Another hijacked eBay account “”selling off eBay””
MsMorrisine
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Way too many grails..... i recall seeing this ensemble the last couple days thinking it was bogus....
A lot of the pictures have different backgrounds and such. I would think unless you have a bunch of old images, most sellers would have the same background for all of their listings, be in a scanner bed, or a desk or something.
Not sure I would have noticed necessarily, had you not directed me. I will sometimes look at sellers other items when I am drawn there by something, but not always.
I see several scans that are from 4 Sharp Corners, so unless they won the card and are flipping it immediately, they are stealing scans.
Hey sellers, Simply enable MFA!
It's the singer not the song - Peter Townshend (1972)
This guy does not give up. He just keeps hacking accounts and putting up his 8,600 fake listings. He's been at this for like 6 months now and most likely will not stop given there are no ramifications for committing fraud and illegally hacking accounts.
Unless we send in seal team 6
1948-76 Topps FB Sets
FB & BB HOF Player sets
1948-1993 NY Yankee Team Sets
Amazing how eBay treats each occurrence independent, The pattern used are so easy to identify that any rookie developer could write code to scan/detect them then automatically freeze a compromised account.
Your security means everything to eBay except when it will cost them a metaphoric few pennies to enable true protection. Perhaps if all cards listing had to be reviewed by CGC/CSG thus providing eBay a large kick-back something would be done.
It's the singer not the song - Peter Townshend (1972)
This is happening almost every day now. The sad fact is that eBay has become a dead zone for cards; it used to be the first place I shopped, now it is the very last. With the exception of Probstein auction listings, which you know you'll receive if you win, eBay has become a wasteland with almost no good cards. It is mostly a dustbin of BINs with comical asks, correlated to zero data/comps whatsoever. Basically a joke. It is whack-a-mole with these hijacked accounts, no end in sight.
There is a ton to despise in the hobby these days, from soulless NFTs and their pyramid scheme evangelists, to the lowbrow frat boy culture of Fanatics and their brazen attempts to take your money, to Auction Houses that just churn and burn and can't be bothered to put out a coherent write-up, to legions of Bro Body Douche types masquerading as Gordon Gekko or card life coaches, to overgraded ugly crads in high grade old grades now reholdered, to undergraded new cards trying to overcompensate for mistakes of the past, to shady Fractional Ownership Co.'s... I mean, whew, it is a toxic wasteland out there. But that is what happens when people smell money to be had. The cockroaches come teeming.
That last paragraph nailed it.... couldnt have said it better
Nothing like a hawkish federal reserve to come to the "rescue" to put the kibosh on bubbles all over the economy ...the next 2-4 years ought to be interesting. There are aspects to collecting I enjoy still as long as I keep a positive attitude ~ it is just so easy to become disenchanted with chaotic "rush to judgements" all over the place. I just keep doing what I do ~ treating others the way I want to be treated and the calendar flips every 24 hours to another positive days experience.
This is a great summary of the current state of affairs of our hobby.
Thanks. I'll just add that all of that noise, or toxic pollution-- which is almost all online-- can be consciously avoided to a large extent, and much to one's pleasure. It's just that in one's natural desires to (a) stay abreast of their beloved hobby and (b) consume content, ideally good content, about that hobby, one will often poke their head out of their collection and take a look around. When we do that, boy that's when the assault on the senses hits you full force. It can be quite the offending slap in the face. So I just want to own how that it is entirely on me, when I decide to take those peeks at what is going on outside; by this point I should know better LOL. Yet again, there is that natural desire to stay abreast and stay informed. As time progresses, I'm thinking it's better though to take an "ignorance is bliss" approach. Just stay in my happy lane and shop at the spots that have what I like, see if I can add something I like here and there, don't even look under those rocks anymore. Assume when we turn those rocks over, you're gonna see lots of gross insects.
Often holding or looking at a pleasing card cleanses the palate. Today it was some 1985 Donruss and 1988 Donruss and Fleer stars I pulled from old sets bought back in the day. Saberhagen 85s. A 1988 Donruss MVP Seitzer and Strawberry. 1988 Topps Matt Nokes. Even some 82 Fleer HOFers. No NFT nonsense or glorified sneaker salesman who thinks he's the Steve Jobs of cards can interfere with the old school flavor of those babies.
While I will always condemn fraud and other illegal behavior I actually have no problem with the various aspects of collecting mentioned above. The way I see it is there is plenty of room for everyone. While I might have no interest in things like NFT's, etc I can simply ignore it and just concentrate on my own collecting. The hobby is ever-evolving. I remember people complained about the hobby back in the early 90s and stated that the hobby was no longer for kids when Griffey Jr UD rookies and inserts started getting popular. Later in the 90's people complained about higher end boxes no longer being affordable for adults. Then they complained about auto cards and how the emphasis went completely to that and nobody cared about base. Then they complained about grading. Then even higher-end products like NT and Flawless.
The point is there is nothing wrong with change. Just because an individual might be uncomfortable with change doesn't mean that whatever they are uncomfortable with is wrong. It simply means they are uncomfortable with change. Just embrace the aspects of the hobby you enjoy and allow others to enjoy the aspects they enjoy. There is room for everybody.