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<p>[QUOTE="connor1, post: 955160, member: 19521"]Today I found out the hard way,by buying a PMG (non graded) 1918 $5000 back only ,that it was just a cut down BEP # B125 Souvenir Card in a PMG holder from a ebay seller who purposely omitted his handy work.I should have known better but just recently have become interested again in an old hobby & haven't kept up on looking at all of them.The reason I am posting this thread is for 2 reasons the card that I have & haven't looked at in years cost about $10 or $11 dollars back then. The ebay seller got me for $49.99 in the PMG holder.So beware PMG would certify a ham sandwich if you sent it in .They new the card was cut down & PMG should have put that on the label (#B125 cut out) or something to that effect."Buyer beware"guys.</p><p>It is a shame that these beautiful card are being mutilated by greedy sellers.</p><p><img src="http://i741.photobucket.com/albums/xx59/connor1_photos/currency/1918---5000-FRN-re-print.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i741.photobucket.com/albums/xx59/connor1_photos/pictures/b125.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Thank you Lettow for bringing this to my attention,hopefully this greedy practice will stop before to many card are destroyed.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="connor1, post: 955160, member: 19521"]Today I found out the hard way,by buying a PMG (non graded) 1918 $5000 back only ,that it was just a cut down BEP # B125 Souvenir Card in a PMG holder from a ebay seller who purposely omitted his handy work.I should have known better but just recently have become interested again in an old hobby & haven't kept up on looking at all of them.The reason I am posting this thread is for 2 reasons the card that I have & haven't looked at in years cost about $10 or $11 dollars back then. The ebay seller got me for $49.99 in the PMG holder.So beware PMG would certify a ham sandwich if you sent it in .They new the card was cut down & PMG should have put that on the label (#B125 cut out) or something to that effect."Buyer beware"guys. It is a shame that these beautiful card are being mutilated by greedy sellers. [IMG]http://i741.photobucket.com/albums/xx59/connor1_photos/currency/1918---5000-FRN-re-print.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i741.photobucket.com/albums/xx59/connor1_photos/pictures/b125.jpg[/IMG] Thank you Lettow for bringing this to my attention,hopefully this greedy practice will stop before to many card are destroyed.[/QUOTE]
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