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A scam artist?
Posted By: Mike Peich
Hi Folks, |
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A scam artist?
Posted By: Rob M (ramram)
Unsolicited offer. Overseas. Gotta beware. There has also been problems with scammers hijacking legit ebay accounts with solid, established feedback and then making these kind of unsolicited offers (recent article on MSNBC's internet site). Not necessarily the case here but, you know the old saying...if it sounds to good to be true..... |
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A scam artist?
Posted By: runscott
He already knows what the card will bring on ebay - that's how he got your i.d. So why doesn't he put it on ebay? All the scam signs are there. |
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A scam artist?
Posted By: TBob
There was a T3 reprint set offered years ago. The size is much different and some people have tried (knowingly or unknowingly)to pass them off as the real things. The giveaway is the reprints are much smaller, about the size of modern baseball cards. |
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A scam artist?
Posted By: Mike Peich
Thanks Rob, Scott and T-Bob for the responses. You've confirmed what I suspected, and I am familiar with the reprint set (have one myself). The old adage does come into play here: if it looks too good, it's probably not legit. I appreciate your comments. |
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A scam artist?
Posted By: Rob M (ramram)
Of coarse, since he solicited you, I suppose you could try putting the shoe on the other foot. Tell him to send you the card for your review and if it's legit you'll pay him his mark plus a little extra! |
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A scam artist?
Posted By: Hankron
In these types of cases, the question to ask (oneself and perhaps the seller) is, "Why would someone offer me (a total stranger) something for $15 that he knows he could sell for $100 to someone else?" |
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A scam artist?
Posted By: Hankron
I wish to point out that, even when not looking at a picture of the item, most scams or iffy offers are exposed or hinted at by the description of the item and sale. Ordinarilly, there are either red flags or huge leaps in logic that many buyers are blind to. |
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A scam artist?
Posted By: Hankron
The following are examples of strange logic in scams that people actually will fall for. |
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A scam artist?
Posted By: David Seaborn
While I feel the last nugget of advice is generally true (and almost certainly true in this case), this is not a hard and fast rule, there are exceptions. Afterall, just a few posts ago a board member bought an ungraded card for ~$650 and got it graded. He could now sell it in the $8,000-$9,000 range. If the original owner would have paid the $7 to get it graded he would have done very,very well. There are deals out there, you just have to hunt for them. In the vast majority of cases, the advice in the previous post by Hankron is correct though. |
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A scam artist?
Posted By: Hankron
There are always deals to be found and honest sellers who don't know the value and rarity of what they have. My examples involved people who were well aware of the 'upside' and used it as part of the promotion. Specifically, a line I make is between someone who doesn't know something is worth $1,000 and sells it for $100, and someone who claims that something is worth $1,000 and who's sell price $100. |
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A scam artist?
Posted By: Hankron
I will add, that I like hunting and searching for deals as much as anyone else. Anything I buy I buy because I think I can resell it for more or the item is otherwise undervalued (Doesn't always mean I'm always right!). At one time or other, I'm sure all here have bought something because the seller (and often the other bidders!) didn't know how valuable it is. |
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