Possible altering of bats in question.Please look

[jon_8_us]

I made a deal last week to purchase a 2005 game used Johnny Damon bat from from Mike Nardone(ebay id Dolphinboy).When buying Red Sox bats i usually contact Bobby Texeira to get his input as he knows much about current Red Sox game used.He immediately told me not to buy the bat because there was a good chance it was altered to show game use.Fact is Mr Nardone bought a 05 Damon game ISSUED BWP from Bobby himself from ebay.When i compared the pictures Bobby sent me of the bat there is a dead on photomatch of the knob of the pictures Mr Nardone sent me of the "game used" bat.I will provide all pictures below.With Mr Nardone's pictures followed by Bobby's.Mr Nardone was very defensive and resorted to name calling in all emails since i told him of this.I also asked for a picture of the top of the bat and he told me he is sick of wasting his time and i'll get it sometime this week.So Mr Nardone here is your chance to prove me wrong.The knobs match.I bet the tops do too!This is my opinion and in no way fact.But i believe i have something here.Here's the pictures.I'm sure Bobby will chime in later today when he has a chance.

[jon_8_us]

The altered bat is the pictures on the decking.The bat before is the pictures on the tiles.You decide! Looks like the same bat to me.Especially the knob and the markings underneath the engraved name.
jon

[jon_8_us]

Eric if this email is to graphic i apologize and give permission for it to be edited.This is the exact email i just recieved from the lovely Mr Nardone:

Wow,
I guess having a job and being handicapped is too much
to ask for. What I'll do is quit my job, run right
home, take a picture of the bat, so some f****** idiot
can email me back and say - you know I'm sorry you
were right.

If I was unemployed like you, hanging around doing
nothing all day, I could take a picture right away..

As I stated, you will get your picture, when I have
the time to send it.

I could care less about Game used universe, if they
are all like the idiot BOB, then I'm happy to not deal
with any of them.

None of them buy and everyone has a useless uninformed
opinion. If I see one slanderous comment from you -
f***head, my lawyer will contact you.

I get a free lawyer from the disabled Americans
society and will be more than happy to have him sue
your ass.

Trust me. GO THE F*** AWAY and do NOT EMAIL ME AGAIN.

Every email I receive from *** ********** will be
deleted going forward

[earlywynnfan]

It's too bad he cut off communication, I'd like to know what he REALLY thinks of you!

Strange situation, though. I've bought many very nice bats from him.

I hate these situations!

Ken

[kingjammy24]

i once lived in boston for 5 years and reading that really brought back memories.

rudy.

[jon_8_us]

Please.Someone confirm that i'm not crazy.This is the same bat right?Look at the rack marks on the center logo on both pics they are the same.As is the same with the markings above and below the engraved name on the barrel.And the knob is a match.
jon

[jon_8_us]

Well it seems unanimous.This guy is a fraud.If he is a member here he should be banned.Thanks guys
jon

[suave1477]

Well I sent him an email and I was extremely polite and just asking for informational purposes about his items and I said there is a rumor ( I never pointed out that it came from here ) about his stuff and that I would be possibly interested in bidding on his items.

This was his response:

"If you have any questions, don't bid. 99% of my items I sell not on ebay. If you take the word of an uninformed loser as fact, than there is no alot I can do for you."

Customer friendly at its finest!!!

[dodgersfan]

Just to let everybody know I have left a voicemail on his cell phone and notified him regarding the situation on the website.
I Have dealt with Mike before and in my opinion he was a good person to deal with.


Rudy

[gameused]

I just got a friendly e-mail from Mike!


Hey F**KHEAD,
Instead of being a backstabbing little f**king coward,
why didn't you email me first.

Before you condem someone, gets the facts straight.

Fact, I have 4 others Damon bats from 2005, whose
numbers on the knob are placed exactly as on the
photo, I sent that idiot JON. The bat in question has
18 in a circle towards the middle of the cup end.
Similiar to 2 others I have.

The 18 on the knob is in the exact same place, same
exact location, covering the brown dot and the number
4 almost identically in each case. I bought them from
the same guy I get everything else from. I also have a
bunch of Ortiz bats, that have the exact same number
placement, exact.

My only regret is I spent way too much time dealing
with a f**king loser like you, with no money and
plenty of time on his hands.

All your email is going to be directed to my yahoo
trash, so I'm done dealing with you, LOSER..


I sent him an e-mail back, since it may go to his trash. He can read it here!

Hey Mike,

Your full of SH*T!!

I sold you the bat in January and you did some altering to it.....plain and simple!! Don't try to deny it! Your the coward trying to hide behind your lies, faking use on the Damon bat for the sole purpose of selling it for more, now look the shit has hit the fan and this incident is going to cost you some business, was it really WORTH IT? There are a lot of people that now know what kind of person you really are, what are you going to do now, come up with a third eBay name, so you can sell your so called game used items??


I know you mentioned to Jon that because of your disabilities you can get a free lawyer, what you really need to look into is a free psychiatrist!!!