Shout-out to a Conscientious Ebay Seller

[JollyElm]

On ebay, I saw a graded 1962 Babe Ruth card that was erroneously labeled by PSA as a green tint, so I messaged the seller to tell him what was what (including some specific differences between the GT and normal cards, to prove I was on the up and up) and BOOM!! almost immediately he changed his listing to let people know the truth, putting it right in the title of the listing. A less scrupulous seller would've kept the information to him/herself to make a little more money on the sale, since GT's (especially Ruths) carry a premium. Since there are so many problematic ebay'ers, I wanted to take a moment to point out a good one.

Don't know if he's a net54 member or not, and I don't have any skin in the game, but he is marlo_36 and the auction is:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1962-TOPPS-...UAAOSwCmNZ2nqT

[bnorth]

That is kinda a good thing in a big small way. Now someone will buy it cheaply and sell it as a green tint like the flip says. Getting the flip fixed by PSA would be the best route.

[JollyElm]

Originally Posted by bnorth

That is kinda a good thing in a big small way. Now someone will buy it cheaply and sell it as a green tint like the flip says. Getting the flip fixed by PSA would be the best route.

Then I'll copy and paste my message to whomever this new seller is.

[Johnny630]

eBay is the Wild West !! Only purchase in person or here.

[NiceDocter]

seller did a good thing and is to be commended, which I believe was the purpose of your original post. All too often when I am at a show and see what seems to be NOT REAL cards being sold at a dealers table, and I diplomatically discuss this with the seller..... I usually get the cold shoulder or a song and dance about being found in some attic from a 120 year old guys estate. Once I had a guy with some obviously fake T206s at "retail" prices (and the wrong fonts on the lettering LOL) thank me for telling him and pointing out the differences between these and the real cards. He pulled them from the showcase and I felt like I had done a good thing for the hobby. Damn if he didnt have them out again at full price at the next show!!! So much for being helpful.......