I was just browsing eBay and saw a proxy charizard and was confused why someone would bid 100 dollars on a fake card. Is the bidder planning on reselling the card as a real card or just keeping it for themselves?
- To scam people
- To have a higher quality card as a “substitute” in their collection
- Bragging rights I guess…
It’s an unfortunate situation but I see lots of people willing to go for the proxy route…I see a post occasionally on this forum about custom cards.
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Where the item’s description is very vague with no mention of it being custom or fake, I imagine most of those bids are from people who don’t know what “proxy card” even means. I really wouldn’t be surprised if this gets returned.
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Mostly the bidders and buyers are the ones who don’t know the card is fake. It’s what the sellers want to get a sale.
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Its in dutch but it says damaged psa illustrator card.
By using the original PSA certification number it’s more then fake.
The only word not in dutch is proxy. So using this word fits the above.
Reported ( site is Ebay owned). Lets see how quick it will be removed.
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Reported as well. One of the rules on Marktplaats is: “Objecten inbreuk intellectuele eigendomsrechten - Namaakartikelen en replica’s (bijvoorbeeld namaak merkkleding).” (translates to: “Objects infringement of intellectual property rights - Counterfeiting and replicas (i.e. counterfeit designer clothing)”).
Greetz,
Quuador
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The page now says:
“We hebben overal gezocht, maar deze pagina konden we niet vinden.”
Roughly translated: “We’ve searched everywhere, but we couldn’t find the page”
Thank you both for keeping Marktplaats less seedy. And great to see it actually worked! My previous attempts at stopping counterfeit listings on eBay itself went by unnoticed. Though I’m fully aware I’m now comparing a (relative) small eBay-owned property to one of the biggest sites of the world. 
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