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William Bustos, Whittier, CA - eBay ID callofduty2005 AVOID AVOID AVOID

ArchaninatorArchaninator Posts: 827 ✭✭✭
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I am having a problem transaction with William Bustos, Whittier, CA, callofduty@charter.net. A card purchased on eBay has writing (someone tried to erase) on the reverse and minor paper loss. The auction description stated no paper loss. The card is graded PSA 7 and William refuses a refund stating 'I am just getting tired of coming out on the short end of each transaction'. Does anyone know this seller, able to help or have suggestions? Please let this serve as a warning!

I just filed a claim with eBay. This seller should be avoided unless you want to buy from someone that does not have a return policy. What a jerk! Told me I want a refund because I overextended myself. Please. This guy is not only a crook but arrogant fool. The no Paypal should have been a clue to me. Once again, DO NOT BUY FROM WILLIAM BUSTOS unless you want to be in my situation! Does PSA stand behind the grade and/or offer a full 100% refund for this bad error?

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  • XanaduNowXanaduNow Posts: 1,718
    Does the slab have frosting on it? That might be Grrrrrrrr EAT! for flakes but not so much on slabs.

    Arthur
  • pandrewspandrews Posts: 7,598 ✭✭✭
    can you post a scan of the card?..
    ·p_A·
  • ArchaninatorArchaninator Posts: 827 ✭✭✭
    No frosting and not posting an image yet.
  • kobykoby Posts: 1,699 ✭✭
    I have done transactons with William before and he is a good ebay seller.

    Can you post a scan of the back so we can see what you are talking about?
  • pandrewspandrews Posts: 7,598 ✭✭✭


    << <i>No frosting and not posting an image yet. >>



    the seller probably should have refunded you, but it sounds like your issue should be with PSA and not with the seller..
    ·p_A·
  • baseballfanaticbaseballfanatic Posts: 2,415 ✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>No frosting and not posting an image yet. >>



    the seller probably should have refunded you, but it sounds like your issue should be with PSA and not with the seller.. >>




    Damn. Beat me to it....
  • kobykoby Posts: 1,699 ✭✭
    It is customary to have no returns on graded cards.

    You should call Joe Orlando and ask him about PSA's buy back policy.
  • ArchaninatorArchaninator Posts: 827 ✭✭✭
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  • schr1stschr1st Posts: 1,677 ✭✭
    Guess there needs to be a new PSA qualifier: PSA 7 W for "We missed the MK on the back of the card". In order to attempt to put a good spin on this (and believe me, I'm reaching here), is there any odds that the card would have been a higher grade than the 7, and that it just got the 7 because the submitter put "No Qualifiers" or something like that on the invoice (yeah, I know, PSA 9 Goodwins grow on trees, right?) I'm just trying to think of any excuse I can before my faith in PSA is totally destroyed by their failure to catch it.
    Who is Rober Maris?
  • PSAJIMPSAJIM Posts: 24
    Stop whining about that, you can hardly see the writing on the back.
  • ArchaninatorArchaninator Posts: 827 ✭✭✭
    PSA JIM...you were not the one that just spend $3,500 with this seller. Why state NO PAPER LOSS when the card has writing, eraser marks and PAPER LOSS. This is not the first time the seller sent sliders to PSA. This thread will show more details. PSAJIM sounds like someone to avoid too. What is your eBay ID so the mistake of buying from you is not made by me (and maybe others on this board also).


    SAME OLD TRICKS!!!
  • shagrotn77shagrotn77 Posts: 5,616 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>What is your eBay ID so the mistake of buying from you is not made by me (and maybe others on this board also). Thank you. >>



    I second that. Go crawl back in your hole PSAJIM.
    "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."
  • baseballfanaticbaseballfanatic Posts: 2,415 ✭✭


    << <i>PSA JIM...you were not the one that just spend $3,500 with this seller. Why state NO PAPER LOSS when the card has writing, eraser marks and PAPER LOSS. This is not the first time the seller sent sliders to PSA. This thread will show more details. PSAJIM sounds like someone to avoid too. What is your eBay ID so the mistake of buying from you is not made by me (and maybe others on this board also).


    SAME OLD TRICKS!!!


    Discussion on the Net54 Message Board:
    MESSAGE BOARD LINK >>




    Wow. Great threads to read. It sure is interesting when you can follow the lineage of a card and watch it turn from a 2 into a 5! Maybe this person is using the same grader that wcsports is using....
  • rjgamerrjgamer Posts: 27
    Honestly, I can barely see the mark. The paper loss is a little more noticeable though. But I think the overall eye appeal of the back still looks pretty good. Of course, considering the money involved, I would probably expect a little better for the grade as well.
  • PSAJIMPSAJIM Posts: 24


    << <i>PSA JIM...you were not the one that just spend $3,500 with this seller. Why state NO PAPER LOSS when the card has writing, eraser marks and PAPER LOSS. This is not the first time the seller sent sliders to PSA. This thread will show more details. PSAJIM sounds like someone to avoid too. What is your eBay ID so the mistake of buying from you is not made by me (and maybe others on this board also).


    SAME OLD TRICKS!!!


    Discussion on the Net54 Message Board:
    MESSAGE BOARD LINK >>



    Whaaaa!!!! Oh no, I just spent $3500. I better go cry for compassion on a message board. My user id is whineandcheese
  • DeutscherGeistDeutscherGeist Posts: 2,990 ✭✭✭✭
    overgraded!!!!!!!!!!!!!


    you have a case with PSA--they should have never assigned such a high grade

    the seller is a jerk too
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  • f2tornadof2tornado Posts: 180 ✭✭
    Most sellers don't offer refunds on slabbed cards. Sounds like the seller overplayed his hand in the item description otherwise his butt would be covered. Even here, your case may be a tough one to take up with eBay. If your case fails then I would take it up with PSA as the firm has a buyback guarantee...




    << <i>The PSA Financial Guarantee of Grade & Authenticity

    The PSA Financial Guarantee of Grade & Authenticity is fundamental to PSA's concept of third-party grading. The cash-back policy ensures the accuracy of the grade assigned to any PSA-graded card as long as the card remains in its tamper-evident holder.

    PSA guarantees that all cards submitted to it shall be graded in accordance with PSA grading standards and under the procedures of PSA.

    If PSA, in fact, concludes that the card in question no longer merits the PSA grade assigned or fails our authenticity standards, PSA will buy the card back from the submitter at the current market value. The current market value is determined by PSA, based in part on SMR values and/or recent prices realized from the marketplace. PSA has sole discretion in regards to the buyback price. >>

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  • MorrellManMorrellMan Posts: 3,241 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Stop whining about that, you can hardly see the writing on the back. >>



    I thought this was a pretty clever satiric joke until I read the follow-up. What a dork.
    Archi - thanks for the warning. We all need to know about this kind of crap, dorks notwithstanding.
    Mark (amerbbcards)


    "All evil needs to triumph is for good men to do nothing."
  • sagardsagard Posts: 1,901 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Stop whining about that, you can hardly see the writing on the back. >>



    I thought this was a pretty clever satiric joke until I read the follow-up. What a dork.
    >>




    I'm pretty sure it was, then he just got mean.
  • pandrewspandrews Posts: 7,598 ✭✭✭
    do a search for other "PSAJIM" posts and you will see what an idiot he truly is..
    ·p_A·
  • bishopbishop Posts: 2,917 ✭✭✭
    Short search anyway
    Topps Baseball-1948, 1951 to 2017
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    Al
  • RipublicaninMassRipublicaninMass Posts: 10,051 ✭✭✭
    ok so Psa might have made a mistake? How did they grade the PSA 5 Johnson with a corner torn off? Check his feedback form the ast negative wow
  • storm888storm888 Posts: 11,701 ✭✭✭
    I have noticed that a number of buyers have been emailing me
    through ASQ recently with questions like this one:

    "Is the (item) correctly graded?"

    This question is coming in all graded-collectible categories.
    (Cards, Stamps, Coins, Currency).

    Buyers are asking sellers to "substitute" the sellers' opinion
    for that of the TPG. This can only mean that there is developing
    some element of distrust/suspicion about the accuracy of the
    grades being delivered.

    storm
    Folks Who Bite Get Bitten. Folks Who Don't Bite Get Eaten.
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