Funny things I love to see in auctions
slvnumber2
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After looking at a few auctions the past couple of days I have become amused at some the threads and descriptons I have read. Here are my favorites:
1.) "PSA 1 Very high end" Call me cynical but if a card is a PSA 1 the seller is basically saying that this card is a real card and nothing else. To get a PSA 1 a card would have to be run over with the family car, used to line the bird cage, stuck in your shorts while you played tackle football, and then submitted without trimming it or coloring it. I guess you could do worse by getting a PSA 1 oc.
2.) "Mickey Mantle PSA 7. This card is in very good shape and if you sent it in it would get a 7 or even an 8 by one of the grading companies. I have very strict standards and several of my friends looked at the card and think it is also a 7 or an 8." This is one of my all time favorites when someone lists the card as PSA 7 or PSA 8, and when you read the description you actually find out the card has not been graded and only the owner has graded it. If the card is not graded don't list it as graded.
3.) For you modern collectors who like to open packs here is a gem.
"For sale 17 packs of SPx basketball (SPx boxes contain 18 packs). You could get a Lebron or Carmelo rookie worth $1000's. Actually a more accurate description would be 17 packs for sales because when I opened the first pack I got the auto/jersey/rookie refractor card, and now I am selling the rest of the packs because they are going to be empty.
Any other favorites out there?
1.) "PSA 1 Very high end" Call me cynical but if a card is a PSA 1 the seller is basically saying that this card is a real card and nothing else. To get a PSA 1 a card would have to be run over with the family car, used to line the bird cage, stuck in your shorts while you played tackle football, and then submitted without trimming it or coloring it. I guess you could do worse by getting a PSA 1 oc.
2.) "Mickey Mantle PSA 7. This card is in very good shape and if you sent it in it would get a 7 or even an 8 by one of the grading companies. I have very strict standards and several of my friends looked at the card and think it is also a 7 or an 8." This is one of my all time favorites when someone lists the card as PSA 7 or PSA 8, and when you read the description you actually find out the card has not been graded and only the owner has graded it. If the card is not graded don't list it as graded.
3.) For you modern collectors who like to open packs here is a gem.
"For sale 17 packs of SPx basketball (SPx boxes contain 18 packs). You could get a Lebron or Carmelo rookie worth $1000's. Actually a more accurate description would be 17 packs for sales because when I opened the first pack I got the auto/jersey/rookie refractor card, and now I am selling the rest of the packs because they are going to be empty.
Any other favorites out there?
"Why is it that Superman could stop a bullet with his chest, yet he ducked when somebody threw a chair at him?"
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" Go ahead and get your fancy barely visible cell phones that get the internet, play DVD's, and can speak 5 languages. As for me and my Atari cell phone it works, it weighs 7 pounds, it is 14 inches long, and it looks like I could call in an airstrike from a remote desert it is so large!"
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" Go ahead and get your fancy barely visible cell phones that get the internet, play DVD's, and can speak 5 languages. As for me and my Atari cell phone it works, it weighs 7 pounds, it is 14 inches long, and it looks like I could call in an airstrike from a remote desert it is so large!"
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1. "MINT"
Which means, in reality, it is VG/EX, at best.
2. "Very Good"
Which means the card has been tortured to death.
You can't ever buy a card on eBay unless it's graded or has a BIG clear scan!
Ah yes, modern technology!
'Graded XX by PSA, but definitely should be higher!'
Like whoever is selling it knows better than PSA graders what the card's grade should be.
"Graded PSA 8.....would of been a 9 if PSA's standards weren't so high".
<< <i>I'm 90% sure the card is real but since it is ungraded, I'm selling it as a reprint >>
Also, I sold a card a few weeks ago on Ebay and I received several e-mails with trade offers for the card despite the fact that nothing in the listing mentioned I was taking trades. I replied back thanking them for their interest but I was not looking to trade since I am selling most of my collection off. Of course the reply I got was that "I really need this card and can offer you a Darryl Strawberry auto jersey card + about 3 other cards in trade. Oh well.
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" Go ahead and get your fancy barely visible cell phones that get the internet, play DVD's, and can speak 5 languages. As for me and my Atari cell phone it works, it weighs 7 pounds, it is 14 inches long, and it looks like I could call in an airstrike from a remote desert it is so large!"
<< <i>Note: This auction is NOT for the Mantle...just the chance to get it. >>
Brian
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" Go ahead and get your fancy barely visible cell phones that get the internet, play DVD's, and can speak 5 languages. As for me and my Atari cell phone it works, it weighs 7 pounds, it is 14 inches long, and it looks like I could call in an airstrike from a remote desert it is so large!"
<< <i>This card is in very good shape and if you sent it in it would get a 7 or even an 8 by one of the grading companies. I have very strict standards and several of my friends looked at the card and think it is also a 7 or an 8." >>
Then why don't they submit it, get the grade, and sell for more? They're such humanitarians that they don't want to hog all the profit potential.