Eddie Plank Letter

[ibuysportsephemera]

Originally Posted by cubsfan-budman

Listen, the buyer was lied to and presumably he can't recoup his money, so he absolutely did get hosed AND ripped off.

Blaming the victim sucks.

No one is blaming the victim, but when you admit that you weren't sure if it was real going in, you did not get hosed and ripped off! You took a shot and made a mistake.

I don't know how anyone could think that a 25k autograph could be had for $175 on line (no offense to the OP). If the auction house was legitimate they would never let an authentic autograph go for that price or even 10x that price. There is a big difference between trying to get a great deal and a deal that is improbable.

Jeff

[cubsfan-budman]

Originally Posted by ibuysportsephemera

No one is blaming the victim, but when you admit that you weren't sure if it was real going in, you did not get hosed and ripped off! You took a shot and made a mistake.

I don't know how anyone could think that a 25k autograph could be had for $175 on line (no offense to the OP). If the auction house was legitimate they would never let an authentic autograph go for that price or even 10x that price. There is a big difference between trying to get a great deal and a deal that is improbable.

Jeff

He didnt say that he didnt know it was real going in. He said that he did research on the authenticator and it "seemed legitimate".

We all know now in hindsight that Justin Priddy is NOT legitimate, but that wasn't uncovered by OP.

I see folks all the time put ludicrously low bids on things at auction...they must do it for a reason. Sometimes things get passed over and they score something for less than its worth. I think theres a thread on the first page of the homepage here about "scores" like this. People seem to celebrate these fortunate occasions.

This also wasn't some dude taking advantage of someone's grandmother either. It was an authenticated item bought at auction.

The OP didn't ask for sympathy, but if he did, he would deserve it. He got screwed out of $175 by a con artist authenticator and a suspect auction house.

Christian Augustus

[ibuysportsephemera]

Originally Posted by cubsfan-budman

He didnt say that he didnt know it was real going in.

Wrong...here is his quote: Ya I was pretty sure it was a fake.

Jeff

[Deertick]

Originally Posted by ibuysportsephemera

Wrong...here is his quote: Ya I was pretty sure it was a fake.

Jeff

I read that as saving face. Sorta like, "I knew she was a guy all along. I just had to make sure."

[cubsfan-budman]

Originally Posted by Deertick

I read that as saving face. Sorta like, "I knew she was a guy all along. I just had to make sure."

I assumed he was saying that after all he'd heard on these boards about Priddy, he began to assume it was fake.