A friendly warning
hammered
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about seller "battlefield0516"
So I purchased about $70 worth of cards from her and received them today. All four were significantly lower grade than pictured on the auction, which isn't exactly a tragedy - I buy hundreds of cards a month and sometimes it happens. But this seller has many high-dollar cards ending tonight and over the next couple days (Mantles, etc) selling in the hundreds and thousands, so I felt the need to warn others.
Link to one of my purchased cards: Williams
I won the above card, but this is the one that arrived today:
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Checking further, it appears that she manipulates the scans and photoshops the rough corners. The card I received and the one in the auction pic are indeed the same card (see the faint blemish in the right border above the green), but the auction's pic has been altered.
This happened on all four cards I ordered, so it doesn't appear to be a single case.
Just wanted to warn the community that you might not get what you win from this seller, so be cautious.
So I purchased about $70 worth of cards from her and received them today. All four were significantly lower grade than pictured on the auction, which isn't exactly a tragedy - I buy hundreds of cards a month and sometimes it happens. But this seller has many high-dollar cards ending tonight and over the next couple days (Mantles, etc) selling in the hundreds and thousands, so I felt the need to warn others.
Link to one of my purchased cards: Williams
I won the above card, but this is the one that arrived today:
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[/URL]Checking further, it appears that she manipulates the scans and photoshops the rough corners. The card I received and the one in the auction pic are indeed the same card (see the faint blemish in the right border above the green), but the auction's pic has been altered.
This happened on all four cards I ordered, so it doesn't appear to be a single case.
Just wanted to warn the community that you might not get what you win from this seller, so be cautious.
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~WalterSobchak
Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
~WalterSobchak
<< <i>I believe she has operated under at least three names. I purchased a few cards from her (under one of her other selling names) about 2 years ago and a clemente came back from PSA twice as altered (she may not have known about this depending on how she obtains her inventory). She banned me after I complained. The three names she has operated under were all located in the same place and used the same selling strategy (descriptive terms instead of actual grading terms and pictures from a slight distance. Although it looks like she's moved to altered scans.) I'm fairly sure it's her with all three as I was banned by the other two as well although I've never purchased from them. Hope this helps someone else. >>
one of the ID's was from a gentleman with the last name Battles (go figure), also in Alabama. that's who banned me.
I'm sure she, like other sellers who do similar things, figure that a no questions asked refund policy will always get her out of trouble
Hope this POS gets banned from ebay, even though she/he will only return.
On something THIS obvious you would think ebay would have to do something?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
OH WELL, let the buyer beware, and if the buyer gets screwed, post it on the message boards!
Thanks again, I'll never buy from this person..........................wait a minute, maybe a BUNCH of people should buy from her and all return the cards and leave negatives....................naw, that wouldn't work, would it?
<< <i>Just wanted to warn the community that you might not get what you win from this seller, so be cautious. >>
Are you getting a refund?
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<< <i>Just wanted to warn the community that you might not get what you win from this seller, so be cautious. >>
Are you getting a refund? >>
Seller has 14 day return policy and ebay's is even better!
-CDs Nuts, 1/20/14
*1956 Topps baseball- 97.4% complete, 7.24 GPA
*Clemente basic set: 85.0% complete, 7.89 GPA
<< <i>If ANYONE deserved a neg, it's that seller! >>
+1....that is just dirty, dirty, dirty! That seller should be banned!
seems like they deny ever doing so
model is buying graded SGC/Beckett and cracking out and selling raw. Thanks for outing this seller.
These two replies were in reference to the cards being returned as EOT by PSA.
"Reply by battlefield0516 (Dec-20-13 08:14):
Previously graded a 5 by SGC! PSA missed this one as usual! Horrible company!"
"Reply by battlefield0516 (Jun-28-13 23:22):
Card was previously graded a 7.5 (NM+) by Beckett! PSA blew it on this one!"
This is a definite neg worthy recipient. Maybe I should send her a message through eBay so I'm banned from all her accounts like Eric.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep."
"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."
Collecting:
Any unopened Baseball cello and rack packs and boxes from the 1970's and early 1980s.
Eric
I've never purchased high-dollar cards from the seller, and although my past ebay feedback indicates satisfactory transactions, I'd likely stay clear of high-dollar items now and in the future.
RLR