select few that know more than he does about baseball cards. |
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Posted By: dan mckee
Jay is correct. I was actually expecting to get blasted from that statement but you guys are way too good to me tonight. In all seriousness, I am E card ignorant, 19th Century ignorant, 50s and 60s regionals ignorant, PCL ignorant, and God knows what else ignorant. A very wise man on this board once told me "Dan, know one knows everything about everything". That was very well put! Hence the need for a board of collectors/investors to police the pre-war category on ebay. There is a ton of knowledge on this board to just about cover a complete spectrum of eras and issues. It is a real pleasure just being a part of this community. You are a real good bunch of guys and gals! Thanks Dan. |
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Posted By: Brian Weisner
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Posted By: Jim Dale
It is good to have hope. I hate to be bitter but ebay is still the wild west with its thieves, kingdoms and fraud. When I read leon's post I felt like they were putting one of the laid off fraud people to work. Seriously - do you really think they get as many notices of shill bidding and the like now that they've hidden the ID's of bidders over $200? My guess is they were able to eliminate a lot of people in house with that one. |
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Posted By: leon
I prefer to be an optomist. That's what makes this board great...the diverse opinions. I could say the sky is up and at least one person would argue it's down. I will try to help identify some forgeries and reprints if I can. I'm not holding my breath but if something like this works maybe we can help facillitate positive change in other places too...or maybe not .....can't hurt to try...but we'll see. I certainly can understand the cynical view. regards... |
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Posted By: Harry Wallace
Leon, that is a good first step. |
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Posted By: dan mckee
Harry, emailing them is a waste of time I agree. I found an "in" on ebay otherwise they do not even read your emails, it is a joke unfortunately. Leon has a great idea here, I like it, I have the time, and I am very interested in helping. Leon, please keep me in mind. Thanks dan. |
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Posted By: leon
Your name and about 5 others are in the hopper to help. I understand this person is off on Thurs and Fri's (kind of strange) so we haven't yet made contact after my vacation all last week...and when we spoke the first time there was no immediate follow up as I told him I would be on vacation in the next few days....So there hasn't been a communication again yet. I think this could be a good thing though...hopefully. regards |
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Posted By: dan mckee
Thanks Leon, I am game to help in anyway you see fit. Just let me know. Kisses, Dan |
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Posted By: dan mckee
Don't take those kisses wrong, my wife has just fell asleep on me tonight. Dan |
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Posted By: rrrowe
Please forgive my lack of optimism concerning this idea. |
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