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Original Action comics #1 NM on Ebay!

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comicdonna

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news.gifDid anyone see the Action Comics #1 listed on ebay as an original not a reprint in Near Mint condition. If the link below doesn't work, the ID # is 6513006642 http//cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?viewItem&category=3 If anyone could provide a link to this item that works, it would be great.
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rob_react

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Does this guy actually own this book, or is it some kind of scam? Would'nt a scam of this magnitude be rather risky?

 

I've seen dozens of Action 1 scam auctions on ebay. Maybe more. One guy auctioned off the "super pak," a large "collection" with an "Action 1" and "Detective 27," 5-10 times with different accounts.

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rob_react

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I sent the seller some telling questions. The answers will reveal whether it is a scam or not, like the odds are it is not!!!!!!! boo.gif

 

What? You don't think this zero feedback seller has just had a near mint Action 1 "buried in his collection?"

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I sent the seller some telling questions. The answers will reveal whether it is a scam or not, like the odds are it is not!!!!!!! boo.gif

 

What? You don't think this zero feedback seller has just had a near mint Action 1 "buried in his collection?"

 

What, like its not possible? I often walk with my head down in the street and find quarters all the time. Maybe the guy found an Action #1? poke2.gif

 

Amazing how so many key expensive books get auctioned off on ebay with someone with zero feedback. Geez, what are the odds that this would keep occuring? yeahok.gif

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tth2

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Why do the scam artists always sell off the biggest big-ticket books, the ones that will trigger the most alarm bells? Why not sell something expensive but not too flashy, like a Showcase 8 or FF 3? Better chance that someone might bite.

 

I remember buying some non-key, not particularly expensive WDC&S from an unfamiliar seller on eBay a few years ago, and even when it took ages for the book to arrive because it got caught up in the December mail crush, I never worried that he was scamming me because no con artist would be smart enough to use such a mundane book.

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Why do the scam artists always sell off the biggest big-ticket books, the ones that will trigger the most alarm bells? Why not sell something expensive but not too flashy, like a Showcase 8 or FF 3? Better chance that someone might bite.

 

I remember buying some non-key, not particularly expensive WDC&S from an unfamiliar seller on eBay a few years ago, and even when it took ages for the book to arrive because it got caught up in the December mail crush, I never worried that he was scamming me because no con artist would be smart enough to use such a mundane book.

 

Interestingly, I just read "Phantom at the Card Table," a book about Walter Irving Scott, a card cheat who fooled the cream of NY's magic circle in the 1930s and 1940s. When he was cheating at a real poker game, he never dealt himself a royal flush or four aces. He only used what he needed to win the big pot -- a "modest" hand like three sevens. But he knew no one else at the table could beat that. A royal flush raises suspicion. No one suspects you of cheating if you win with three sevens.

 

Off topic, sorry.

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PedigreeMan

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Why do the scam artists always sell off the biggest big-ticket books, the ones that will trigger the most alarm bells? Why not sell something expensive but not too flashy, like a Showcase 8 or FF 3? Better chance that someone might bite.

 

I remember buying some non-key, not particularly expensive WDC&S from an unfamiliar seller on eBay a few years ago, and even when it took ages for the book to arrive because it got caught up in the December mail crush, I never worried that he was scamming me because no con artist would be smart enough to use such a mundane book.

 

Interestingly, I just read "Phantom at the Card Table," a book about Walter Irving Scott, a card cheat who fooled the cream of NY's magic circle in the 1930s and 1940s. When he was cheating at a real poker game, he never dealt himself a royal flush or four aces. He only used what he needed to win the big pot -- a "modest" hand like three sevens. But he knew no one else at the table could beat that. A royal flush raises suspicion. No one suspects you of cheating if you win with three sevens.

 

Off topic, sorry.

 

Off topic? Not at all, G.

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HonusWagner-migration

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Most of these scam artists are teenagers not familiar with the law . If you guys think this is bad , try running a search on eBay for sports cards . Every day thousands and thousands of dollars are being spent on counterfeits , many of these buyers are not knowledgeable and don't do their homework ... some are pretty stupid actually ...

 

Buying comics is a lot safer than card collecting ... thumbsup2.gif

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jmg3637

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they don't always sell the most expensive items.

 

I would certainly think that the listings from this seller are phony. he has NEVER sold any item previously and then comes up with a group of GOLD like these. Also no reserve on the books at all. Too good to be true.

 

Of course just in case i placed a few place holder bids and have emailed the seller with my concerns.

 

http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZglasbat

 

too good to be true?

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