Crazy auction

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Posted By: Dan Kravitz

Could someone please tell me what in the world is going on with this auction? I know it is taboo to talk about current listings, and I'm sorry if this ruins anyone's chances at picking this up cheap, but come on.

http://cgi.ebay.com/1933-GOUDEY-NAPOLEON-LAJOIE-CARD_W0QQitemZ170085194488QQihZ007QQcategoryZ86847 QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

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Posted By: Dave

Maybe they should have put a BIN of $7,500 on it.

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Posted By: dennis

whats the problem it's worth $7500.00

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Posted By: Steve M.

You know it's real hard to protect everyone from their own stupidity. Best wishes to the winner of this gem.

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Posted By: bigfish

I am glad they put the value on the back of the card. Now I know what to bid.

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Posted By: barrysloate

What happens when the card appreciates in value and is worth more than $7500? How do you get that number on the back to change?

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Posted By: bigfish

I will just scratch it out and add in the new value. This card is right up there with all of those Barry Sanders rookies posted in the pre 30 spot.

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Posted By: Cobby33

But wouldn't that be considered an "alteration," to us pedestrian collectors?

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Posted By: barrysloate

Cobby- that would be the dreaded "alteration of a fake", which means you could probably get it holdered.

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Posted By: Bill

They claim that they are selling a card that they do not know much about, yet you can simply look in their feedback from sellers to see that they bid on and won that very card a few weeks back.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280075965989

Change your socks, drink water, and drive on.

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Posted By: Myron

I love how these people act like they know nothing about baseball cards.

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Posted By: Bill

Yeah, no kidding. Looking at his small history of winning, he's been hitting a few Mickey Mantle's and some modern cards. I would find it hard to believe that he doesn't know ANYTHING about the Lajoie. But then again, he did just win this card a few weeks ago and is already set to make a profit, though a small one.

Change your socks, drink water, and drive on.

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Posted By: Cat

...and then has the audacity to create a separate account and shill it to $49 on the same day he lists it.

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Posted By: Bill

Wow! Can this guy be anymore obvious! Check out his other auction he is running. Then look at the bid history. Recognize the bidder?

Change your socks, drink water, and drive on.

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Posted By: Cobby33

Barry- I stand corrected! Maybe they'll pedigree it?

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Posted By: Richard L.

Check out the bid history and look at the retraction statement,are people still dumb enough to bid after the fact?? If it gets over 200, you can bet there will be serious shilling!

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Posted By: Bill

asking him if he doesn't know anything about the card, then why did he spend $35 on a fake a few weeks back. His reply? "Not that it's any of your business, but I just bought a trolling motor and my wife is making me sell some of the cards I bought." I almost fell over laughing.

Change your socks, drink water, and drive on.

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Posted By: Brett

I have the same reprint that I paid 10 cents for a couple of years ago lol.

Maybe I better put her up on ebay

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Posted By: David Smith

Do you know what the weirdest part is? The high bidder (parkquin) has recently paid almost $3,000 dollars for a complete 1950 Bowman baseball set, $2,200 for 61 Diamond Stars and $8,200 for a partial set of Goudeys. So, it is not like the buyer doesn't know anything about cards.

There is now a T206 Plank with a partial yellow back from this same (fake, reprint) set that has just been listed. I wonder how high it will go???


David

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Posted By: Bill

The sellers screen name is "rjdavis1998". On his other auction for about 5 Mantle cards, there was a high bidder, brand new to ebay yesterday, with the screen name "edavis0914". With about two minutes left, this high bidder has his bid cancelled. Hey, why win your own item right? Then, literally 1 second after the cancellation, someone else bid. He would have gotten more money for it. Looking at some of his past auctions, he seems to have a couple of playstation 2's to sell. On two of his past auctions, identities were kept private and all of them had brand new bidders on his auctions just hiking that price up.




http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=170085193568

Change your socks, drink water, and drive on.

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Posted By: Jeff Prillaman

Maybe the high bidder knows something we don't know and is trying to corner the market on the reprint.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280084163837