Ebay auction - Batman # 11 - smells fishy...

[read_em-migration]

First time it sold - graded G/VG 3.0 by CGC

 

Second time it sold - cracked out of slab, graded VG/VG+

 

On sale now, by the winner of the second auction. VF- 7.5!

[Verbow]

But look how square those over-cropped corners are now!

[Shield]

You're quite right; that's the same book THRICE.

 

Unbelievable to the point of that should be illegal...! Makes me angry!

[Bugaboo-migration]

It also looks like the last guy selling this book might have attempted to do some work on it. The pencil mark at the top of the book on one of the cards has either been erased or the image has been manipulated to delete it from the picture.

[MrNice-migration]

Good luck getting legislation to deem overgrading or overcropped scans of a comic for sale as illegal. To do that, you would need thousands of government inspectors to routinely check every perspective comic seller's eyes to make sure that they're rigorously calibrated to National standards of measure (as if that could ever be established for comic grading).

If the buyer of this auction is actually satisfied with the VF- grade when he gets this circa G/VG to VG book in the mail, he'll learn a $700 to $1000+ lesson in grading with the first knowledgeable comic person he shows it to, or his first submission.

[Aces]

Very Fine ain't what it use to be...

 

http://cgi.aol.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2186043442&category=33816

[supapimp]

hence the no bids

[panhandlefool]

On the current auction for the Batman #11, it appears the current high bidder as I type this is very new to ebay, being registered just over a month and having only a feedback of 3 (all positive). It would violate ebay rules to email this high bidder and give him a heads-up to this thread, wouldn't it? I'm pretty sure it would, but if I were him I would certainly appreciate the info. Good luck to all.

[MrNice-migration]

Inadvisable!! Keep in mind, that while it is altogether possible that the bidder may be very appreciative of the info you provide and you'll assume will keep your inside heads up between the two of you, there's a flip side of that coin.

 

What if the bidder rats you out to the seller in passing? Also, what if the bidder IS the seller (a shill account)? He'd have your email as proof that you tried to "tamper" with his auction, which no matter how justifiable and good your intentions are, Ebay will take a dim view of as it does violate their rules.

 

Always remember, 99% of all that is revealed between two parties and promised to "be kept strictly between those two parties only", at some point becomes revealed.

 

By doing the right thing, and stepping in to save a fellow Ebayer, you may be inadvertantly slitting your own throat.

[read_em-migration]

Inadvisable!! Keep in mind, that while it is altogether possible that the bidder may be very appreciative of the info you provide and you'll assume will keep your inside heads up between the two of you, there's a flip side of that coin.

 

What if the bidder rats you out to the seller in passing? Also, what if the bidder IS the seller (a shill account)? He'd have your email as proof that you tried to "tamper" with his auction, which no matter how justifiable and good your intentions are, Ebay will take a dim view of as it does violate their rules.

 

Always remember, 99% of all that is revealed between two parties and promised to "be kept strictly between those two parties only", at some point becomes revealed.

 

By doing the right thing, and stepping in to save a fellow Ebayer, you may be inadvertantly slitting your own throat.

 

That's what Alties are for, of course! Never use your main ID when performing this community service.