Bench Bat, WTF?

[Nnunnari]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Johnny-Bench-Game-Used-Rookie-Season-Bat-With-Reds-Coa-Read-Description-/161332764831?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item25902ea09f

[earlywynnfan]

Re: Bench Bat, WTF?

Crap bat with crap LOA. I even tried calling that shoddy company, and surprisingly the number is disconnected.

[dplettn]

Re: Bench Bat, WTF?

Sad on so many levels.

• Deceives (a legal term appears equally fitting) whomever it entices to make any offer (which surely would quickly be accepted),

• The purported business name may sound similar enough to some fans and novice collectors to a legitimate business in Montgomery which I've at times heard referred to with "Cincinnati" in front of its legal name.

• Gross abuse of the Reds logo in pursuit of deceit, and lastly..

• I doubt that any individual smart enough to pursue this deceit would so foolish to print and sign their own name on the letter. So if there is a real person by that name, it may actually be a unique and certainly damaging instance of impersonation.

[bgakladd]

Re: Bench Bat, WTF?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Johnny-Bench...item25902ea09f

I contacted the seller thru Ebay message and told him it was a store model JB3 bat and he blew me off insisting it was game used. I even told him to contact members thru this website to show the bat wasn't Bench's.

[gorilla777]

Re: Bench Bat, WTF?

What? I thought that was one of the finest Bench bats in existence today.
People will believe what they want to, unfortunately.

[Mark17]

Re: Bench Bat, WTF?

It's been pulled. Aside from the other thousand things wrong with that bat, I don't think I'd ever put much stock in a LOA for a "Hellerich & Bradsby" bat.

It's usually easy to spot stupid people because... they're stupid. :-)