Did he really open this from a pack 54 years ago??

StanTheManMusial · August 15, 2008 5:28PM

Anyone buying this story? Sure is a pretty good selling price for a card that has been butchered at the hands of a trimmer.

Pack pulled in 54' ??

And yet another card from the same seller:

Bologna alert

HobbyKings · August 15, 2008 5:38PM

Not sure if I belive him.

That guy who emailed him sure sounds like a few drama queens around here, probably was one of them.

HK

44Magnum · August 15, 2008 5:42PM

Obvious trim job. Why would anybody even waste their money on the grading fees?

cardbender · August 15, 2008 5:45PM

PSA loves idiots like this who send them obvious trimmed cards. They take 5 seconds to grade.

HobbyKings · August 15, 2008 5:47PM

<< <i>Obvious trim job. Why would anybody even waste their money on the grading fees? >>

A. He was telling the truth and he didn't trim it and it came like that from the factory. Maybe he dosen't know about the whole trimming of cards thing?

OR

B. He figured to take a shot at the PSA graders and hope that they came to work drunk?

HK

44Magnum · August 15, 2008 6:00PM

There is no way that came that way from the factory. Absolutely no way. It is trimmed at the top and the bottom. Same with the Williams. How could he not know about the whole trimming of cards, but know enough to have them graded?

grote15 · August 15, 2008 6:08PM

There is no way that came that way from the factory. Absolutely no way. It is trimmed at the top and the bottom. Same with the Williams. How could he not know about the whole trimming of cards, but know enough to have them graded?

My thoughts exactly.

StanTheManMusial · August 15, 2008 7:57PM

Seller's response to a question/comment about the Hank Aaron:

<<Question & Answer Answered On Aug-13-08

Q: are you joking? that card is not trimmed, it is whacked, hacked and hijacked! throw it in the next garbage can you see.

A: You are a real class act. I bought that card as a kid and sent it to PSA to be graded in good faith. It is not "hijacked" Do you want to see the PSA response on paper. Thanks for taking a very special memory of a person's childhood and stomping on it. Please do something else with your time than attempt to belittle a senior citizen's character. No, I am not joking. I am trying to make ends meet on Social Security. It is not "whacked, hacked and hijacked" - it, unfortunately for me, was graded "evidence of trimmed." I won't be "throwing it in the garbage" - I will be lamenting the fact that my wife will not be getting the medical care she needs because of it. Feel good about your comments? You are a cold, cruel and vicious person. I would at the least hope for an apology but that it appears is not part of your character. Do not write me again. I don't need that, go kick a dog or push someone in a wheelchair down the stairs.>>

metalmike · August 15, 2008 8:42PM

this back story is weaksauce.

TNTonPMS · August 15, 2008 8:44PM

Well, it really don't matter if he trimmed it or not , PSA has it as, {Evid. of trim}

Having said that , I know quite a few people that have sent cards in right out of the pack and when it came back trimmed they were like Impossible ! because they know damn well they didn't trim it .

Looking at that card , it is so hacked up, if it was trimmed whoever is doing that work better try their hand at something else .

Who knows what exactly is going on , on the other end of the PC , this world is so screwed up with so many looking to screw you in so many ways

Morgoth · August 15, 2008 9:00PM

It doesn't matter if it was trimmed or miscut by the factory it will never get into a holder due to it being trimmed or min size. If someone wants to buy his little sob story so be it, it's their money they are wasting.

Indy78 · August 15, 2008 9:09PM

It looks to me like a kid trimmed it with a pair of scissors. So I certainly think it's plausible that he trimmed it when he was a kid and simply doesn't remember after 50+ years.

Mescalito345 · August 15, 2008 10:00PM

In 1961, when I was seven years old, a neighbor gave me a 1956 Ted Williams. Since the 1956 cards were larger than in other years, it didn't fit well together with my other cards, so I trimmed it with scissors. My cards then sat in storage from around 1970 until 1990. In the mid-1990s, I showed it to a local card dealer who estimated its value at 5% Beckett. I can't remember if he actually bought it from me (for $20 or less). It's possible that it's mixed in with my other cards.

BobaFett72 · August 15, 2008 10:36PM

lol factory miscut

i love the whining about social security and medical care. It may or may not be true, but honestly folks dont want stupid drama when bidding on your crap

p.s

check out some of his other auctions/descriptions:
1958 Topps All Star Selections: Mickey Mantle
"I am listing this as it is and not sending it to PSA for grading. The reason, as you can see from the picture, is that the card is way off center on the left. No white border at all. It would not be graded well at all - probably very minimal grade at best"

WinPitcher · August 15, 2008 10:54PM

How that card can be at 313.00 is beyond me.

Steve

StanTheManMusial · August 15, 2008 10:58PM

<< <i>lol factory miscut

i love the whining about social security and medical care. It may or may not be true, but honestly folks dont want stupid drama when bidding on your crap

p.s

check out some of his other auctions/descriptions:
1958 Topps All Star Selections: Mickey Mantle
"I am listing this as it is and not sending it to PSA for grading. The reason, as you can see from the picture, is that the card is way off center on the left. No white border at all. It would not be graded well at all - probably very minimal grade at best" >>

Yeah, that trimmed left edge would have no effect at all, now would it?

slantycouch · August 15, 2008 11:21PM

<< <i>It looks to me like a kid trimmed it with a pair of scissors. So I certainly think it's plausible that he trimmed it when he was a kid and simply doesn't remember after 50+ years. >>

That's a good point...

Leiascards · August 16, 2008 12:02AM

I cannot believe it is at 313.00 either.

gumbyfan · August 16, 2008 12:30AM

<< <i>Not sure if I belive him.

That guy who emailed him sure sounds like a few drama queens around here, probably was one of them.

HK >>

Wow...you sure are jaded for the new guy in town. Are you sure you haven't been here before, toastboy?

BobaFett72 · August 16, 2008 7:33AM

Gio, hanging out with the hobbykings.

p.s. the Aaron listing was ended.

mosaic · August 18, 2008 4:24AM

Interesting way of trying to pull a fast one. What packs can I buy where the cards have been badly trimmed with what looks like kiddie scissors? Wait, don't answer that--I don't need any questionable packs of 75 Topps Minis.

It's a shame he didn't take the respectable route and say something like, "I cut these down with scissors as a kid. Oops. Oh well."

Not that I'd buy any story from that seller anyway -- what sort of senior citizen that needs to scrap money for meds submits cards to PSA? Not just that, but in multiple submissions!

Did he really open this from a pack 54 years ago??

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