Is This Ebay Seller Delusional ... Or Just Ignorant ... Or What?

Buy it now for $80,000.

RARE Cut 1 Cent Green Ben Franklin STAMP 1936 Post(Maybe Scott #594 or #596)

Looks like the actor JACK BLACK


https://www.ebay.com/ulk/itm/322873213796

I'd say Steven Seagal.

Seller knows exactly what he's doing: trolling for the truly gullible.

I think this guy is just a bit more delusional.

But at least shipping is free.

Jim

https://www.ebay.com/itm/us-stamps/...AOSwEzxYX1f3



https://www.ebay.com/itm/Us-Scott-3...AOSwf15Z0XdU

Unfortunately, sellers like these are one of the problems for real sellers. Someone inherits a collection, goes to ebay and starts seeing ridiculous listings like these, then gets a real offer from a dealer and immediately feels they are being ripped off.

Obviously, if this single stamp is worth $80,000 then the offer of $200 for the entire collection MUST be from a fraudster, right?

We may shake our heads or even get a chuckle out of some of these absurd listings, but in the long run, they are hurting everyone.

Maybe ebay should charge 1% of the asking price as a placement fee for the ad, sell or not. See if they will pay $2,000 to place that fake ad. Or we should be able to flag ads as fraudulent. Maybe if 20 people flag it, the ad is removed. Let the collectors police the ads.

ebay could care less.

One would think that ebay at the very least could identify and review more vigorously listings that meet a certain dollar threshold. The burden would be much less than scrutinizing millions of items. For example if a stamp listing is $50,000 or more it should stand out as being not the norm and get a bit more attention.

Forget the bogus listings, I would happy if they would just vet their accounts better. You know, like disallowing a person from having 40-50 or more accounts. Or perhaps not allowing previously removed sellers from popping back up 2 weeks after they have been banned. The sad truth is that there is ZERO vetting of any account holder at ebay. You could be buying from convicted criminals, previously banned sellers, or the devil himself.
Don

You guys missed the fine print. The gentleman is running a charity. 25% of the purchase price goes to the Children's Heart Foundation.

I looked at his/her feedback history. I didn't see anything philatelic, looks like clothes, mostly. They know nothing about stamp values.

Wouldn't you think before embarrassing themselves like this, they'd at least look up the value? How hard is that?

In the listing:"My items have been stored in a smoke free and pet free home".Too bad for my stamps;I smoke (pipe) & have a dog a 3 cat's!

I wouldn't be opposed if ebay supplemented the star system with a social media-like ability to post public comments to a listing that others could read during an auction. It would certainly provide for interesting reading and allow the community to police itself. While it could be misused, buyers and sellers could get a reality check along the way.

To keep it from being misused, they could charge a $1 for each comment. I'd cheerfully pay a dollar to leave a comment on this posting...

Here's the button I always want to see.

Click here to see last buyer's comment.

https://goscf.com/t/57792#504205

Doesn't matter if it's for charity or not. It doesn't mean you can make up a random number that's lightyears away from the stamp's value. Also 90% of charities, the money all goes into the CEO's bank account where it gives them money to run advertisements and print publications that show up in your junk mail. It never goes to help people. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cd27MjDW8AAul7H.jpg

A fellow identifying himself as the new Category Manager for stamps contacted me recently and asked me to participate in a promotion he was running. I agreed but added that I'd like to talk to him about some of the ridiculously over priced listings in stamps because I thought they damaged the credibility of the whole category. He never responded.

I'd like to see a limit of $1000 BIN or less for anyone with less than 100 stamp sales.