Is this scan mis-leading? (eBay-related)

hive17 · Oct 25, 2012

I won this auction: http://www.ebay.com/itm/2012-Bowman...CyTksOwDsxD+AMd8wVQcFgo=&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

And what showed up is this:

Am I being over-sensitive, or was the scan cropped to hide the O/C L/R? Or was this a case of a guy listing a bunch of cards, and this is bound to happen?

I'm not that mad though, FWIW. And I doubt it will effect my FB or that I'll even contact the seller (unless you guys convince me

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Crewfan82 · Oct 25, 2012

Looks like a guy listing a lot of cards.

HPC · Oct 25, 2012

I think you have reason to be upset.

I dont fault the guy for gang scanning (something we all probably have done at one point) but that scan definitely hides how badly OC that card its

vwnut13 · Oct 25, 2012

Is everything in Bowman Chrome Diamond Cut?

DeliciousBacon · Oct 25, 2012

My scanner does the same thing, crop the edges of everything no matter what I do. He must have a piece of junk like I do. Doubt someone would go out of their way to crop a $7 auto.

Bill Menard · Oct 25, 2012

I'd like at the bright side... you got a much better centered card T/B than the picture shows

Nah, seriously, I agree, it's too bad b/c of the multi scanned cards and quick crop to do a lot of listings, the seller lost the true image. I'm sure if you wanted your $9.00 back, he'd give it to ya. I've dealt with him and he is top notch in terms of customer service.

matfanofold · Oct 25, 2012

I think the benefit of the doubt could/should be given to the seller, however it does not fix the issue of the card being horribly off centered and thus less valuable, a attribute that should have been noted in the listing. I would have no problem if you decided to contact the seller for a refund, in fact I would expect it.

hive17 · Oct 25, 2012

DeliciousBacon said:
My scanner does the same thing, crop the edges of everything no matter what I do. He must have a piece of junk like I do. Doubt someone would go out of their way to crop a $7 auto.

Absolutely; it's not malicious by any means.

clarkfan · Oct 25, 2012

No way that was purposeful. If anything, the scan makes it look like it is severely off center top to bottom. No way that's intentional for a $6.75 card.

All The Hype · Oct 25, 2012

IMO it's kind of hard to complain about l/r centering not being as advertised when the scan doesn't show the top of the card at all. It's clearly a bad crop job, regardless of whether or not that was his intent (which I doubt). As the buyer, it's your responsibility to either ask about centering before bidding or else you have to expect the worst.

James52411 · Oct 26, 2012

If your scan improperly crops a card, turn off automatic cropping and scan the full 8X10 and then manually crop the image. That's what I do because my scanner would pull these shenanigans on certain cards.

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