1963
 

1964 on 76

Comc
 

I wanted to alert variations and errors collectors that, for the second time, I did not receive the card from Check Out My Cards that was shown. It was a Deans card. The reply I got from COMC was:

We were able to follow up on this card with Dean's. The copy of the card had double sold. When this happens, Dean's sends a copy with the same or higher grade to replace it. If you are unhappy with the card, please return it for a full refund.

Here is an example with 1957 #119 STan Lopata:

COMC item # 19525890
eBay 1957 Topps #119 Stan Lopata GOOD N17599

Tell me that this is not the same card.

I hope that none of you gets cheated with this.

variation
 

Slip,
Did they alert you it was not the card you bought, or did you have to discover this on your own?
I have bought some cards from COMC, variations that I discovered, and when I got the card, I couldn't figure out why I had bought it. I always wondered if they slipped me a different card...but haven't been able to prove it yet. I need to keep better records.
Richard D

With both COMC and our own BST, I have learned that when I buy a card(s), I right click and save the image....makes it easy to go back when things do not match up.

Forgetting why I ordered a particular card
 

Glad it is not just me Richard. Also, I put any variant I get in with my sets in an overlay sheet. A few years back I went through all my sets and put a label on each variant pointing out what the variant was. It took a long time on some to figure out what the difference was:o

That is good advice Saved I do it also.

I think all us weird oddball print error collectors have done that way too many times to remember. I know I do it on a regular basis, I always think about labeling them but never do.

Reply to Bright Air
 

I discovered it on my own as soon as I opened the pack of cards I had bought and saw that it was not correct. I emailed about it and got the run around.

Thanks Slip, good to know we need to watch out for ourselves on this.
Al - yes, I put my variations in separate pages in my binders with labels on each. Some years now, the variations beginning to rival the regular issues!!
Good advice also to save photo of bought card to protect ourselves. I will try to do that.
Richard D

The 1965 Topps #418 Johnny Edwards can be found three ways, the normal common card, a version with a yellow stripe along the bottom that is less common but can be found, and a third version with the yellow stripe and breaks in the red ink of the "E" and the "D" of REDS which is very difficult to find.

Two More
 

Here are a couple more examples of printing issues.