Ebayer 'collectors' ripe for plucking

mrmopar · #1 01-30-2016, 04:46 PM

This has seemingly become commonplace. Team photos from Sporting News and other magazines, posters cut down to single "blue proofs" (Fleer stamps/stickers) and a variety of other items that are targeting mostly player collectors hungry for new items. Obviously it works for a while�

I have never tried to sell them, but as a kid, I used to cut the smaller (whole and sometimes partial) cards seen as advertisements on wax boxes, cereal boxes, hostess boxes, etc. I should have just saved the whole box!

RichardSimon · #2 01-30-2016, 04:54 PM

Talk about low class thieves.
He is stealing $5 at a time.
Mom must be so proud.

TheNightmanCometh · #3 01-30-2016, 05:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RichardSimon

Talk about low class thieves.
He is stealing $5 at a time.
Mom must be so proud.

How is he stealing? He is labeling them properly by saying "Hand Cut from Big Book of Baseball Cards". If he's being deceptive in any way it's his use of the word "rare". Those aren't rare as anyone could buy the book, buy the cardboard, and do it themselves.

Even in the description he notes...

*THESE ARE HAND-CUT FROM THE PAGES OF THE BIG BOOK OF BASEBALL CARDS (1989, BEEKMAN HOUSE). THE CARD IS FEATURED IN A GLOSSY-PAPER REPRINT, WITH A DESCRIPTION ON THE BOTTOM OF THE PLAYER AND SET FEATURED. THE BACKS FEATURE THE BACKSIDE OF THE PAGE (EITHER A WRITE-UP ON THE SET OR A PIECE OF ANOTHER PHOTO). CARD PHOTO HAS A BEIGE BORDER AROUND IT - MANY OF THE MAJOR STARS AND ALL THE MAJOR AND MINOR SETS FROM 1887 TO 1989 ARE FEATURED. THESE MAKE A UNIQUE ADDITION TO ANY PLAYER OR TEAM COLLECTION, OR A CHEAP ALTERNATIVE TO OWNING THE EXPENSIVE ORIGINALS!*

I see no trickery here, just weird buyers buying weird stuff.

Leon · #4 01-31-2016, 09:38 AM

Have to agree. He described the cut outs well. I think it goes under the heading, A Fool and His Money Will Soon Part Ways.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/gpenko826/m....684&rmvSB=true

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheNightmanCometh

How is he stealing? He is labeling them properly by saying "Hand Cut from Big Book of Baseball Cards". If he's being deceptive in any way it's his use of the word "rare". Those aren't rare as anyone could buy the book, buy the cardboard, and do it themselves.

Even in the description he notes...

*THESE ARE HAND-CUT FROM THE PAGES OF THE BIG BOOK OF BASEBALL CARDS (1989, BEEKMAN HOUSE). THE CARD IS FEATURED IN A GLOSSY-PAPER REPRINT, WITH A DESCRIPTION ON THE BOTTOM OF THE PLAYER AND SET FEATURED. THE BACKS FEATURE THE BACKSIDE OF THE PAGE (EITHER A WRITE-UP ON THE SET OR A PIECE OF ANOTHER PHOTO). CARD PHOTO HAS A BEIGE BORDER AROUND IT - MANY OF THE MAJOR STARS AND ALL THE MAJOR AND MINOR SETS FROM 1887 TO 1989 ARE FEATURED. THESE MAKE A UNIQUE ADDITION TO ANY PLAYER OR TEAM COLLECTION, OR A CHEAP ALTERNATIVE TO OWNING THE EXPENSIVE ORIGINALS!*

I see no trickery here, just weird buyers buying weird stuff.

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