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addicted2ebayaddicted2ebay Posts: 2,096 ✭✭✭✭
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When sellers with 12k+ stars are scamming buyers....fortunately I passed but I'm seeing a lot of this lately:

52 Mantle PSA 5

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  • MULLINS5MULLINS5 Posts: 4,517 ✭✭✭
    Wow. I hope it's a hacked account and the real owner didn't need just need some quick cash to payoff a hardship.

  • mattyc_collectionmattyc_collection Posts: 2,129 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The fuzzy back scan, that doesn't match the front scan quality, says it all on that one. This card was discussed at length at Net54 when it listed. There's simply no stealing that card at a bargain price in 2014 and beyond; to think otherwise makes one vulnerable.

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  • DboneesqDboneesq Posts: 18,219 ✭✭
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    STAY HEALTHY!

    Doug

    Liquidating my collection for the 3rd and final time. Time for others to enjoy what I have enjoyed over the last several decades. Money could be put to better use.
  • itzagoneritzagoner Posts: 8,753 ✭✭
    something has gone terribly wrong here. i hope there's a reasonable explanation. we're looking at a seller who maintained a sterling reputation for quite awhile. recent events, including some postings about them here, indicate there's a problem.

    Dave, as someone who's known you as a fellow dealer and collector, for what it's worth, i hope YOU are ok and this can be explained.
  • garnettstylegarnettstyle Posts: 2,143 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>When sellers with 12k+ stars are scamming buyers....fortunately I passed but I'm seeing a lot of this lately:

    52 Mantle PSA 5 >>



    Did the buyer scam the seller? Buyer has private feedback.

    IT CAN'T BE A TRUE PLAYOFF UNLESS THE BIG TEN CHAMPIONS ARE INCLUDED

  • MrNearMintMrNearMint Posts: 1,209 ✭✭✭
    What exactly is the scam?
  • addicted2ebayaddicted2ebay Posts: 2,096 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>What exactly is the scam? >>



    Seller lifted the scan from a REA auction. Never had it.
  • DavisDavis Posts: 705 ✭✭
    Anything could have happened...but it's odd that he had hundreds of cards listed before the mantle was listed but when the Mantle was listed it was the only listing. And the images are higher resolution on all his other auctions.

    Maybe he decided that he was going to end his card selling business with a bang and try to rip someone off after he settled all of his prior transactions? Almost all his previous auctions were listed auction-style but the Mantle was listed with a buy-it-now that was sure to sell quickly.

    Or maybe he took a break from selling and someone got access to his account? And tried to run a quick scam?

    But just goes to show...gotta be careful out there.
  • DanBessetteDanBessette Posts: 6,421 ✭✭✭
    There was thread on here recently about one of the more reputable eBay sellers who had suddenly stopped shipping packages. It was later revealed the man had died. I can't find that thread, but that seller wasn't Apple, was it?
  • MULLINS5MULLINS5 Posts: 4,517 ✭✭✭


    << <i>There was thread on here recently about one of the more reputable eBay sellers who had suddenly stopped shipping packages. It was later revealed the man had died. I can't find that thread, but that seller wasn't Apple, was it? >>



    Looks like whoever sold this Mantle lifted the picture from REA's website, therefore it was probably a scam from the start and not someone who passed away.
  • vintagefunvintagefun Posts: 1,974 ✭✭✭
    Dan, that was Klinger. There was another thread about apple though that was resolved.
    52-90 All Sports, Mostly Topps, Mostly HOF, and some assorted wax.
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