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Sometimes ebay sellers are just plain dumb
Posted By: TBob
There was a lot of about 40 T207s on ebay which went off Sunday night. Of the 40 were about 30-35 of the "tough" cards and several of the very high price scarcities. The seller did not bother mentioning nor showinf the conditions of the backs. I am sure that many were Red Cycles which would have really jacked up the price. I sent him 3 emails and even tried calling (ebay supplied his number) twice just to have him tell me if the backs had any damage. (He also had a large lot of T205s on ebay and on those he gave the fronts conditions and told about the backs which had a little damage). Nada. The phone was an announcement only, not an answering machine, and said this was "Discount Sportscards." The handle on ebay is dslsports. Had it not been for a belated bid by Scott B., they would have gone for about $10 a card, as it was, they went for about $20 a card. If there were no back damage, and the guy was either oblivious, didn't give a damn or dumb, I would have bid about $1500.00 for the lot (which went for $791). No doubt others would have bid a lot too because the breakup on the lot was incredible. |
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Sometimes ebay sellers are just plain dumb
Posted By: mrc32
If you are talking about DSLsports, then the cards are prob. legit. I have bought several things from them. They are like simsclassicsports on ebay. Both sell HUGE amounts of cards and are generally very good. |
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Sometimes ebay sellers are just plain dumb
Posted By: Nick
I was one of the nearly 600 people that viewed the auction. As a seller you are correct the break up would have been great if the backs were not damaged. I think the backs were damaged beacuse the cards were described as fair to good; and the picture of the fronts appeared VG-Ex. |
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Sometimes ebay sellers are just plain dumb
Posted By: Marc S.
The seller is one of the largest dealers out on the West Coast. I have been pleased with every transaction I have had with them -- but 99% of that encompasses modern cards. |
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Sometimes ebay sellers are just plain dumb
Posted By: jay behrens
poor and/or non existant communication with current or potential customers is NOT a good business model. This is evidenced by the results of the t207 lot. Imagine what he could have realized for a price if he had simply responded to emails. |
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Sometimes ebay sellers are just plain dumb
Posted By: Marc S.
<<This is evidenced by the results of the t207 lot. Imagine what he could have realized for a price if he had simply responded to emails.>> |
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Sometimes ebay sellers are just plain dumb
Posted By: jay berhens
Let's say he has run 100k auctions in the past 4 years and that said extra person makes $50k/yr (I used to live in SF, a very expensive city, and can't imagine that a position answering email inquiries would merit this type of pay. Hell, I'd do that job for less than $50k). This means that each auction would have to generate an extra $2 per auction to pay this person. This doesn't seem too unrealistic given that this person seems to have a propensity for not providing back scans and not answering emails. |
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Sometimes ebay sellers are just plain dumb
Posted By: Marc S.
Your point is well taken. |
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Sometimes ebay sellers are just plain dumb
Posted By: Art M
Check out this Ebay auction: |
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