Asking me to accommodate AFTER winning auction

[poken00b88]

@pierce

@cullers

If you goal is to avoid disapointed customers/returns; it’s better to say there’s a dent, scratches, or edgeware in ___ location vs saying look at the picture. It’s also a part of eBay policy which makes winning any eBay dispute go from difficult to impossible.

You can disagree all you want, but I will advise others against it.

@KingPokemon

Except pictures, even high d ones, hide major problems like dents, surface scratches, and creases. I have never purchased a collectible item from a seller who doesn’t describe condition.
Don’t let your fear of a customer complaint detour you from stating your experienced opinion of condition. You can even say you base your opinion on PSA grading standards then paste that page from the PSA website into each listing.

Maybe the culture is different between MTG (what I sell) and pokemon because there’s so much more grading of pokemon cards whereas MTG is almost completely about playing the cards, but I’ve never had a problem with my listing practices.

That’s exactly what it is. 2 completely different worlds. I’d argue the majority of Pokemon collectors hardly even know how to play the game. Condition means everything.

It’s pretty much a graded card market at this point, so if you’re selling raw cards you have to give as much info as possible if you want to maintain a good rep.

That seller you linked wouldn’t do very well if they dealt Pokemon cards with the same listing practices. I can’t even see the ink spot or the fingernail dent they’re talking about. It’s nice that they’re honest about it, but can’t they take a minute to take some pictures when they’re listing a $10k card?

[acebren]

I personally take good pictures of front and back, and if any damage on the card does not show up in the picture, I will describe that, but other than that I just list ‘condition as pictured’, I used to list what condition I thought the card was, but after way too many returns, I changed the way I list, and haven’t had a return or a return request and its been probably a year