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A little game for new collectors: Find the auction warning signs!
Posted By: Adam J. Baxter
Hey everybody, |
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A little game for new collectors: Find the auction warning signs!
Posted By: warshawlaw
outside of the private auction stuff, it looks legit to me. Is the card counterfeit (I don't like hence know nothing of strip cards)? I do see that the seller has the decade wrong (I think), but any knowledgeable buyer would look in the Standard Catalogue to pin that down readily. Seller is willing to take Paypal, so he/she obviously doesn't mind having a potential account freezing problem if the card is problematic. I'm guessing the price is ridiculous, but there's no law against that. What did I miss?? |
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A little game for new collectors: Find the auction warning signs!
Posted By: runscott
...private feedback, no returns, stored in safe since WWI. |
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A little game for new collectors: Find the auction warning signs!
Posted By: leon
Don't dismiss ALL auctions because of some warning signs. Remember the Kalamazoo Bats team card with 700 hits and NO takers....It came back graded a very nice SGC 30. As far as this card goes I don't see a problem with it. There are obvious signs of "scammery" though. I am not really a "w" card collector, and without knowing this particular issue that well I am not sure, but in the scan it looks ok? What am I missing besides, as Adam pointed out, a fairly high price? regards all |
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A little game for new collectors: Find the auction warning signs!
Posted By: Adam J. Baxter
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A little game for new collectors: Find the auction warning signs!
Posted By: brian p.
From this scan, the card appears genuine, but the auction certainly has so many icky qualities that one might consider wearing latex gloves when approaching it. Besides the grossly out of line $1000 price, and the fact that it has been stored in a protective case in a bank vault since WW1, and it being a private auction to protect the bidder's investment, my favorite line is "Bid with confidence, all sales final." |
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A little game for new collectors: Find the auction warning signs!
Posted By: Rob
Baseball cards had zero value until what, the 1970's, when they became collector's items. Why would anybody put them in a vault or, for that matter, a protective case before then? |
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A little game for new collectors: Find the auction warning signs!
Posted By: Hankron
For legitimate sellers, I strongly beleive that having a clearly stated and reasonable guarantee of authenticity and return policy is to their benefit and is condusive to long term sales success. There are a lot of smart buyers who specifically look for the guarantee, not just to see what is the guarantee but to see what type of seller they are dealing with. A seller, who obviously is knowledgeable about the material, and says "I guarantee this is authentic, and if it isn't you can return it for refund" is someone who stands behind the product and someone you want to buy from. |
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A little game for new collectors: Find the auction warning signs!
Posted By: warshawlaw
I don't see errors as to the item's date of issuance as being a necessary indicator of a fraudulent auction. |
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A little game for new collectors: Find the auction warning signs!
Posted By: DrNguyenVanFalk
1. Description in ALL CAPS - I hate this, and think it is very unprofessional. |
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A little game for new collectors: Find the auction warning signs!
Posted By: Hankron
Adam, your points are legitimate. Many eBay sellers buy out the remains of a garage sale and shouldn't be expected to know the history and meaning of everything plastic salt shaker and 2002 Disneyland token. |
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A little game for new collectors: Find the auction warning signs!
Posted By: julie
Just from the information seller gives, it'd be hard to keep a 1920 card in a safe since WW1, unless Johnny Came Marching Home 2 years later than I thought. |
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A little game for new collectors: Find the auction warning signs!
Posted By: the illini
This auction leads me to another question i have about some ebay auctions. Why would you list the opening bid with the same price as your BIN? If someone is willing to bid $1000, why wouldnt they just buy it for that price? |
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A little game for new collectors: Find the auction warning signs!
Posted By: Peter Thomas
If the timing in description was right , Ruth would be in a Boston uniform and then I might bite. |
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A little game for new collectors: Find the auction warning signs!
Posted By: warshawlaw
2 reasons: |
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A little game for new collectors: Find the auction warning signs!
Posted By: TBob
Any auctions which include the words "grandfather" "antique desk" "private user id" and "selling it as a reprint." |
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A little game for new collectors: Find the auction warning signs!
Posted By: runscott
...and we should forgive them for that since they are just trying to make a buck. |
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