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Yet another honest ebay'er. 35 chicle nagurski.

GAI graded Nagurski NM somebody needs to get this one stopped.

This a$$ clown has 84% feedback and 18 retractions in last 6 months. One of his positive feedbacks is a 51B mantle, he hit buy it now and bailed and the seller gave him a break.



ULTRA RARE OFFERING OF THE GODFATHER OF FOOTBALL CARDS. THE 1935 AMERICAN CHICLE ISSUED CARD #34, OF THE FIRST GREAT SUPERSTAR OF THE GRIDIRON, BRONCO NAGURSKI.

THIS CARD SOLD FOR 75,000 A FEW YEARS AGO IN A GRADE 9. IT IS A LONG TERM INVESTMENT CARD, AND ONE THAT CAN AND WILL GO UP AND UP IN VALUE OVER THE YEARS!

IMAGINE PLAYING THE 1932 CHICAGO BEARS WITH GEORGE PAPA BEAR HALAS COACHING AND BRONCO NAGURSKI AND RED GRANGE THE GALLOPING GHOST ON THE SAME TEAM. NOT FAIR.

THIS CARD HAS BEEN GRADED BY GAI GRADERS. IT IS IN CLEAR NR-MT CONDITION, WITH SHARP CORNERS, PERFECT CLARITY AND FOCUS AND WELL CENTERED ON BACK, WITH AN 80/20 SIDE TO SIDE ON FRONT. WITH ALL TYPE FRONT AND BACK PERFECT. NO PAPER LOSS. LOOKS ALMOST LIKE IT WAS REMOVED FROM A CHICLE PACK LAST WEEK NOT 70 YRS AGO!

IT HAS A BOOK VALUE IN THIS GRADE OF APPROX. 10-15K.

THE MODERATE RESERVE STARTS AT MUCH LESS.

NO PAYPAL, ONLY CASHIER CKS AND PERSONAL CKS AND MONEY ORDERS.

I AM AN HONEST EBAY SELLER, FAIRLY NEW, BUT INTENDING TO BE HERE LONG TERM, SO IT PAYS FOR ME TO BE HONEST AND FAIR. I STAND BEHIND MY ITEMS I SELL, AND WILL REFUND THE BUYER'S MONEY IF NOT SATISFIED WITHIN 3 DAYS OF RECEIPT. AT MY DISCRETION, AS LONG AS ITEM IS RETURNED IN EXACT SAME CONDITION.

THE ITEM PICTURED AND DESCRIBED, IS THE ITEM YOU WILL GET.

His picture as posted in the auction

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Little photo editing reveals the truth

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Comments

  • storm888storm888 Posts: 11,701 ✭✭✭
    jimq112....


    If you get time, can you write down the exact steps that
    you took to get that card to brighten up without washing
    out the writing on the holder/flip?

    Thanks.

    storm
    Folks Who Bite Get Bitten. Folks Who Don't Bite Get Eaten.
  • sagardsagard Posts: 1,901 ✭✭✭
    Is the scam the fact that it is altered (presented as nrmt) or that it is unlikely the seller has the card?
  • jimq112jimq112 Posts: 3,511 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Is the scam the fact that it is altered (presented as nrmt) or that it is unlikely the seller has the card? >>



    He probably does have the card, but no camera anywhere is going to take that picture. He darkened it on purpose so that you can see it's slabbed, and if you read the nm-mt description without looking closely at the pic you can get tricked.

    The seller bought a 48B George Mikan card recently that was graded "authentic" and I expect him to do the same thing with that card if it works this time.

    He offers a full refund if not satisfied at his discretion, mentions twice that he's honest and in for the long haul. Np Paypal. The only things missing are that it was his grandfathers and he knows nothing about cards and the private auction.

    I'd love to buy that card from an honest seller.
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  • jimq112jimq112 Posts: 3,511 ✭✭✭


    << <i>jimq112....


    If you get time, can you write down the exact steps that
    you took to get that card to brighten up without washing
    out the writing on the holder/flip?

    Thanks.

    storm >>



    You have a PM, let me know if it doesn't help
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  • storm888storm888 Posts: 11,701 ✭✭✭
    One of the sellers that this bird had trouble with has some fun FB.
    (He is now NARU.)

    .............................


    Buyer Leaves Neg: This is a pirated video and highly illegal.


    Seller Leaves Neg and Responds: This item is not pirated, As listing states, this item is an asian import.



    Is that a distinction without a difference?



    EBAY is soooooooooo full of dirtbags. I love EBAY.



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  • I'm used to seeing auctions from sellers like this and could read the authentic without the photoshopping.......
  • storm888storm888 Posts: 11,701 ✭✭✭
    The opening biider is totally legit, according to his brief history.

    I would tip him off, but I am trying not to get thrown off of the
    venue until sometime after Christmas.

    image
    Folks Who Bite Get Bitten. Folks Who Don't Bite Get Eaten.
  • jfkheatjfkheat Posts: 2,745 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I emailed the seller asking for a better scan. Here is his response.
    James

    GIVE ME YOUR EMAIL AND I WILL SEND A MORE UP CLOSE SCAN. IT HAS BEEN GRADED GENUINE BY GAI GRADERS. THAT MEANS IT WAS CUT FROM HAND FROM AN UNCUT SHEET. NOT FROM THE FACTORY. PROBABLY IN THE 30'S WHEN IT WAS MADE. SO THE MEASUREMENTS AREN'T EXACTLY WHAT THE FACTORY ONES ARE. IT IS OFF BY A 1/16, AND SO GAI WONT GIVE IT A NUMBER GRADE.


  • << <i>I emailed the seller asking for a better scan. Here is his response.
    James

    GIVE ME YOUR EMAIL AND I WILL SEND A MORE UP CLOSE SCAN. IT HAS BEEN GRADED GENUINE BY GAI GRADERS. THAT MEANS IT WAS CUT FROM HAND FROM AN UNCUT SHEET. NOT FROM THE FACTORY. PROBABLY IN THE 30'S WHEN IT WAS MADE. SO THE MEASUREMENTS AREN'T EXACTLY WHAT THE FACTORY ONES ARE. IT IS OFF BY A 1/16, AND SO GAI WONT GIVE IT A NUMBER GRADE. >>



    Uh-oh ... better get Maaco.

    Arthur
  • storm888storm888 Posts: 11,701 ✭✭✭
    "IT HAS BEEN GRADED GENUINE BY GAI GRADERS. THAT MEANS IT WAS CUT FROM HAND FROM AN UNCUT SHEET. NOT FROM THE FACTORY. PROBABLY IN THE 30'S WHEN IT WAS MADE. SO THE MEASUREMENTS AREN'T EXACTLY WHAT THE FACTORY ONES ARE. IT IS OFF BY A 1/16, AND SO GAI WONT GIVE IT A NUMBER GRADE."

    ///////////////////////////////////////////////


    All that seller had to do was explain the trim issue in his listing
    and he would have been just fine. But, he wanted to scam
    somebody.

    On an elderly card like that, I could write a heck of pitch about
    why it "is good" to have it authenticated. Instead of playing up
    the strong point, this dishonest seller LIED.

    The card IS NOT "graded."

    I am so sick of crooks on EBAY. They are ruining the collectibles
    business. People like myself who sell stuff for novices will be
    goners, if the new buyers are too afraid to jump into the hobbies.

    storm
    Folks Who Bite Get Bitten. Folks Who Don't Bite Get Eaten.
  • gosteelersgosteelers Posts: 2,668 ✭✭✭
    I love ALL CAPS, TOO
  • COOL, IM THE HIGH BIDDER.


  • << <i>The opening biider is totally legit, according to his brief history.

    I would tip him off, but I am trying not to get thrown off of the
    venue until sometime after Christmas.

    image >>




    I don't think you can email anyone thru ebay unless you are involved in a current transaction with them. I think this is a recent ebay change.
  • storm888storm888 Posts: 11,701 ✭✭✭
    "I don't think you can email anyone thru ebay unless you are involved in a current
    transaction with them. I think this is a recent ebay change. "

    ///////////////////////////////////////////////////

    By golly, you're correct.

    You can contact sellers at anytime through the ASAQ function,
    but not buyers who do not have anything listed for sale.

    The venue is protecting their FVFs in more ways than one now.
    Too bad that leaves buyers even more open to being stolen from.

    If you look at a potential victim's FB and see that he has recently
    bought something from someone you know, you can email the
    person you know and ask him to tip the potential victim through
    the "contact buyer" feature in the recently ended listings.

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  • RipublicaninMassRipublicaninMass Posts: 10,051 ✭✭✭
    I go tthe same email from the seller howver he know says "it was hand cut"...instead "it means it was hand cut"

    AUTHENTIC GENUINE. IT WAS HAND CUT FROM AN UNCUT SHEET AND IS A 1/16 OFF OF THE FACTORY MEASUREMENT SO THEY WONT ASSIGN IT A LETTER GRADE.
  • shagrotn77shagrotn77 Posts: 5,616 ✭✭✭✭
    To play devil's advocate here, all you have to do is increase the brightness on your monitor to see the "authentic" designation on the label. You guys aren't doing any great detective work here or anything. Yeah he shouldn't have described it as NM-MT, but no one would be dumb enough to read that and bid on the card without investigating a wee bit further. There's PLENTY of scams on eBay that could be discussed without spending time on one that's not even a scam.
    "My father would womanize, he would drink. He would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Sometimes he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament. Our childhood was typical. Summers in Rangoon, luge lessons. In the spring we'd make meat helmets. When we were insolent we were placed in a burlap bag and beaten with reeds - pretty standard really."
  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    shag how can you say this is not a scam? the guy claims the card has been graded nmnt! he deliberately kept the cert dark. Yes I agree that anyone that bids on it should investigate a bit further.

    when spending big bucks on cards some due dilligence is required.

    gotta disagree with you on this one.


    The seller was attemting to scam.

    Steve
    Good for you.
  • AhmanfanAhmanfan Posts: 4,397 ✭✭✭✭
    What is the deal with the scan brightening? I can see the original picture perfectly well with my monitor at 1/2 brightness... it might be a wee bit dark, but the scan isn't the problem.
    John
    Collecting
    HOF SIGNED FOOTBALL RCS
  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    THIS CARD HAS BEEN GRADED BY GAI GRADERS. IT IS IN CLEAR NR-MT CONDITION, WITH SHARP CORNERS, PERFECT CLARITY AND FOCUS AND WELL CENTERED ON BACK, WITH AN 80/20 SIDE TO SIDE ON FRONT. WITH ALL TYPE FRONT AND BACK PERFECT. NO PAPER LOSS. LOOKS ALMOST LIKE IT WAS REMOVED FROM A CHICLE PACK LAST WEEK NOT 70 YRS AGO!


    that makes it a scam, my scanner set as it is from the factory shows a dark cert which I am unable to read anything.


    i have the feeling that this seller knew this.

    steve
    Good for you.
  • i see where you guys are comin from with it bein a little dark but i could read it fine without even brightenin my screen...the descpription is misleading i agree but i think the picture is fine and shows that the guy was exaggerating in the description.. i think anyone who is actually going to bid on this card is going to know exactly what they are going to receive.. maybe its just me!
    currently trying to complete these sets! any help is appreciated!!

    2003 SPx Football
    2006 Topps Allen and Ginter

    Joe Nuxhall cards, graded or raw

    Bengals!
  • EagleEyeKidEagleEyeKid Posts: 4,496 ✭✭
    Well, I don't care if it's a scam or not.
    He cancelled my bid image
    I am bidding on a horse aren't I?
  • sixdartsixdart Posts: 821 ✭✭
    The 2nd bidder cancelled in rather interesting .... lol?!
  • Eagle how did you threaten him??
  • EagleEyeKidEagleEyeKid Posts: 4,496 ✭✭
    Eagle how did you threaten him??

    I didn't threaten him at all. That's the other guy.
    I'm the guy that's on the bottom of his cancellation list.

    I think I'll bid again and tick him off unless he's blocked me.
    I'm bored.
  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    The bidding is up over a grand...................

    Steve
    Good for you.
  • jimq112jimq112 Posts: 3,511 ✭✭✭
    If anybody really thought this guy was legit, here you go -

    Same card, not undersized any more, new seller ID

    Now it was her dead husband's card. Also listing several packs of 86-87 fleer basketball and a 51 bowman mantle. Under his old ID he bailed out on a 51 mantle after using buy it now.
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  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    P.S. THE PICTURES SHOW THE CARD IN A GAI HOLDER. BUT, I JUST SENT THE CARD FOR REHOLDERING AND GRADING TO SGC GRADERS. I WAS TOLD THEY WERE THE BEST AND TOUGHEST GRADERS IN THE INDUSTRY, AND THAT THE CARD WOULD BE WORTH MORE GRADED THRU THEM.



    LOL nothing like tipping your hand. what a dope.


    Steve
    Good for you.
  • storm888storm888 Posts: 11,701 ✭✭✭
    The bidder on the Mantle is a spendthrift, and is
    about to lose money.

    It is hard to be sure about TOS violations on the
    new Nagurski listing. One technical issue may be
    "possession of listed item." She/he claims the
    card is no longer in his possession, but it is still
    in his "control."

    This seller needs to go.

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  • The real crime here is that crooked-ass balck border arund the card - my youngest son could cut more straight that that.
    Rich
    Just glad to be here with everyone.
  • jimq112jimq112 Posts: 3,511 ✭✭✭


    << <i>The real crime here is that crooked-ass balck border arund the card - my youngest son could cut more straight that that.
    Rich >>



    That border looks pretty straight when matched up to some of the cards I've seen on ebay!
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  • jimq112jimq112 Posts: 3,511 ✭✭✭


    << <i>The bidder on the Mantle is a spendthrift, and is
    about to lose money.

    It is hard to be sure about TOS violations on the
    new Nagurski listing. One technical issue may be
    "possession of listed item." She/he claims the
    card is no longer in his possession, but it is still
    in his "control."

    This seller needs to go.

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    Ebay cancelled all the auctions, new user id now naru

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