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  • Carew29Carew29 Posts: 4,025 ✭✭
    seller added the following information:


    note: These are not the officially graded cases in which the items will come in. The Ken Griffey Jr card is in perfect mint condition. I opened an original 1989 Upper Deck pack last week and immediately placed this card directly from the pack into a screw tight hard case. I even used gloves. This card has never been touched by human hands. The Ozzie Smith card is in amazing condition. It is mint for its age. This is a 1979 card. It has been in a screw tight hard case since 1980. These are two pristine cards and you will never find another deal like this one. The cards will be shipped first class
  • storm888storm888 Posts: 11,701 ✭✭✭
    ohmy.........

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    "On Aug-27-09 at 21:41:36 PDT, seller added the following information:


    note: These are not the officially graded cases in which the items will come in. The Ken Griffey Jr card is in perfect mint condition. I opened an original 1989 Upper Deck pack last

    week and immediately placed this card directly from the pack into a screw tight hard case. I even used gloves. This card has never been touched by human hands. The

    Ozzie Smith card is in amazing condition. It is mint for its age. This is a 1979 card. It has been in a screw tight hard case since 1980. These are two pristine cards and you will

    never find another deal like this one.
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  • seablasterseablaster Posts: 188 ✭✭✭
    I guess one tip-off is that the seller mentions the Ozzie Smith is a Topps card although the picture clearly shows an OPC.
  • CNoteCNote Posts: 2,070
    I made a comment to the seller about, well, his misleading pictures.....he responded as such:


    I put the pictures up because i have a friend that is a grader for beckett and he graded it a 10 with a 9.5 on surface quality. everything else is a 10. the card is a 10. i just have not paid the 26 dollars to have it officially graded. i stated in the description that the cards would not come in those cases so i cant help if bidders didnt read the whole description. if the person that won wanted to take the cards and pay the 26 dollars to have them graded it would be a 10 guaranteed.
  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    He shows a Beckett graded card in the picture, claims it is a PSA card where Ebay in item specifics
    and in his verbal description claims it is raw.


    Oh my indeed.


    Who bids on such auctions?




    Did i mention he is a 4 feedback seller that have NEVER sold on ebay?


    Steve
    Good for you.
  • StingrayStingray Posts: 8,843 ✭✭✭
    Does this not fall under the violation of keyword spamming by Ebay rules??
  • I bet we will see much more of this as photos will be pulled from ebay....
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  • bobbyw8469bobbyw8469 Posts: 7,144 ✭✭✭
    the fun never ends....welcome to the new Ebay....what happened to the honest seller on Ebay?
  • Dumb question. He mentioned a screw tight case from 1980. Did screw tight cases even exist in 1980?
  • $152 for an ungraded griffey RC. I wonder what a graded BGS10 would sell for?


  • << <i>The Ozzie Smith card is in amazing condition. It is mint for its age. This is a 1979 card. It has been in a screw tight hard case since 1980. These are two pristine cards and you will never find another deal like this one. The cards will be shipped first class >>



    Since when is a PSA 6 from 1979 either "mint for its age" or "pristine". I would hope that the note being pretty critical and having been added after the auction began should make any resolution thru eBay pretty straightforward, should the winner not want to be out the $150+.
  • airjoedanairjoedan Posts: 776 ✭✭✭
    Does anyone really open a 1989 Upper Deck pack with a pair of gloves on?
  • hammeredhammered Posts: 2,671 ✭✭✭
    "I even used gloves"

    "Mint for its age"

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  • digicatdigicat Posts: 8,551 ✭✭
    Heh, the ones who had bids in when he changed the description droped out. All the bids on this item are from AFTER he changed it.

    Could be that a lot of folks stuck the card on their watch list when it first came up, or set a snipe.


    Moral of the story? Re-read the description even if you've already read it before... then read it again.



    However, someone inflicting some physical pain on this seller would be fitting.
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  • larryallen73larryallen73 Posts: 6,069 ✭✭✭
    Could be that a lot of folks stuck the card on their watch list when it first came up, or set a snipe.

    Good eye digi. I bet you are right. They set their snipe based on the photos and never checked back. Bummer. I hope people report the auction to Ebay. I know I did.
  • From Auction:
    Professionally Graded: Yes
    Year/Season: 1989
    Professional Grader: Professional Sports (PSA)

    Quote from him:

    ""I put the pictures up because i have a friend that is a grader for beckett and he graded it a 10 with a 9.5 on surface quality. everything else is a 10. the card is a 10. i just have not paid the 26 dollars to have it officially graded.""


    He'll(the seller)lose in the end. He better hope he gets a card that are within 3 grades of his, IF they are that nice, as someone might be putting him on the hook..bait & switch.
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  • gemintgemint Posts: 6,186 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Dumb question. He mentioned a screw tight case from 1980. Did screw tight cases even exist in 1980? >>



    I'm not 100% certain but I believe they did. I started using them in the early 80s.
  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    The first screw down cases were home made jobs made out of plexi glass and plastic screws.

    I don't recall them for sale before 1983-4, they became real popular around 86-87.


    I don't believe anything that guy says.


    Steve
    Good for you.
  • corvette1340corvette1340 Posts: 3,384 ✭✭✭
    damnit. Now I'm gonna have to file all of these claims. I didn't really even want the Griffey, but the Ozzie PSA 6 looked really nice.
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