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    Senior Member hiramman's Avatar
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    Buyer Beware - 1st Time Thief

    This ebay seller is just beginning their life of crime or maybe they're just starting to use this new ebay seller id: housewife013 (maybe they set this one up under their wifes name?)

    Seller sold a MLB Authenticated Dan Uggla cracked bat as being used by Dan Uggla. Seller must have returned it because their negative feedback says "The bat was not used by Uggla". But this genious seller solved that problem, they just removed the MLB Authenticated hologram and re-listed it.
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    Re: Buyer Beware - 1st Time Thief

    I'd love to know what the MLB cert said on this. MLB doesn't put holograms on just anything and we know the deal with MLB labeling things as "issued". Not sure if maybe it was an uncracked bat and somehow they broke it themselves?

    I always find it fishy when people come out of the woodwork with no feedback and suspicious items. It almost screams a collector who doesn't want to put their own feedback on the line with a questionable item.

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    Re: Buyer Beware - 1st Time Thief

    Doesn't even look like they removed the hologram, just used Microsoft Paint and pasted a different part of the bat wood over the hologram area. Guess he only could take one photo of this bat, ever.

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    Re: Buyer Beware - 1st Time Thief

    Quote Originally Posted by tony433433 View Post
    Doesn't even look like they removed the hologram, just used Microsoft Paint and pasted a different part of the bat wood over the hologram area. Guess he only could take one photo of this bat, ever.

    Haaa... yeah... Definitely same photo. The placement of the bat on the carpet is exact, as is the reflection of the lights. Too funny.
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    Re: Buyer Beware - 1st Time Thief

    Quote Originally Posted by tony433433 View Post
    Doesn't even look like they removed the hologram, just used Microsoft Paint and pasted a different part of the bat wood over the hologram area. Guess he only could take one photo of this bat, ever.
    Wow, good pick-up on that! You can actually see the cut and past piece over the hologram.
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    Re: Buyer Beware - 1st Time Thief

    That's funny!! I didn't even notice that when i saved the photos.
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    Re: Buyer Beware - 1st Time Thief

    Quote Originally Posted by CampWest View Post
    Haaa... yeah... Definitely same photo. The placement of the bat on the carpet is exact, as is the reflection of the lights. Too funny.
    I think we can call this a photomatch.

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    Look at the bright side...at least we don't have to see his toes in the picture.

    Dave Miedema

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    Re: Buyer Beware - 1st Time Thief

    Quote Originally Posted by sox83cubs84 View Post
    Look at the bright side...at least we don't have to see his toes in the picture.
    Or the toilet seat.
    Les Zukor
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    Re: Buyer Beware - 1st Time Thief

    Quote Originally Posted by jppopma View Post
    I'd love to know what the MLB cert said on this. MLB doesn't put holograms on just anything and we know the deal with MLB labeling things as "issued". Not sure if maybe it was an uncracked bat and somehow they broke it themselves?

    I always find it fishy when people come out of the woodwork with no feedback and suspicious items. It almost screams a collector who doesn't want to put their own feedback on the line with a questionable item.

    I emailed the person who originally bought on ebay and he says the hologram was not even affixed to the bat and had the number #13 on the knob. Therefore he returned it.

    Is it possible that the seller Photoshopped the hologram onto the photo the first time?

    Anyways it makes me question any photo of the bat with a hologram if the hologram number is not visible from the photograph and verifiable. An eye opener.
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