This is my first time posting on E4 but wanted to get some insight on a eBay listing that just ended today. The listing was for a 1997 Pikachu No. 1 Trophy card. It sold for only $390 dollars which is obviously a long way from its true worth.
The card is not graded but the seller has 100% positive ratings with over 700 total reviews. It also states on the listing that the cards authenticity is guaranteed.
Is there something I’m missing here? I couldn’t find many red flags other than that the seller doesn’t normally deal with Pokémon products. I have attached a photo of the listing that ended only a few minutes ago.
the biggest red flag is that the card is fake. the seller’s account might have been hacked or sold. he might have just wanted an interest free loan or is banking on an unaware buyer. either way, the card should not pass ebay authentication.
The card on the listing is extremely fake. You’re free to speculate on all kinds of possibilities for how it got listed by that seller (stolen account is a common one).
If you ever see a high feedback account selling a very high end card, but no other pokemon related feedback, its 99% of the time going to be a hacked account
Imagine winning this auction thinking you can instantly resell for tens of thousands of dollars if not more, so you go out and buy a car with money you don’t have yet. Then you get the email from ebay/CGC that the card is not authentic and the order is cancelled.
not familiar with Ebay, but if there’s an “Authenticity Guarantee” check list would there still be a possibility that the card gonna be fake? cus the way i saw that Pikachu’s upper left is kinda weird like it’s wayyyy smaller than the bottom left --"
eBay doesn’t review the card until after its sold. After the sale you send it to their specialists who then sends it to your buyer.
So it having the “authenticity guaranteed” tag doesn’t mean the card has already been authenticated. It means it would be if you bought it. In this case, the card would obviously be rejected by eBay and the buyer refunded.
I am wondering if the “authenticity guaranteed” label might lead some people to believe the card has already been authenticated. In your case you’re not that familiar with eBay, but also everybody starts somewhere and new collectors can easily be confused by listings like this one. Even if they doubted the legitimacy of the listing, eBay labeling it as “authenticity guaranteed” might give a new collector false confidence.
If I didn’t already know how it worked, I too would probably assume a card with this label had already been authenticated.
thx