Show us your ebay steals!!!

[Eric]

Ok-
Everyone scours ebay for bargains. Now it's time to gloat. Show us your steals found on ebay. Here's a couple of mine

1995 Leslie O'Neal Pro Bowl jersey for $63




1980s Washington Generals Autographed Red Klotz Jersey for $107.50
He was a player/coach for the teams that played the Globetrotters!



Eric

[Vintagedeputy]

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Mark Grace game used bat from his final season, given to former teammate Scott Service as a gift. Service gave the bat to a police officer and I bought it from the police officer for $50 through ebay.

[jonincleve]

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buddy bell 1978 cleveland indians red jersey and 1982 texas rangers jersey purchased from the same seller in two auctions. they were listed as a 'bell' jersey. the red jersey was my holy grail of items wanted,i looked at least 15 years for it. i purchased both of them for under $1000 total. i would have paid a lot more for the red jersey alone. to me it was a steal.

take care
john

[earlywynnfan]

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Not MY steal, but someone out there took a Goose Gossage bat right out from under me!

A few years ago, I was surfing ebay late one night and someone posted a Goose GU bat with a BIN at $100. I thought "Holy Crap!" and clicked over to baseball-almanac.com to check that the number on the knob, and it checked out. By the time I clicked back (what, 30 seconds??), someone snatched it up.

Who got this steal? Are you out there??

Ken

[kylehess10]

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I've had tons of steals on eBay but here are my best:


Kurt Abbott 2000 World Series Game 5 Bat---$75---After the purchase, I come to find several photomatched pictures of Derek Jeter holding the bat after Abbott shattered it












Rafael Furcal game worn 2nd homerun 2003 season cleats---$79---After the purchase, I found out that his 2nd homerun of the 2003 season just so happened to be an 11th inning game-winning homerun.





Felipe Lopez game worn 2006 helmet---$100---After the purchase, the seller e-mailed me a photomatched picture, but I ended up finding another photomatched picture from May 10th,2006, when Lopez stole 4 bases in one game, all while wearing this helmet

[dwolfe12345]

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This is probably in my top 3 favorite game used items that I own, and it was a steal in my book. I saw these Torii Hunter 06 game used cleats going off at 3 am one night and I didnt think I would be able to afford them. I stayed up but the price never did go any higher! I do believe with shipping I ended up getting these for $75. I also photomatched them to the game the guy said he got them from.











I also got these shoes at a steal of a price. I met a guy on Ebay after I bought some shoes from him. He offered me Shaun Livingston game used shoes for 35 and I decided to buy them. I bought a red, white, and blue pair from him.......or so I thought. He ended up sending me the pair below and I was MAD!!!! I didnt like that pair, until I photo matched them as 06 playoff shoes. That was the only time he ever wore this style, and I even matched them down to the marks on the shoes. I bought the photo from Getty, blew it up and had Shaun sign the photo. I plan on getting the photo and shoes framed together.

[Blitzmaster]

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I have had some pretty good steals,

1988 or 1989 Warren Sapp$212.00 delevered($200 BIN came up about 1:00 am)



2000 Jason Taylor for $250.00 BIN a couple of years ago



and my favorite is this Walter Jones Rookie picked up for $60.00 as the seller thought he was a common player and had "seahawksjersey" as his listing. Comes with a letter signed by Jones himself!

[frikativ54]

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Am I the only one who occasionally emails sellers that their prices are too low?

[Yankwood]

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Am I the only one who occasionally emails sellers that their prices are too low?

I hope so ! ! !

[Nnunnari]

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Please stop telling sellers their prices are too low, it's their job to do their homework and we love bargain hunting!

[camarokids]

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I won on ebay almost two years ago a Greg Vaughn Sam Bat (see pictures) off ebay for only $15 plus shipping . The bat has so much use ,it is amazing .

The seller posted crappy pictures on the auction , so I had him email me better pictures .

After I won the auction , that is when the fun started . It took me about three months to receive the bat . The seller claimed the bat was damaged through transit by UPS and that UPS told him the bat was beaten up and he was filing an insurance claim .

I was trying to tell the seller just have UPS ship me the bat and if I am not happy with it I will file a claim . For I had a feeling UPS was describing game use not actual damage .

Well after many heated emails back and forth , I told the seller I was in touch w/ a UPS supervisor and I would email copies of invoices to the supervisor at UPS to make sure he only received $15 for the bat instead of the $100 it was insured for . This changed the sellers tune pretty quick . I finally received the bat in perfect game used condition .

I emailed the ebay seller after I received the bat and explained the bat was in great shape . I have never seen a seller leave positive feedback so quickly . I gave him positive feedback despite the trouble....

[frikativ54]

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Please stop telling sellers their prices are too low, it's their job to do their homework and we love bargain hunting!

I just like the price to be fair for all. There are some times I am happy to get a great deal. But when the seller is in danger of being ripped off, then something needs to be said. That's especially the case when an item is misrepresented or the seller doesn't know an item's true value. We should really be careful not to take advantage of people.

[dcrules01]

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$149 on ebay it is the only one I have seen ever Turk Wendell game worn NY Cubans jersey.I am looking for the date the game was played..

[camarokids]

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I just like the price to be fair for all. There are some times I am happy to get a great deal. But when the seller is in danger of being ripped off, then something needs to be said. That's especially the case when an item is misrepresented or the seller doesn't know an item's true value. We should really be careful not to take advantage of people.

I agree ! But if people are dumb enough not to do some simple research before selling an item ? They have a computer , put the damn thing to work !

In my case , the seller is selling a FREAKING SAM BAT and post a picture of the back side of the bat . Sam Bats sell usually somewhat higher than others , in my opinion . I don't the seller lost out too bad . Maybe $30.00 , maybe more , if he had better photos .

A Mizuno of Vaughns just sold for $25.50 plus $15 shipping on ebay . The Mizuno auction could have gone higher but I stopped bidding at $25.00 because I already have two of them .

[Vintagedeputy]

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I just like the price to be fair for all. There are some times I am happy to get a great deal. But when the seller is in danger of being ripped off, then something needs to be said. That's especially the case when an item is misrepresented or the seller doesn't know an item's true value. We should really be careful not to take advantage of people.

I disagree totally. Its the sellers responsibility to be aware of what he is selling, period. If someone undersells an item, well, crap happens.....

"Let the seller beware" is just as good of advice as "Let the buyer beware".

Jim