You purchased and agreed/paid for cards, including a sellers discount on shipping (0.50 per card), cards arrived in a timely manor and without defect. Is this information all correct?
I am not arrogant enough to tell others what to do but assuming all info is correct here, I simply see no...
Like everything else it comes down to member base. The 'active' member base here is predominantly store (brick & mortar or otherwise) owners, prospectors, flippers, breakers/sellers, collectors no longer actively collecting, and eBay sellers looking to make a few bucks. Rounding that out are...
Is it just me, or are you pinching that card awfully hard? I mean it is practically cutting in to your fingers....?
And honestly, the sellers response does not sound harsh at all. Having said that, I personally would have just refunded you the money.
1. 1993 Topps Finest
It was a first in many ways. Very premium cards, very low print run (for the time), refractor cards, chromium finish, high initial price point. Pretty much paved the way for the modern era of baseball cards and defined the turning point in the hobby, going after adults with...
My Top 5 list (compiled by someone who collected in the 1980's)
1. 1984 Donruss
- Why? Anyone who was active in the hobby will tell you that this set all but saved the hobby single handedly. The set was 'the' set to have well in to the 90's and the Mattingly card almost dethroned the 1952...
Nasty as in filthy as in awesome however all I see is a normal patch...? 404 Nasty not found....
Of course I kid :)
Awesome card, good luck with the trade/sale!
On the topic of authenticity, I am pretty well versed with this particular card. So here are my findings without further hesitation...
Of all the commonly known fakes, this particular card shows none of the staple 'tell tale' signs of a fake. However, a better/larger scan of both front and back...
It appears to have the white line border, and the back looks a bit more yellow than orange, so with that I would say it is probable to be a MB version. However not conclusive...
Jeters last game will be a defining moment in baseball. It will mark the loss of the last of the games ambassadors, the passing of the face of the game for our generation, and with him he will take a bit of MLB's soul. The game will never be quite the same.
Not to take away from your efforts here which deserve appreciation, but any chance you could re-script the "interview" to be a bit more fluid and/or dynamic instead of the same one dimensional questions? I just think a lot of context is being lost, fluid context that would make this much more...
I think it is funny everyone thinks their opinion on how Harper should be judged is the only correct way.
If you stand back a bit and look from outside the tree's then you can see that he is a young, talented ball player with plenty of time to make a splash, the kind he is capable of. However...
Ideally, and this is strictly speaking of a 'what if' scenario, I would obviously prefer to be there early on the first day to sniff out all the good deals and get there while opening stock is still in tact. After that, I would also venture in on the last day to get in on any clearance deals...