High grade Daredevils - suspicious posting?

[localshop]

Take a look at these two:

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=75&item=2150545316

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2150545853

 

Look at the wordage associated with whether the book is restored or not, then compare it with (this is more typical of the other books up for sale):

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=75&item=2150546968

 

Smacks of 'came back restored, so we cracked the case' doesn't it

 

 

[fantastic_four]

Hehe, yep, sure does. Never a good idea to buy expensive unslabbed books from a seller who won't take returns.

[Bugaboo-migration]

You're probably right. Nice catch.

[greggy]

Yo, finished your 12 hour drive?

[BachelorOfComix]

The auction template used by the seller is identical to the one used by nishta65. There was a thread about this seller in the summer. Seller became NARU'd not long after the buyers received their less then satisfactory goods. The DD 1 he has for sale looks like the one he tried to sell in the summer. Buyer Beware.

 

Cheers,

 

Bachelor of Comics

[localshop]

I recall the original thread now that you point it out. I guess he wanted to put some time between his original activities and now (which also wipes the auctions out of the database), building up some degree of feedback before going for the throat again now.

 

What a nice man!

 

Who is our resident pit-bull to tell ebay?!?

[uclapeterg]

I was going to say the exact same thing about it being similar to NISHTA65 (or whatever the name was). He actually wanted to buy my DD 1 CGC 9.0 for $3,500 but I couldn't do it because I knew he would most likely crack the case and sell it as a 9.4 (remember when he sold an "unslabbed" 9.4 for $8,100??!?!?!!?).

 

Peter

[fantastic_four]

Yea I was thinking the same thing about the similarity to Nishta.

 

The winner of that DD #1 didn't actually pay him. I sent him e-mail warning him and he claimed to me that he directed Nishta to send it to CGC, and Nishta told him it came back restored, so he didn't pay.

[uclapeterg]

That's good. I guess I should have sold it to him after all

[supapimp]

im so glad dudes like you guys are here to warn about suspicious sellers on eBay. good post, i just rated you 5 stars and bumped you up to 2, keep up the good work.

[uclapeterg]

speaking of this seller , I asked for a back cover scan of FF 12 without realizing who he was.. wonder if I'll get it

 

Anyone else wonder why his scans turn out so DARK? You can't see the comic really. (maybe that's the point)

[supapimp]

he might not be doing it on purpose, i had dark scans since i got my scanner. but that was only because i didn't know how to use it properly, i just figured it out yesterday.

[uclapeterg]

I was thinking of you when I wrote that post.. I hope no offense was taken .

I also think it depends what kind of software you use in connection with your scanner ( I dont even bother with the software that was given with the scanner). I use Abode Photoshop 5.0 (I think?) and it works great. I can take out all defects and sell a VG book as a NM 9.4 --- OOPS, did I say that? Seriously, though, it has great flexibility and most people like my large scans.

[murph0]

The DD 2 looks legit, I am contemplating bidding. Are we saying this guy may be selling restored books..or just putting up pics and then not sending anything after the buyer pays?

 

Brian