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<p>[QUOTE="MEC2, post: 2228400, member: 38692"]This is not the only note where this is the case. I've noticed this note <a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/262026994638" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/262026994638" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/262026994638</a> in the past - mainly because it's WAY in my wheelhouse since I collect Chester notes. It's just too pricey for me. But is it a good value? Let's check Track & Price...</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/MEC2DFW/TandPBS4.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Wow, seems like he's selling it at a loss, a bit under it's last sale. Same note, same serial. Might be a good time to buy it, right, seeing as supposedly it sold back in 2013 for just under $900?</p><p><br /></p><p>Except... it didn't... doing more detective work, yes, we can find the feedback from the original listed seller who sold it to T&P. Again, seller is as listed, buyer has the same matching 800 feedback, so it's definitely T&P.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/MEC2DFW/TandPBS5.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Surprise surprise, the note wasn't sold at $863, rather it was sold at $385 - less than half the value. Once again, someone checking the T&P index for value and sales history to see if they were getting a good deal would see information purporting to show they were buying at under past sale, when in fact they'd be paying almost exactly twice the amount of the past sale.</p><p><br /></p><p>Once - maybe friends and family are inclined to believe the honest mistake angle. But this is not an isolated incident. The T&P software has entries that misreport and overvalue items T&P is actively selling on eBay. </p><p><br /></p><p>And that ain't cool.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="MEC2, post: 2228400, member: 38692"]This is not the only note where this is the case. I've noticed this note [url]http://www.ebay.com/itm/262026994638[/url] in the past - mainly because it's WAY in my wheelhouse since I collect Chester notes. It's just too pricey for me. But is it a good value? Let's check Track & Price... [IMG]http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/MEC2DFW/TandPBS4.jpg[/IMG] Wow, seems like he's selling it at a loss, a bit under it's last sale. Same note, same serial. Might be a good time to buy it, right, seeing as supposedly it sold back in 2013 for just under $900? Except... it didn't... doing more detective work, yes, we can find the feedback from the original listed seller who sold it to T&P. Again, seller is as listed, buyer has the same matching 800 feedback, so it's definitely T&P. [IMG]http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i352/MEC2DFW/TandPBS5.jpg[/IMG] Surprise surprise, the note wasn't sold at $863, rather it was sold at $385 - less than half the value. Once again, someone checking the T&P index for value and sales history to see if they were getting a good deal would see information purporting to show they were buying at under past sale, when in fact they'd be paying almost exactly twice the amount of the past sale. Once - maybe friends and family are inclined to believe the honest mistake angle. But this is not an isolated incident. The T&P software has entries that misreport and overvalue items T&P is actively selling on eBay. And that ain't cool.[/QUOTE]
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