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Besides
the notes below - I noticed a very strange coincidence with two of the
well-known patch fakers. The codes used to tag the images used in the
auctions are VERY similar. They're all caps, coded with a series of
four (4) numbers at the beginning, followed by the issue. They look
like this: |
| 1) These amazing cards used the "Oakland" from the jersey front. Upper Deck did NOT use a patch from either sleeve. Do not misinterpret what UD printed on the card. As far as they're concerned = all material sewn onto a jersey falls into the "patch" category. Again = all 25 of these cards were cut from the "Oakland" patch. |
| 2) Even if a sleeve patch were used (and again, it wasn't) - it's highly unlikely to have come from a practice jersey. As I noted during Spring Training 2006 - these cool elephant patches are only used during training. They are never used during games - not even Spring Training games. |
| 3) You can clearly see where the patch is literally coming out of the card - highlighted in yellow (see left image). I've even enlarged one corner where you can see a cut on the inside the edge of the frame (see right image). |
| 4) The entire auction is immediately scrapped less than a minute after the auction ends. I mean EVERYTHING - not just the images - but the accompanying sales pitch is re-edited with generic sales information - the content is gone. It's the same each and every time with all these sellers - they don't want to leave a record. I know now to grab the images & sales pitches BEFORE the auction ends. Yup, the whole show packs up and leaves town - just like every Carnival con game. |
I mentioned
that I tried to tell eBay that this seller was clearly faking these cards
- but I never got a response.
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