Why Ebay Is Still The Best Online For Sellers

Being a Newby Stamper maybe I should stay on the fence with this one as I am here to learn about the hobby and don't wish to PO anyone, but I do speak what I feel, so here it goes. I see nothing wrong with informing someone about their stamp being missed what ever; ID, #, color...etc. I mean members on here do it all the time as I see no fuss. Being it on ebay still no fuss, but I will say that when the hammer sounds or the shake was completed then as I was raised "it is a done deal". With out that there is no truth, honesty or dignity to the person and I as one would be hesitant if any to be persuaded differently.

Now, I will say as stated prior when you are selling something you think is valuable and it isn't then you will be corrected, BUT if it is more valuable than sold you become a sucker. I have many times been reading post on here to learn of such! Members which I will not name on here will state that there is a seller on ebay that has a listing wrong and certain member(s) will say that they(the member) informed seller that there listing is wrong; have it be ID, #, color ...etc. Then there are member(s) that state that have you seen this listing on ebay it is listed as so,so,so. The seller doesn't know what they have(had) as I bought it at a fraction of the CV or wished I knew of that listing I would of bet on it. "You know there is a sucker born every minute"! Now, to me that sounds being greedy. Wanting something for nothing; which is not an even trade but greedy.
I am fully aware of the saying its a dog eat dog world. You either eat or be eaten. I think a greedy person came up with that slogan anyway.

I think it should be like a sporting event and we (the officials) should call it both ways. I will still stop in to learn about this hobby and ask questions about this hobby (now religion maybe)no matter the outcome, well that is if I didn't make the wrong people bitter as I think this is the best site to learn about stamps anywhere and I mean anywhere. Well, there I said it and its time to stop as my fingers are out of breathe. Now comes the rebuttals. Newby Stamper.

Dan said it very correctly here. I tell sellers all the time on ebay when they are listing something, when it obviously isn't, and I've bought a boatload of misidentified stamps which has done wonders for my US classics collection.

At stamp shows, I would never buy a misidentified stamp from a dealer, but most of the time, when I've told the dealer what they had, they sold it to me anyways, and commit to their price.

But a couple of weeks ago, I did let a collector/dealer know about one- it was a US #25 and it was in a lot of a few #26's. He did me a favor a few years ago and he's a good guy. He also came back to me and said that he'd keep the auction as is, and hoped someone appreciated finding a small treasure.....which is 100% opposite of what happened here.

I don't see a problem with alerting a dealer whom you know, trust and have done business with. I do have a problem if someone reads a thread on SCF, and then tells the seller on ebay...really bad that this happened.

At the same time, I'd caution anyone on making a great purchase on a misidentified item, or a variation you can identify and others may not be able-- you're giving away your hard-earned study time and education doing this. I've had some that I've shared with some folks I trust-- and they know who they are, but if you give that information away, realize that you can lose the purchase very easily.

Thought I'd chime in here....Ray

Hi Ray-Mac,
Just thought I would chime in here. I have read so many times
the alert to me was after the post on this thread. Wrong!
I do keep my email records. My alert came to me on the 25th.
This thread was started on the 26th! I did not even know about your site until I went looking for a second opinion the next day.
Copy & pasted:

From: xoxoxox
To: rlmstamps2012
Subject: xoxoxo has sent a message
Sent Date: Oct-25-15 19:56:09 PDT

Dear rlmstamps2012,

Hi There,
I just wanted to let you know this block looks more like #500 Type Ia. Note how the shading is heavy around the toga button. Just thought I would bring this to your attention.
Take Care,

That is the truth,
Bob

Members,
Correction, The last 10 days or so almost seem like a blur.
It was not the day after the auction I opened the 1st thread.
The auction ended on the 25th.On that day is when I was notified of
what I had. He never tried to tell me what I should do about it.
Just a note regarding the blocks ID.
I started the thread "Type 1a # 500" on Oct. 31st looking for advice. Twenty or so minutes later my Patty found this thread and we posted on it as well.
Bob