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Old 04-29-2013, 03:32 PM
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Asking your opinion on this one.
Buyer buys the card,sends in for grading, then demands his costs for shipping both ways and grading fee. My question to the buyer was this, "Why would you send a card for grading when it is clearly stated in bold red type trimmed"?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/350755215307...84.m1561.l2649
There is no reason to refund this person one red cent! The buyer is being unreasonable. Clearly, this buyer didn't read the item description where You stated that the card was trimmed.

What was the buyer's response to your question?

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Old 04-29-2013, 03:34 PM
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clearly on the buyer here..... not sure why he would even come back?
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Old 04-29-2013, 03:38 PM
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On the buyer here. Auction clearly states the card is trimmed. He would have never gotten a numeric grade. Why didn't he get it slabbed as 'AUTHENTIC'?? I would not offer a refund. Did you ask him why he though a $400 card sold for only $30?
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Old 04-29-2013, 03:43 PM
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on a side note...larry...why do you show a t206 green cobb in the middle of the listing...this can only serve to confuse in my opinion?
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Old 04-29-2013, 03:49 PM
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A buyer would send a trimmed card to a TPG to have it authenticated, and slabbed as such. But why has the buyer come to you for postage and submission fee? I also am curious about the pic of the cobb in the middle of your listing. Dave
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Old 04-29-2013, 03:50 PM
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on a side note...larry...why do you show a t206 green cobb in the middle of the listing...this can only serve to confuse in my opinion?
That was my second impression.
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Old 04-29-2013, 04:00 PM
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I agree with everyone above, it's on the buyer.

To avoid this issue in the future, I suggest adding the word "trimmed" to the listing title, there was plenty of room to do so. I understand that it is in red lettering, but when half of your listing description is in red, it makes it a bit harder to notice.

I also suggest removing that Cobb green portrait from the listing, it further adds to the confusion.

Hopefully you don't get a neg, and hopefully you will tweak these little particulars before you get another unsatisfied buyer.
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Old 04-29-2013, 04:15 PM
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The buyer is 100% at fault here, but you're in a tough spot Larry. Sounds like he is unreasonable enough to hit you with an undeserved negative if you don't meet his ridiculous terms.

If it were me I would try to reason with him again, but wouldn't cave on the grading fees one bit. If he ended up leaving me a negative, I would respond with something like "Description clearly stated that the card was trimmed. Please read the entire description"

I think future buyers will read that response, and be able to see that the buyer was being unreasonable. Plus I don't think anyone will make a big deal over one stray negative with your overall strong feedback rating.

Good luck whatever you decide to do!
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Old 04-29-2013, 05:22 PM
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If it were me, I would offer a refund plus postage both ways. I'm very protective of my feedback.

I try to put descriptors in my listings for material information, and think best practice is to note something like "trimmed" in the title.

I think it is even more important to do so now that mobile bidding is so common and a lot of people don't closely read descriptions and/or they don't always render well on a mobile device. I believe there is a good chance the potential buyer clicked on the photo, saw what looked like a nice T206 and bid based on the photo and auction title alone.
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Old 04-30-2013, 12:47 AM
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You could inform the buyer that you always have the ability to tell this story on this and the PSA boards, post his user id and suggest people might consider blocking him as a bidder. And people would block him, because many sellers have zero interest in dealing with this kind of bidder. He may think twice about proceeding with unreasonable demands. If they are indeed unreasonable (*not taking sides).

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Old 04-29-2013, 05:41 PM
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on a side note...larry...why do you show a t206 green cobb in the middle of the listing...this can only serve to confuse in my opinion?
Just advertising that's all
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Old 04-29-2013, 05:42 PM
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Thank you all for your opinions!
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Old 04-29-2013, 05:46 PM
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If the buyer did his homework he wouldn't have to worry about flunking the test.
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Old 04-29-2013, 03:49 PM
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Maybe he was pissed off at the sp of the word 'Cheif'(sic)?
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Old 04-29-2013, 03:50 PM
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On the buyer here. Auction clearly states the card is trimmed. He would have never gotten a numeric grade. Why didn't he get it slabbed as 'AUTHENTIC'?? I would not offer a refund. Did you ask him why he though a $400 card sold for only $30?
How is this a $400 card?
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