Opinion sought for an eBay transaction

[99goals]

Well it appears I have fallen for an eBay 1/1 misrepresentation. To be honest, it is my fault since I only read the subject heading and looked at the shipping charges before I submitted my offer. Normally I am very adept to ensure I am checking the item description, and the one case I didn't do that, it bit me in the butt.

BUT.. I want to keep the card but I want to flag to the seller that I did not receive a 1/1 card and he misrepresented this fact in his listing. I am actually not upset about how much I spent on it, I just care that I fell for the age old trick of calling a card a 1/1 when it was not.

Part of me wants to move on and forget about it and part of me wants to make sure the seller knew I was not happy that it was advertised as a 1/1..

What would you do?

 

[Orca Pod]

If I were you, I'd set my OWN eBay shipping charges at $2.00 per additional card, in order to rip off other unsuspecting eBay shoppers.



^^^^ To other board members, this is an inside joke.

 

[99goals]

If I were you, I'd set my OWN eBay shipping charges at $2.00 per additional card, in order to rip off other unsuspecting eBay shoppers.



^^^^ To other board members, this is an inside joke.

hahah!

 

[great8]

1. what's the card
2. a marketing person like yourself should not have fallen for the subject heading
3. what Orca Pod said

 

[nybravest]

just contact him and call him out on it.

 

[99goals]

1. what's the card
2. a marketing person like yourself should not have fallen for the subject heading
3. what Orca Pod said

agree on all 2 points.. how the eff did I miss that one.. ugh..
the card is a masterpieces red border 10/10 jersey

 

[No No No.....The other Steve]

But it is a 1/1!!! Everyone knows that a 0 is nothing so you got a 1/1 with nothing in between!

 

[great8]

agree on all 2 points.. how the eff did I miss that one.. ugh..
the card is a masterpieces red border 10/10 jersey

1. the card sold twice for around the same ending price... looks like the first time newbie winner never paid (doesn't look shilled)

2. doubt every bidder fell for it being an actual 1/1, so that price is likely the market value (maybe a little premium because of... see Steve's post above :devil

3. hit him up with a low rating for description, congrats on your new 1/1

 

[99goals]

Seller responded with this and this makes me even more livid.

"Alot of guys say #'d card to the # or is the 1st card is a 1/1. No where do I say it is a true 1/1 and in my desc I state it is #10\10. It is your responsibility to ask and not try to rip people off."

 

[capsfan30]

So, what is the difference between saying something is a 1/1 and a "true" 1/1? While, it is may be true that you should shoulder some of the blame for not reading the description fully, he's not exactly innocent either. I say he certainly misrepresented the card in the title to try and booster his sale.

 

[99goals]

So, what is the difference between saying something is a 1/1 and a "true" 1/1? While, it is may be true that you should shoulder some of the blame for not reading the description fully, he's not exactly innocent either. I say he certainly misrepresented the card in the title to try and booster his sale.

For sure its my mistake for not reading the description but I say he shares half the blame.
I left a neutral for him in this case. I fully take ownership for not reading that properly.

ameet

 

[k_northrup]

Hit him with a low rating for description, it's your fault for not reading the entire description or checking the photo/scan of the card. It's too bad, I'd suck it up and enjoy the card.....we all know about the ebay 1 of 1's LOL!

 

[99goals]

Hit him with a low rating for description, it's your fault for not reading the entire description or checking the photo/scan of the card. It's too bad, I'd suck it up and enjoy the card.....we all know about the ebay 1 of 1's LOL!

Agreed. I have left him feedback accordingly. It was my fault for falling for the 1/1 subject title.

 

[meingram]

To be fair, as long as he stated the actual serial numbering in the description, I can't put the blame totally on him.

With the amount of 1/1 claims (whether "true" or "eBay") in card descriptions, I always make sure to dig a little deeper.

It's the same as the sellers who put the name of a "more expensive" player in the title of a card listing just to get more hits. There's at least one seller that I know of who will frequently add a subtitle of "Check my store for Tavares, Crosby, Gretzky, Duchene", or something to that effect. Those names will show up in the search results despite not even having a card in the listing.

As with any business done online: caveat emptor.