Listia & Autograph Mag Together !

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Comment by steven foster mills on January 3, 2012 at 1:57pm

Just Heard from a dear older lady on Listia who was trying to find a good Christmas gift for her Hubby on Listia. And She found a Old Baseball with a few names on it and since her husband loves Baseball she went and bid a few hundred Credits.  She told me it was down to her last credits and she thought what the heck. may be all fakes but to him he will love this BaseBall ! So when she got and gave it too him he was so surprised and Happy.He also thought these are all Fake No Big Deal. But he did have a friend in New York and Had a place to have it Checked out !  There was a very faint looking Babe Ruth  autograph on it and a few of his buddies also from New York. the Ball was worth over $ 100,000  plus and it was on Listia and i Believe it come from a couple in Fl that had it. And They even as bad as the Ball was & Babes sign, and his buddies it was Very Real and a Great Find on Listia.... So you Just Never Know What you Will Find on There.  It's like the Road Show You Just Never Know ?  And The Great thing is it went to a couple in need and was down to there last pennies and credits. Now That is the Kind Of Blessing i'm talking About !  No Matter What at YardSales, GarageSales, Trash Cans, Side WalkSales Or just out Picking like i like doing also. You just never know, Ones Mans Trash Can Be Another Mans Gold Find !  So never say never about any place you go to or auction you look into... There always Treasures Around, You may need to look hard , but they  are there. Just ready for someone to take the chance.  Steve Mills, Kentucky.  

Comment by mike aring on January 2, 2012 at 9:37pm

no worries. just hope you aren't collecting signatures there is all... especially names that are worth some good money, i doubt people would be giving these away for free.

Comment by steven foster mills on January 2, 2012 at 3:52pm

Thanks Mike for sharing me your Listia Thoughts and Any and most books go pretty fast on Listia.That is all i got for my Mrs this year she Wanted Auto-Bios of Famous People She Loves like Lis Taylor & Dolly Bio and Martha S. ect

 She got alot of books.  All From Listia & with Free  Credits& Free Shipping She was so Surpris & nice they was , very clean and Alot of fun finding all she asked for also.  Steve,ky

Comment by CEE GEE on January 2, 2012 at 8:24am

I have nothing against Listia...or EBay...but it is very easy to get duped on junk from any and all sites because of how badly flooded the fakes are...I did a thread on Listia fakes I have spotted that were just total garbage but that being said that doesn't mean ebay isn't just as full of garbage...you have to know what your bidding on reguardless of what it is or how much its going for...I purchased a ball on ebay recently that was advertising just one photo and 19 autos....I got the ball home and to my surprise it had over 40 autos in it which averaged out to about .62 cents a piece for HOF players and others...I got lucky because I knew the autos in the one photo was good but because of experience I was able to practically steal this piece which should have sold for a couple hundred bucks easy....that's were experience comes in over cheap prices and or low credits....I browse Listia now and then....and yes there are authentic autos on there....but experience plays more in your advantage on there then an auction that is at low credits because on any auction site its easy to get fooled into getting junk because of the price being right....

Comment by mike aring on January 1, 2012 at 10:34pm

ok.. i put an autograph on listia.. the autograph was from an arizona cardinals kicker named Neil Rackers ( i have a TON of signed photos) and i was thinking that maybe i could trade some of this stuff out for dvd's for my kid or something... and the guy never paid anyway... but upon looking around, i didn't see a real autograph in the bunch. and decent people too. and then, some guy, out of the blue, started to try and friend me on facebook. his name was simply "autograph hound." and he was asking me some questions about the authenticity of some items. namely ozzy osbourne, acdc and the like... and he was pointing me to listia auctions... NOTHING looked good and i started thinking, why would anyone put this stuff on a site to basically trade for credits? those are $100 + items... why?  cause they were no good.

yardseller, i have a friend who sells on there. so when he posts something new on yardseller, i get a facebook post (i wish i didn't, but i do), but it comes with posted items of other crap as well. and i see tons of shameless garbage (michael jordan/magic johnson combos for like $95 ea.) on these posts as well... cool thing about that, i can post back things like "absolute trash" or "completely not real." and i've gotten some new comments thanking me for keeping them from buying this stuff. i guess when ebay is no longer an option, you go to where nobody knows your name.

Comment by steven foster mills on January 1, 2012 at 4:44pm

That is why A/C can come in hand to help those who need Educated and will not know what they are buying. But there are alot of older Fans on Listia that sre trying to auction there items off for things they do need instead. As Far as Yardsale... cant comment on that, i have a few i have put on there & there are alot on there also. But Like i said alot of people need to know and be educated also. So  Thanks for following the Thread and your Comment All is Welcome !     God Bless and Happy 2012 Steve,Ky

Comment by mike aring on January 1, 2012 at 8:41am

i'm not going to be the first to comment on the authenticity of items i have seen on listia.com or yarsellr.com either... i just want to follow this thread.