Why all the high bids on this seller's fake cards?

If you check his "other items" on eBay, you will see that all his fakes are getting strong bids.????????

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This seller has perfect feedback!
You can bid with confidence, and be assured that you will get a genuine fake.
Not one of those cheap imitations.

I noticed that Klienow fake and wondered the same thing. Some people have more $$ than brains.

Maybe there is a new market for these fakes. I see a lot of aged fakes on eBay that get several bids. The sellers that actually clearly state that they are fake and don't use the bullcrap lines about eBay rules and grandpa's attic seem to garner the best bids.

I think there are people out there that can't afford the real deal high class cards, and they don't mind paying a little bit to have a decently aged, beater of a reprint to put next to their other similarly beat up real cards.

Personally, I can't even think of owning some of the real cards of Honus, Matty, Cobb, etc (at least not at this time), so I can at least appreciate someone's desire to have a fake card just to represent these guys in their collection. I'm not ready to spend more than a couple bucks for one of these though, so needless to say, I haven't picked any of them up.

AndyH

Hell, just one yourself. You get a fake card and you get to have some fun in the process too.

Jay

That's a great idea Jay, and it would be fun to mess around with. But where does one get a reprint that doesn't say reprint on it anywhere if not for these ones on eBay?

You make it. Just like Jay said. Well ..... almost said.

Its like "fill in the blanks, unscramble the words, and more" But you get no multiple choice answers to select from.

Maybe there getting slipped in to Cracked PSA or SGC holders For that more realistic Scam

Gil,

You crack me up.

Jay did say to get one of your own and then age it to look like a beater though, not make the card itself from scratch. Now that would be sumtin'.

AndyH

I secretly raid Jim Crandall's collection, crack out cards, crumple them up, soak them in tea and then bake them in oven.

Jay

Andy, I can understand your point - people buying fake or reprint cards of major HOF'ers, or even tough sets. Heather (my better half) collects cards with me - mostly T206's. When I was collecting D304's, she bought a reprint set from Fritsch.

However, these cards are mostly T206 commons people are bidding on. And, their bids are very close to what they could buy a real example for. I believe, at least on this seller's fakes, that people are believing they are real for some reason. Hopefully, if this is the case, these bidders will find this board (where they can ask questions and get a quick answer in the future), and will not be fooled again. Then again, t206head might be right - these might be con artists buying these cards for another reason!

I can't say that I understand high prices on t206 fakes, but cards like '52 Mantles are great if you bore two holes for the screws and a little rectangle in the middle, they make eye-catching switchplate covers.

I have reported these things so often my fingers hurt. I am so sick of people (albeit ignorant people) being taken advantage of by these theives. Initially, I could type in an explanation of my issue; I must be reporting things differently because I can no longer type in my vent/explanation.

I use to do the same thing. However, any longer, it seems like the buyers are either buying these to try and cheat someone else or thinking they are getting a great deal (and when you tell them, they think you are jealous of their "deal"), so I quit e-mailing these people bidding. Most of the time, they are more crooked than the person selling the card it seems!