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Dear Penthouse, I never thought this would happen to me...

bjbrall4bjbrall4 Posts: 277 ✭✭
in Trading Cards & Memorabilia Forum
but one of my cards has shown up on eBay. I have a 2001 Topps Heritage #182 Kevin Tapani in PSA Gem MT 10, serial 14771162. Today I found the same card, listed as POP 1, up for auction on eBay by someone else here in the Cincinnati area. I've e-mailed the seller but have not yet gotten a response.
It's item 230389680368. Sorry, but I've never tried to post a link.

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  • KbKardsKbKards Posts: 1,782 ✭✭✭
    Did your son recently ask you for one and you told him no?
  • gameusedhoopgameusedhoop Posts: 3,635 ✭✭✭✭
    Link to auction

    Where did they get the pic?
  • bjbrall4bjbrall4 Posts: 277 ✭✭
    Unfortunately, neither my son nor grandson is interested in cards. Eventually my collection will finance my stay at "Casa Old Fogies".
  • gameusedhoopgameusedhoop Posts: 3,635 ✭✭✭✭
    Did you buy it from them? It may be an old listing the has been relisted in error. From the listing:

    Last updated on 07:26:27 AM PDT, Oct 18, 2009

    Give them a call and let them know, especially if you bought it from them.
  • leathtechleathtech Posts: 3,191 ✭


    << <i>Did your son recently ask you for one and you told him no? >>



    LOL... that's crazy what has the world come to when people start selling other peoples Kevin Tapani cards! image
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  • bjbrall4bjbrall4 Posts: 277 ✭✭
    Steve (gameusedhoop),
    I sent the seller an e-mail. It's been a while since I bought mine, but I remember the seller had a lot of difficulty, with several pictures not matching the cards described.
  • BlackborderBlackborder Posts: 2,797 ✭


    << <i>Did your son recently ask you for one and you told him no? >>




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  • ReljacReljac Posts: 758
    This is confusing to say the least.....

    Check out his recent sales.... many graded cards, almost all sold for less than $4.00.

    I'd call ebay directly about the auction.
  • AkbarCloneAkbarClone Posts: 2,476 ✭✭✭
    Isn't that eBay seller also a member of these forums? Maybe I am confusing him with someone else.image
    I collect Vintage Cards, Commemorative Sets, and way too many vintage and modern player collections in Baseball (180 players), Football (175 players), and Basketball (87 players). Also have a Dallas Cowboy team collection.
  • AkbarCloneAkbarClone Posts: 2,476 ✭✭✭
    Yep, he is a regular member here--and a good guy as far as I know.
    I collect Vintage Cards, Commemorative Sets, and way too many vintage and modern player collections in Baseball (180 players), Football (175 players), and Basketball (87 players). Also have a Dallas Cowboy team collection.
  • ga5150ga5150 Posts: 743 ✭✭✭
    I've sold to him several times and it's been nothing but positive experiences. He's a regular contributing member here. Sounds like some sort of mistake has happened somewhere along the line...

    Rodney
  • AkbarCloneAkbarClone Posts: 2,476 ✭✭✭
    Listing just "ended".
    I collect Vintage Cards, Commemorative Sets, and way too many vintage and modern player collections in Baseball (180 players), Football (175 players), and Basketball (87 players). Also have a Dallas Cowboy team collection.
  • gameusedhoopgameusedhoop Posts: 3,635 ✭✭✭✭
    listing has ended, must have been listed by accident
  • kwtozkwtoz Posts: 352 ✭✭


    << <i>but one of my cards has shown up on eBay. I have a 2001 Topps Heritage #182 Kevin Tapani in PSA Gem MT 10, serial 14771162. Today I found the same card, listed as POP 1, up for auction on eBay by someone else here in the Cincinnati area. I've e-mailed the seller but have not yet gotten a response.
    It's item 230389680368. Sorry, but I've never tried to post a link. >>



    One possibility is that the seller's card isn't in the PSA database correctly, so it doesn't show up in the POP report. Unfortunately, database entry errors happen way to often at PSA, though it has been much better for my last few orders. I've only had to have one or two cards added.
    Kevin Thomas
  • BunkerBunker Posts: 3,926 ✭
    I am the seller in question and it was a listing error.

    I had 3 or 4, 2001 Topps Heritage PSA 10 cards. When I list cards that are the same series, I use the 'sell similiar' feature. Apparently I listed the Tapani card first.

    I am guessing that I clicked on the sell similiar link and when it came up for some reason I did not change the title, but I changed the picture to "Bobby Jones" So now I have 2 titles for Tapani, one is correct and the other has a Bobby Jones picture.

    After I list my cards I usually go to my store and look at all of my new listings. When I checked to see if the cards were listed I would have seen one Tapani picture and one Bobby Jones picture along with the other cards I had listed.

    When the OP(buyer) hit the "Buy It Now" button he clicked on the auction that had the Tapani title wih the Bobby Jones picture. He bought a total of 3 BIN's for a total of 6 cards.

    When a buyer pays me I print off the packing slip (Which does not have pictures or I would have caught it then) and pull the cards. I saw the ebay title for a Tapani PSA 10 and pulled it along with the other cards.

    The buyer gets the cards and he received everything that he bought, but I still have a problem that I did not know about until today when at 0941 he sends me a question through ebay. I responded back to him at 1021 (less than 45 minutes later by the way)

    Because of my listing error, I have what looks like a Tapani card for sale in my ebay store when in reality it is a Bobby Jones. Because the Tapani card has a population of 1, I knew that the only way he could have it was if he bought it from me. I checked his feedback (I leave everybody feedback as soon as I am paid) and sure enough on January 11 I left him positive feedback.

    Tapani with Bobby Jones Picture

    I have apologized to the buyer through the ebay resonse for any trouble and canceled my listing, tonight I will list the Bobby Jones card

    Other than I screwed up by forgetting to change the title I don't know what else to say. I have 100% positive feedback and 5.0 and 4.9 DSR's. After 11 years of selling on ebay this is the first time that I have made this mistake.

    The OP did say that the seller was having problems with titles and pictures not matching, if I would have known that then this would have been fixed and I would still be at work where I belong image

    any questions let me know.

    Rick
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    My daughter was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 2 (2003). My son was diagnosed with Type 1 when he was 17 on December 31, 2009. We were stunned that another child of ours had been diagnosed. Please, if you don't have a favorite charity, consider giving to the JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation)

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  • BunkerBunker Posts: 3,926 ✭


    << <i>This is confusing to say the least.....

    Check out his recent sales.... many graded cards, almost all sold for less than $4.00.

    I'd call ebay directly about the auction. >>



    I am curious why selling graded cards for less than $4.00 would be a reason to contact ebay?
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    My daughter was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 2 (2003). My son was diagnosed with Type 1 when he was 17 on December 31, 2009. We were stunned that another child of ours had been diagnosed. Please, if you don't have a favorite charity, consider giving to the JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation)

    JDRF Donation
  • ReljacReljac Posts: 758


    << <i>

    << <i>This is confusing to say the least.....

    Check out his recent sales.... many graded cards, almost all sold for less than $4.00.

    I'd call ebay directly about the auction. >>



    I am curious why selling graded cards for less than $4.00 would be a reason to contact ebay? >>



    Sorry, I wasn't trying to make that connections. I meant the situation was confusing, as it doesn't make a lot of sense to fake a $19.99 Best Offer Card. My further analysis was that past sales indicated he wasn't a habitual faker of $20+ cards as well (I serious doubt someone would make fake PSA 7 cards that sell for $1). And my final thought about contacting ebay was a separate thought to get the auction taken down before someone used BIN (to save both the seller and the buyer a headache), since I assume the OP could provide proof he owned the card in the auction. I apologize for not writing a clearer response!
  • BunkerBunker Posts: 3,926 ✭


    << <i>
    Sorry, I wasn't trying to make that connections. I meant the situation was confusing, as it doesn't make a lot of sense to fake a $19.99 Best Offer Card. My further analysis was that past sales indicated he wasn't a habitual faker of $20+ cards as well (I serious doubt someone would make fake PSA 7 cards that sell for $1). And my final thought about contacting ebay was a separate thought to get the auction taken down before someone used BIN (to save both the seller and the buyer a headache), since I assume the OP could provide proof he owned the card in the auction. I apologize for not writing a clearer response! >>



    No problem! image
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    My daughter was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 2 (2003). My son was diagnosed with Type 1 when he was 17 on December 31, 2009. We were stunned that another child of ours had been diagnosed. Please, if you don't have a favorite charity, consider giving to the JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation)

    JDRF Donation
  • bjbrall4bjbrall4 Posts: 277 ✭✭
    Bunker got back to me very quickly about this. I've had nothing but successful transactions with him and hope to continue in the future. I should simply have sent him the e-mail, as I did, and not bothered posting here until I heard back. Bunker, I apologize.

  • stownstown Posts: 11,321 ✭✭✭
    Bunker is a good dude and I'm absolutely positive it was nothing more an honest mistake.
    So basically my kid won't be able to go to college, but at least I'll have a set where the three most expensive cards are of a player I despise ~ CDsNuts
  • hammeredhammered Posts: 2,671 ✭✭✭
    Seems that direct contact with the seller (and allowing enough time for response) would have solved this problem and eliminated the need for a public thread.
  • KbKardsKbKards Posts: 1,782 ✭✭✭
    Darn, I already reported him for selling $4 graded cards.
  • BunkerBunker Posts: 3,926 ✭


    << <i>Bunker got back to me very quickly about this. I've had nothing but successful transactions with him and hope to continue in the future. I should simply have sent him the e-mail, as I did, and not bothered posting here until I heard back. Bunker, I apologize. >>



    No need to apologize and I am hopeful that we can work something out on the 52 Rookies.

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    My daughter was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 2 (2003). My son was diagnosed with Type 1 when he was 17 on December 31, 2009. We were stunned that another child of ours had been diagnosed. Please, if you don't have a favorite charity, consider giving to the JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation)

    JDRF Donation
  • GDM67GDM67 Posts: 2,526 ✭✭✭✭
    Glad everything ended well.

    Early frontrunner for Thread Title Of The Year.
    My Sets
  • bkingbking Posts: 3,095 ✭✭
    Group hug!!
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  • Stone193Stone193 Posts: 24,487 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Is this the same person who posted about his son selling his property on ebay?
    Mike
  • TheTalkingWalnutTheTalkingWalnut Posts: 444
    The moral of this thread is:

    don't buy or sell on ebay...


  • BunkerBunker Posts: 3,926 ✭
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    My daughter was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 2 (2003). My son was diagnosed with Type 1 when he was 17 on December 31, 2009. We were stunned that another child of ours had been diagnosed. Please, if you don't have a favorite charity, consider giving to the JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation)

    JDRF Donation
  • therebelastherebelas Posts: 167


    << <i>Unfortunately, neither my son nor grandson is interested in cards. Eventually my collection will finance my stay at "Casa Old Fogies". >>



    I work for a decently large long term care provider. Just give me all your cards and I promise to watch out for them while you're a resident.
  • bjbrall4bjbrall4 Posts: 277 ✭✭
    Unfortunately, I don't live close to Memphis. Otherwise, it would be hard to turn down such a gracious offer.
  • EchoCanyonEchoCanyon Posts: 2,303 ✭✭✭


    << <i> Early frontrunner for Thread Title Of The Year. >>



    +1
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