Amazing Fraud #15 ?

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Folks,

 

Saw this on Ebay. Read down to inside the eighth paragraph of this listing.

 

Can't hot link it here for some reason. Title of listing is Amazing Fantasy #15 (Aug 1962, Marvel) NO RESERVE!. Seller is supercop10. Closes July 25, 17:40 PDT

 

I have reported this as fraud to the Ebay powers that be, but it is still listed and likely to burn hard the winning bidder.

 

I invite all of you who read this to check it out and act on your conscience.

 

Cheers!

 

Streaky

Edited July 23, 2013 by streaky

why does that guy look familiar :

Wow to throw in the middle of a Looooong story that this is a reprint is horrible to do to someone. This might be the worst case of fraud in reference to a reprint I have seen, No one is going to read that long story and see that. $3K so far for a $10 book,

"This auction is for a Amazing Fantasy #15 reprint only, this is not the original comic. Pictures that are shown in the picture gallery above do not represent the reprint comic being sold nor do they represent the comic in anyway. Bidder/Buyer accepts that he/she as read the full description/details of this auction listing. Good luck to all bidders! "

 

so awesome... bury this inside 8 page wikipedia cut and paste.

Step 1. Copy/paste from Wikipedia.

Step 2. Insert small print disclaimer amid wall of text.

Step 3. Take the money and run.

 

I'm glad it's reported. It should be a no-brainer for eBay. Then again…

 

What is it with North Carolina and comics?

There's a deliberate attempt in all the photos to hide the top of the case. There's no reason for me to think the comic in this photo is even the same one as the other photo, especially given that the seller admits none of the photos are the comic being sold.

Why did you edit the link? It worked for me.

It is brazen, brain dead fraud. Post Master General kind of stuff. Pitch forks are too good for this kind of behavior.

reported it!

Every time I tried to hypertext the link in post, the address when change in post. Is that normal?

 

Gracias!

That's joeypost in the background

Wonder how he feels about that?

Yeah, when I saw the image, it actually seemed like the gent holding the AF 15 might be Wally's Comics (nerf) but I'm not sure. The guy behind him is definitely Joey.

 

The knee-jerk reaction is that this might be a fellow boardie or someone known to the community, but on the flipside, the thought never entered my mind (until reading this thread) that the image was cobbled from a convention thread to make the seller look legit.

Yeah, that's Wally holding the book and Joey in the background.

Yeah, that's Wally holding the book and Joey in the background.

 

Absolutely. know them both rather well.

 

What an auction...find a 4 year old photo and throw it in there! HAHA...

 

Now Wally and Joey are both infamous!

I think your second idea is most likely. Doesn't look like the seller trades in comics much, let alone sterling grade key books. Or maybe it's all a "misunderstanding". .

Yeah, that's Wally holding the book and Joey in the background.

 

Definitely, long time boardie. He'll be shocked and either amused or pissed once he stumbles across this. He posted that image here shortly after he bought it, and I'm guessing the guy scamming found it linked here via a Google search.

 

Considering his image is being linked to a scam, I think he will be pissed. But I have been wrong before.