joe di bat!

[3arod13]

Re: joe di bat!

after talking with the guy, the price went up! in which case, it's ok.
now, i don't know much about bats from that era, so what else can it be if not a gamer?
he told me his son had a job cleaning old homes and found the bat along with some others.

What made the price go up? Do you think he could tell your eagerness in the bat and realized it was worth more?

[yanks12025]

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What do you mean the price went up?

[ndevlin]

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The sirens are going off, the red lights are turning!!!!! Perhaps a scam??

[momen55]

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it's not a scam. the guy is local and i have arranged to go see the bat. i will see then what it is.

[yanks12025]

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Momen,
Please send me a email with your phone number. Thanks boblee89@yahoo.com

[momen55]

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mike,
chime in whenever possible. anyone know dimaggio gamer patterns to look for. what characteristics should i look for on this bat? i need to know before tomorrow.

[yanks12025]

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When are you going to view it on Saturday, because i'll look at some past auctions for you.

[ndevlin]

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I received an email from this seller earlier today and I would probably pass, which I did. If its too good to be true, it probably is.

[yanks12025]

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ndevlin,
In the past i have gotten good deals with bats just like this bat. I once bought a 1951-53 Larry Berra game used bat from a local auction for $45 and i was also able to buy a Mickey Mantle bat off ebay for $100. These goods deals are still out their. I forgot what thread it was in but someone said they picked up a Ernie banks bat,a mickey mantle and acouple of other HOFER's from a flea market.

[ndevlin]

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Very true. I dont know how much he went up in price, he never mentioned a difference in price in the email at all. He also stated he wouldnt post anymore pics. If I was local, that would be one thing to actually see it, but I dont like sending that much money to someone without seeing it, not very good pics, not wanting to send more pics, and the changing of the price.

I guess my point is if I lived 15 min. away from this person I could go see it, but theres no way Im going to send that much money to someone for a bat that could or could not be even his. At least with Ebay, they have a user name and privacy policies.

[yanks12025]

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ndevlin,
You are kinda right. But for me i dont know if i would go to his house if i lived so close, because their are some crazy people out their in the world that do stuff like this. They get you to come over and then you are never heard from or seen again. I would beware Momen you never know.

[ndevlin]

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Haha, very true as well. And if you read the email he sent me, not only would it make you completely dizzy, it would make you 10 times dumber also.

[momen55]

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you guys are funny! i am going to see it saturday. i will let you guys know what happens and what it is. again, it matches factory records so it doesn't hurt to look.

[metsbats]

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mike,
chime in whenever possible. anyone know dimaggio gamer patterns to look for. what characteristics should i look for on this bat? i need to know before tomorrow.

I"m not Mike but Joe Carrieri who was a Yankee batboy during the Joe D era has offices about 1 mile from my house. My wife used to work for him at his law office. I can try to email him and ask him if Joe D used to even tape his bats. I've never seen a Joe D gamer with a taped handle.

David

[Swoboda4]

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David,that black electric tape job reminds me of what we used to do as kids to keep using a cracked bat. The bat could be very real and just was used afterward by kids. Back then nobody understood preserving an item like this. It was more ,lets see what it feels like to hit a ball with Joe's bat. Thanks for the mention on the Swoboda I still can't believe it. Andy may be selling some "doubles" from his collection.