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The winning bidder with a feedback score of 2 kept driving the price up and 100% of his activity is with this seller. I agree something is not right here, but the last time I accused an auction of being fishy I got chastised. |
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I'm amazed that 3 usernames were willing to pay $300+ for the reproduction! |
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The seller "joined" ebay on March 26, 2013 - just several weeks ago. Also the seller has no other items for sale. |
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Not that amazing ,if you think the buyer will put this fake copy in this album and then go around and show his friends and family his "valuable " stamp. We will all start seeing more and more collections posted on the web ,so people can be amazed with one person has, it will be a big ego boaster for the owner.I can see it now ,some guy showing his grandkids and then showing them a website of a major stamp auction house ,then the kids screaming to grandma that his collection is worth a lot of money ....ah priceless for a old guy who just purchased packet and kilo mixtures all his life . |
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But $300+ for a fake, just for an ego boost? I would have put the $300 down for a decent used US #1, but that's just me (I still don't have a used US #1). There's so many reproductions being made of the Cultural Revolution and 1970s PRC now that paying several hundred dollars for a single reproduction seems more than a bit high.
I guess whatever makes people happy!
PRC Cultural Revolution is a minefield right now, as reproductions abound. |
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It's possible seller is adding "offer as forgery" to add protection against claims from buyers it is fake, and it may be a real issue? |
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No feedback yet, but he sold about 10 items all listed similar. Sold for big BUCKS
PayPal hold a "New Sellers" funds for a few weeks before releasing the money to guard against fraud. Gives ample time for the winning bidder to receive the lot and be satisfied with the purchase. |
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| Edited by kcaramat - 04/11/2013 7:52 pm |
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An original block sold for HK$ 5.3m in 2009 so maybe HK$ 10m today? I wouldn't pay that myself but I can see how a reproduction would be better that a gap  |
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| Edited by AnthonyUK - 04/12/2013 03:58 am |
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Posted 04/11/2013 11:45 am
