comic was advertised on ebay as unrestored, is not, do i return?

[kav]

Is his other book trimmed?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Fantastic-Four-48-1st-APPEARANCE-OF-SILVER-SURFER-9-4-NM-CGC-PGX-WORTHY-/121232323091?pt=US_Comic_Books&hash=item1c3a027213

[Diamonddave]

Anyone know what exactly the resto is on the ASM50?

[NewWorldOrder]

Yeah, that's the book. I figured one of you would be clever enough to figure it out. Yes, the seller had excellent feedback, so it seemed a safe move. So the trimming is obvious to a trained eye? Great, dang it. What do I look for? An edge that just doesn't look natural?

 

The seller is responsive so far. Hasn't committed to anything. He doesn't believe it's restored.

 

He keeps asking to see pictures.

 

I said, "ok, look at the pictures you took to sell the item." Why would I take new ones and then throw it in the mail? The comic hasn't changed.

 

He said, "I guess we will have to wait and see."

 

I reminded him all that will come back is a slabbed book with a purple label on it.

 

If he's honest about not knowing it's trimmed, we are both equally bummed. I'm not disparaging the seller, but right now it is what it is. I noticed that the grading update now says trimmed in the pedigree slot, and the SA notice is gone. Said its at quality control.

 

Anyway, thanks again for the feedback.

 

Forget the resto.

 

Wasn't the back cover enough to warrant you not believing this book is even close to NM?

 

The eBay seller is an total POS scammer, but just form the pictures alone should have deterred you from bidding.

[white_rushin]

We should all message him and scare the out of him.

[Tony S]

Anyone know what exactly the resto is on the ASM50?

 

Trimmed. The Avengers 57 he has listed must have some issues too as it has been listed before.

[Diamonddave]

We should all message him and scare the out of him.

 

Already did, doubt I'll get a reply

 

[cousin itt]

I'm bumping this thread because it seems somewhat relevant to my question and I don't want to start a new thread for a simple question... anyway, I am in a similar boat now, just bought a book of ebay, and, once I got it in hand, I was suspicious it had been restored. After doing a little searching, i found the exact book in a cgc case with a purple label in a heritage auction from 2003. (Both books have identical, distinctive flaws.) So, I notified the seller, and he is agreeing to a return, but he also seems to expect me to return the book before he refunds my money. Is this the norm?

[bababooey]

Returning the book prior to a refund is pretty standard.

 

Are you using official channels to protect your time limits with Paypal?

Did you search the boards for the seller's ID to see if there was any bad history?

 

[cousin itt]

I'm going through ebay's communication system, so I guess that's official enough. I only just got the book in the mail yesterday so I think I'm okay on the time limits.

 

Yeah I did a search here on the name and nothing came up.