Had the top bid. Set an alarm to put in a "just in case" last-minute bid, but apparently the clock on my iPod is a minute or two slow, and the auction was already over. I'm at work and I almost punched a hole through my monitor. And then I almost ripped its cables out and chucked it across the office shouting unintelligible obscenities at the top of my lungs till my vocal chords violently shred in a painful, bloody explosion. Then I almost broke down crying in a pool of tears and my own waste products that I had released in rage.
Burn in hell, mikeb1958, for so cruelly, heartlessly stealing this card out from out of my innocent, childlike hands. I hope you choke on this card in some bizarre Three Stooges-type folly involving a stray rollerskate, a frying pan, and a playful kitten. And then it somehow ends your marriage, posthumously. You are an evil person.
I will never get this card now, horribly miscut or not. That's a great pic of Rich. Don't know who the other guy is, but he seems like a nice fellow.
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[DEEP BREATH... deep breath..]
Ok... sorry, mikeb1958, it's not your fault you're better at Listia-ing than I am. I take back the horrible, horrible things I said about you and your mother.
And I apologize for anyone offended by the profanity and violent imagery. I feel obligated to have a breakdown on the blog once in a while, since after all, it is called Baseball Card Breakdown, so it comes with the territory.
Live and learn. Make sure your clocks are properly synced when setting an important alarm.
Live and learn. Make sure your clocks are properly synced when setting an important alarm.
Good luck out there, people.
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Have you ever blocked someone on Listia just because they outbid you? It's petty and pointless, and could potentially hurt a future auction of yours because they're obviously a collector with credits to burn, yet it's still somehow satisfying.
One A-hole blocked me just because I once politely asked him about compromising on a price of an overpriced card he had up. Really? The hilarious thing is the card didn't get a single bidder. And he reposted in a few more times for less, finally eventually selling for less that what I had proposed to him. Yeah, I was really outta line, huh? (rolls eyes) Douche.
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Have you ever blocked someone on Listia just because they outbid you? It's petty and pointless, and could potentially hurt a future auction of yours because they're obviously a collector with credits to burn, yet it's still somehow satisfying.
One A-hole blocked me just because I once politely asked him about compromising on a price of an overpriced card he had up. Really? The hilarious thing is the card didn't get a single bidder. And he reposted in a few more times for less, finally eventually selling for less that what I had proposed to him. Yeah, I was really outta line, huh? (rolls eyes) Douche.
There's one for a buck and a quarter on COMC.
ReplyDeleteJJ, but that's infinitely more expensive than a thousand Listia credits. :)
DeleteNo, but one guy blocked me because I sent him an email saying that I expected better shipping. I won a 9-card lot for only 94 credits, and he sent the cards completely unprotected. I sent a note that said, "I'm not a jerk and won't give negative feedback, but please consider taking more care in your shipping. I understand that 94 credits isn't much, but you threw the cards in an envelope with complete disregard and each one showed up with dinged corners."
ReplyDeleteHe never answer, and I recently went to bid on an auction (not realizing he was the seller), and it said "you've been blocked by this member."
So I will air my grievance here. His user name is: imacman
OMG! imacman is the worst! I won a couple cheap commons lots of, I think '82 Donruss and '79 Topps, and after a couple weeks with nothing, I emailed to ask what was up. I was real friendly about it, like "Just wondering if maybe they got lost in the mail or something?" And he was immediately defensive and accused me of being a liar.. saying I received the cards but was just trying to rip him off. The total was like 500 credits, not even a big deal, so I was kinda shocked he was being such a dick about it. He was just the worst to deal with. Everyone should block him: http://www.listia.com/user/block?id=862840 Eventually I got my credits back, but he fought me, rudely, the whole way. The cards never showed up. I'm sure they were eventually returned to sender due to a zip code typo or other mistake he made sending. I'm sure he didn't even feel a little stupid because he's such a jerk that he just shrugged it off. And yeah, throwing cards willy-nilly in a PWE is something I'd expect from an old lady putting cards up on Listia, but anyone with any collecting sense knows it's not cool. Douche move, for sure.
DeleteI have bought a couple times from imac. I agree the guy needs to put a little more protection when he mails. Com'on - can't even use some chip board from a box of cereal?
DeleteI hate it when that happens.
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