Scamming freak tries to sell fake plank on eBay

christopherking · October 21, 2007 2:33AM

http://cgi.ebay.com/1909-T206-Eddie-Plank-Piedmont-RARE-1of1-ERROR_W0QQitemZ120174566759QQihZ002QQcategoryZ86840QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

too bad that our favorite bidder ended it with a "buy it now".....heh heh
Plank doesn't even exist with a 350-460 Subjects back.
check out the description that the miserable cretin took the time to invent.

TNP777 · October 21, 2007 2:43AM

Linky

rube26105 · October 21, 2007 4:12AM

is gone now competely, was it a t-206 like the fake wagner they found and stupid people thought it was real with the 35-460 back lol-fell out of ceiling ,sure it did!!!

stevek · October 21, 2007 5:12AM

I give ebay credit where some credit is due - they're getting quicker at removing this garbage - now if they could only take more steps to ensure this garbage doesn't even get listed in the first place........

2dueces · October 21, 2007 6:32AM

He went to great lengths to explain why it was real and 5 dealers agreed with him.
But he wouldnt name any of the dealers because they would get too many phone
calls. If he would have took the time to find out about the card and instead of
the elaborate explaination it would have took him 10 seconds on line to find out it
was a reprint and a bad one at that. The company that printed it was not trying to
deceive as they printed it with a 350-460 back and no factory designation. Also the
re prints always have extremely fat boarders on the back. Just another scammer
trying to dup a new collector with alot of hype. Kudo's to e-bay for pulling it so fast. Joe

zippy · October 21, 2007 8:23AM

Ebay could stop this fraud immediately
All they have to do is require sellers of ultra rarities, say $20K value or higher to have the item graded by one of the Big 3 graders
No raw cards on rarities or ultra high $$$ cards
This would eliminate over 98% of fraudulent listings
But this would hurt Ebays bottom line
Ebay is all about $$$$$$$$$
NOT protecting the consumer

vintagetoppsguy · October 21, 2007 8:38AM

<< <i>Ebay could stop this fraud immediately
All they have to do is require sellers of ultra rarities, say $20K value or higher to have the item graded by one of the Big 3 graders
No raw cards on rarities or ultra high $$$ cards
This would eliminate over 98% of fraudulent listings
But this would hurt Ebays bottom line
Ebay is all about $$$$$$$$$
NOT protecting the consumer >>

It sounds like a good idea, but there is no way to really enforce it. This seller had a Buy It Now of $29,995.00 (I think), accepting Best Offers - which your method definitely would have worked on something like this. However, what if the seller starts it at $9.99 instead? I guess my point is that eBay could probably write software that would automatically flag listings over $20K, but they don't have the time to look at every single auction - the ones under that amount.

<< <i>This would eliminate over 98% of fraudulent listings >>

I think you're way off on this estimate because 99.9% of eBay fraud is on items less than $20K

Besides, eBay shut it down pretty quick anyway. Congrats to them!

mtcards · October 21, 2007 11:39AM

I think what ebay needs to do to police their site is when sellers knowingly sell fake or counterfeit items, they need to prosecute these morons. Granted, a good number of these lowlifes are just kids getting on their daddy's computer, but even still, they need to know that illegal is illegal

cravetopps · October 21, 2007 12:35PM

<<<Ebay could stop this fraud immediately
All they have to do is require sellers of ultra rarities, say $20K value or higher to have the item graded by one of the Big 3 graders
No raw cards on rarities or ultra high $$$ cards
This would eliminate over 98% of fraudulent listings
But this would hurt Ebays bottom line
Ebay is all about $$$$$$$$$
NOT protecting the consumer>>>

This policy won't come close to elimintating even a fraction of a % of fraudulent auctions. BTW, I am glad ebay is all about making money. That's exactly why they are in business and that's why people buy their stock. Good catch by christoperking. I think this shows the tremendous value of the experts on message boards like this.

Estil · October 21, 2007 12:47PM

I say he should have to WALK the plank.

jamesgotpoorman · October 21, 2007 12:51PM

christopherking · October 21, 2007 1:01PM

Thanks for the vote of confidence. It would be nice to get rid of all deceptive auctions. Speaking of which, if you type the following in your eBay search you will find another: "10,000 Lajoie"
I sent a message to the seller and he called me a dirty name....lol

I still don't know how to attach a link here.

vintagetoppsguy · October 21, 2007 1:06PM

link

benderbroeth · October 21, 2007 1:14PM

i love it..lol

GDM67 · October 21, 2007 5:10PM

<< <i>He went to great lengths to explain why it was real and 5 dealers agreed with him. >>

That's a better record than Dentyne had.

roastedcat · October 22, 2007 2:24AM

Next time this happens, just highlight and copy and paste the whole page on the board, this way when ebay removes the listing we can all still view the listing! Even though the link might be is invalid.

rube26105 · October 23, 2007 6:32AM

dont worry chris, i get called a dirty name too -at least once or twice a day lol
randy

Scamming freak tries to sell fake plank on eBay

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