I have had a few hiccups like most people on ebay, but this week has just been one thing after another. I almost always just eat the listing when I take a gamble, but when I ask or am told certain things, the last thing I need is to be stuck with trash not even close to what was listed…
I win an auction for 109 cards, listing looks okay, some decent pictures of all the cards together, all cards are sleeved and listed as 95% near mint - gem mint. So naturally I assume they will be near mint with maybe a few closer to mint based on how people grade, and almost 20 were in toploaders. A very small bubble mailer with all the cards thrown loose inside, some in top loaders, other just in sleeves for . Start going through the cards; dirt, very heavy scratching and some bends/creases on the sleeved cards. Okay, well maybe they were damaged in the mail, the toploaded ones should be fine. Start pulling them out, can immediately see bends, dents, scratches & dirt on them as well…So maybe 10 total of the cards in NM condition, 35 (If i remember right) were damaged and the rest were LP at best.
Message the guy, (messages read bottom to top)
Then…(bottom to top again)
Now I am, “trying to scam him out of his cards and money” 
caught me!
Second Seller: Bought a binder of 82 cards in NM condition for way too much. It arrives, I start going through it…EX, EX, damaged, damaged…AGAIN?!
"You told me they were all NM, I keep finding damaged cards throughout.
“Send them back for a refund”
Okay, “Thanks for wasting our time, please describe the items correctly next time”
“You’re welcome. You’re a great addition to the ebay community. I love highly satisfied customers that don’t whine and complain. I list my items correctly. Grading is subjective and if you want mint cards you should buy psa cards. If you can’t afford it, dont buy ungraded cards and complain about imperfections. Thanks”
Grading is surely subjective, but damaged never means NM. As for the whining and complaining parts, they’re right. Should never expect a NM card to not have creases or bends, BUY A PSA CARD CHEAPO!
Last Seller : See some listings for a 9 cards in a page, purchase two of them. Were they too good to be true? Maybe, but the lighting and pictures led me to believe someone was just dropping their old collection. Seller only had 1 feedback, should be fine. Look at the sold listings and see hes still listing items with the exact same pictures as the ones I bought…okay…
Now I must say its been a bad day with the other two packages and members I was dealing with, so I was over it…
At this point he marks them both as shipped without any tracking, My guess is to avoid me being able to ask to cancel…
I asked again about my refund today, he told me “the more you hastling me, the longer you wait” Heh, hastling.
Well there you have it, put me on the blacklist and call the cops, I am a giant scammer! It has been a really odd week in terms of eBay and probably the worst week i’ve had. Maybe I am too critical since I hold myself to a high standard when selling and describing items. Oh well, what a week!
