Sure gotta give this guy credit

SOM · May 10, 2008 9:41AM

This is the first time I've ever seen a major set up for auction and the seller included pics of every single card!

all 494 of them!

Nick

Clemaz · May 10, 2008 10:13AM

ymarea · May 10, 2008 10:55AM

I admire the seller's dedication. Not too terribly long ago I saw a complete 1972 Topps baseball set for sale on eBay. That seller included very nice scans of all 787 cards.

CDsNuts · May 10, 2008 12:07PM

Too bad none of the pictures are good enough to see the condition of the cards.

MiniMaster · May 10, 2008 1:25PM

CD,

With graded cards ranging from PSA 4 to PSA 8..... It doesn't appear the seller is trying to hide or mis-represent what they have for sale.....

grote15 · May 10, 2008 6:53PM

Very impressive!

DerekD · May 10, 2008 9:11PM

It would have been nice if they would have gotten the #150 Mantle graded. I guess it must not be very good.

CDsNuts · May 11, 2008 4:47AM

Sorry, didn't mean to imply that the seller was trying to hide anything. All I was saying is that if you're going to invest several hours in taking pictures of cards that will sell for several thousand dollars then you might as well buy a scanner and use better, more descriptive pics. It's great that all the cards are pictured, but what's the point if you can't see the condition of the cards (talking more about the raw cards)? I give the seller an A+ for effort but a C- for execution.

Morgoth · May 12, 2008 3:22AM

Somebody should email him for scans of the backs as well.

SOM · May 12, 2008 4:09AM

Tough crowd in this thread!

sagard · May 12, 2008 4:23AM

I've sold two sets this way. It is obviously labor intensive, but at least I still had the scans when the sales were complete. It is my belief I earned roughly 25% more selling this way vs. scanning the stars and letting it fly.

1959 Topps Set

1950 Bowman Set

This guy may not get the $3600 he is asking, but I think he will eventually get $3K+.

jradke4 · May 12, 2008 5:19AM

well one bid and he is pretty close to $3600.

ajetfan · May 13, 2008 11:29AM

I always do the same and provide high-res scan whenever I sell on ebay. I also take it to the next level and host the pictures with photobucket so ebay's picture services don't defeat the whole process.

Here's a link to my partial high-grade 1975 Topps Baseball card set:

1975 Topps near set on ebay with high-res scans of EVERY card

It really doesn't take too long (just a bunch of copying and pasting after done with the scannning) and if you're selling raw on ebay, it's the only way to go.

Robert (ajetfan)

SOM · May 13, 2008 12:29PM

Very cool, Robert! Can you pm me the process, should I ever decide to do that?

Am I right in figuring that by using hyperlinks, you don't pay more $$$ to ebay for adding extra pictures?

Nick

ajetfan · May 13, 2008 2:38PM

Hi Nick,

Sorry, I don't do the pm thing, but here's my email . If you send me an email, I'll forward you the text file that I pasted into ebay for my listing. I received my BE degree awhile ago in Electrical/Computer Engineering and for my senior design project I designed an interactive e-commerce website. I certainly didn't learn anything from my project that I use in my career, but it does come in handy with my ebay listings. Thanks for the kind words and shoot me an email if you want the source code. Cheers!

Robert

Sure gotta give this guy credit

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