Seller has GOT to be kidding!!

Steve1124

Being a Colavito card collector, i'm always seeing what's on eBay. I ran across this item #5151879383. I don't know how to grab the picture image and bring to this forum, but i did record the item number here. The seller describes it as "Nm-Mt", and has a "Buy it now" offer for $99.99!!!! The opening bid is "only" $20. Somehow the seller has a 100% good feedback rating, but after seeing the scan of this card, i have to wonder how--it can't be any better than VG at the MOST!!

ctsoxfan

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Welcome to .10 listing day!

DataDriven05

The card is clearly not in good shape, and obviously not in NM condition. To be fair to the seller though he/she clearly isn't looking to dupe anyone by including those large, clear scans. The odds are it's someone who doesn't know the hobby and is just looking in a book; a beckett guide (most common) usually uses NM as a value for cards of that age. As for the feedback, the seller in this case is mostly a buyer, which represents the large percentage of their EBay activity history.

There are tons of these auctions out there.

Chris

Brian48

<< <i>There are tons of these auctions out there. >>



Like this one? How about a 1989 Donruss Curt Schilling rookie for $100 in VG condition?

dontippet

He's doing something right. The card has 231 hits. This is probably not the only board that is discussing this particular auction.

Don

Stone193

Got to give them credit for trying!

Stone

Billa

Same seller has a Koufax rookie for a fair opening price . . . if you can live with the eraser mark on the back . . . mount it in an album and you'll never see it.

ctsoxfan

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<< <i>There are tons of these auctions out there. >>



Like this one? How about a 1989 Donruss Curt Schilling rookie for $100 in VG condition? >>



I am sure some of that is to cover the high costs of scanning.

MorrellMan

100% positive with only 25 unique posters isn't exactly a resounding affirmation of quality dealings, especially when you figure this is probably his first card, judging from the feedback. I think he just doesn't have a clue, and that's fine. I wish him good luck.

DataDriven05

That Schilling RC listing is ridiculous. I wonder when stuff like that appears if serves as some sort of symbol or sign; maybe an underground Shilling (Schilling) ring. Bad joke, 10 cent listings, and obvious other forms of communication aside, I may never understand what goes through someone's head when they list something like that. Maybe it's the PT Barnum theory of EBay economics.

ctsoxfan

<< <i>Maybe it's the PT Barnum theory of EBay economics. >>



It has to be. But, I wonder if anyone ever really falls for these things? Maybe a really uneducated collector might bite if the auction was really sharp, and read like a great advertisement, and the bid price wasn't so absurd. But this - you just have to laugh.

brianwintersfan

<< <i>Great Collectable!! >>



Nuff Said!

helionaut

If you look at his feedback, you'll see that he's not a card dealer. He's probably selling them for someone else or else just found his old collection and picked up a Beckett.