65 TOPPS Seller claims cards are 1/3 when they are not.

WinPitcher · January 25, 2005 1:16PM

And because of this the cards went for more money then they may have. In this sellers defense he did list a card that was a 1/2 as a 1/9! Very spirited bidding at the end as our old friend Toppsgun lost out to some serious coin guy's. 200.00 plus for Mint 9 cards. The 1/3 cards were all 1/4 or 1/5's In any event I will sit back and watch for the time being.

Steve

fsjeter · January 25, 2005 1:21PM

I hope most of those bidders were up on the pop reports. I'm pretty sure Toppsgun was. I've gone up against him and lost

for some '67's many times. Come to think of it, I've also purchased some from him as well!!

Scott

Basilone · January 25, 2005 1:55PM

Most knew that it wasnt a 1/9. That is one of the hardest team cards in the 1965 set.

ejguru · January 25, 2005 9:34PM

I will assume you guys are talking about another seller and not me. When I posted a week ago, I used the current reports at that time in the auction.

WinPitcher · January 25, 2005 10:29PM

the guy wasnt trying to get over, he was just plain wrong.

CoachTom · January 25, 2005 11:01PM

This has become more frequent as of late. I had two Salada coins in my hand back from a submission and the pop report reflected only one in that grade. Great time to sell-but I knew there was at least three. PSA should consider updating the Pop report prior to sending back submissions-but it will increase the time it takes for us to get them back. It would seem logical that when they print the label, it should be tied to the system that updates the pop numbers. Just a thought.

CoachTom

Basilone · January 25, 2005 11:55PM

EJ- we are talking about another guy.

WinPitcher · January 26, 2005 6:01AM

Coach in this case the pop reports were not wrong. One card had been a pop of 4 for at least a month prior to the listing. I think the guy just plain old made an honest mistake.

Im wondering with the prices that 9's are bringing should I sell mine? Or will there always be a couple of guys willing to be huge sums for just about any 9? I was getting used to getting them for under 60.00 (i did pay 150.00 the other nite for one, at least it was for the set I plan on keeping, I felt stupid bidding that hi for it too.

JonB · January 26, 2005 6:46AM

Bidders have to realize that the POP report doesn't update the second the card is graded. In fact, I have sent in submissions and received 10's of cards, and until then, the POP for a 10 was 0. After I received the grades online, it took several days for the POP report to update. In fact, in several cases, I have had the cards back, and in my hand for a couple days before the POP report updated the population of the card to 1. If the seller is 1 off on the pop report I'll give him the benefit of the doubt, however if he claims a POP of 3, and it really have a POP of 10, then he goes on my block list.

purelyPSA · January 27, 2005 10:38AM

I always used to give people the benefit of the doubt, but Pop reports are updated on Monday. It takes (me, anyway) 3-4 business days to receive my order back from PSA. Also, I've sent in some cards in the past that have "popped" on the PSA report BEFORE I received them on my invoice. Unless it's timed perfectly, it's hard to have cards in hand without them appearing first on the pop report. My guess is many of these dealers check the pop report right as they get the notification their order has been prepared for shipping, knowing all too well that the pops will be out of whack. Maybe that's too cynical but I don't put anything past people trying to squeeze out as many bucks as they can.

65 TOPPS Seller claims cards are 1/3 when they are not.

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