Someone is selling two of my cards on eBay - What to do?

nam812

I was searching eBay tonight and noticed that a seller was selling 2 of the 1972s I bought recently here on our own BST from btcarfango. I displayed them in this thread right here on this forum.

Here are the links to the eBay auctions.

1972 Jim Kaat in action

1972 Al Kaline

I'd hate to see someone get scammed buying cards the seller does not own, so what should/can I do?

itzagoner

it's the same dude.

123Slider

I would have to win them just to see what the DBOTW does next.

nam812

<< <i>it's the same dude. >>



That's btcarfango's seller ID?

itzagoner

pretty sure, yup.

nam812

Hopefully he just forgot he doesnt have them anymore. I sent the seller a question through eBay, so I will update if he responds.

mknez

win the auction and see how they squirm

itzagoner

if memory serves correctly, many of the cards he is auctioning were recently being peddled in the BST.

i am getting old, though.

Smuggo

That is his ebay ID.

Pigs

<< <i>if memory serves correctly, many of the cards he is auctioning were recently being peddled in the BST.

i am getting old, though. >>



Yes, I think he said he was going to ebay for cards not sold on BST. I never bought anything from him but it seems people were happy dealing with him. Can you tell if your scans are the same ones he's using for ebay sales?

handyman

Just see what they go for so you dont have to subscribe to VCP
Love you

itzagoner

Pigs

I have a feeling he did forget they were sold. Because he was selling higher end cards on the BST forum he seemed to work hard gaining trust when questioned about who he was.

swartz1

do nothing...

Mickey71

It's the same guy. Hopefully he just forgot he sold the cards and maybe they were automatically set for auction. That being said....this stuff is not supposed to happen. Some folks are not careful and wonder why their reputation is damaged.

stevek

If I could make a suggestion to the seller. It's something called an "inventory list". When ya buy an item then ya add it to the inventory list, when ya sell an item then ya subtract it from the inventory list. And if it ain't on the inventory list then ya don't list it on ebay.

A CPA could explain it further if ya need more detail on this accounting procedure.

Pigs

Cards sold for $134.50 total.

nam812

Here is the message I got from the seller (Tom) last night:

"Poor record keeping. Thanks for the heads up. Going to have to notify the bidders after the fact and take the fee hit I suppose. Lesson learned.

Tom C"

CNote

I've had similar goofs. I had a 9 and 10 of a card, listed and scanned the 10, but it had already been sold.

Brick

When I was working on my 1955 Topps I purchased a PSA 8. The seller said he looked high and low and could not find it anywhere. He did send a different PSA 8 I agreed on.

relaxed

Nam, Must of been quite a shock to see your cards being auctioned off, you handled it the right way and hopefully he will be more careful in the future. I have bought cards before where the person hasn't taken them off their registry and usually its just of matter of the person forgetting to take them off.