m!b$ Posted September 25, 2010 Report Share Posted September 25, 2010 Swiping Marblealan's verbiage, and looks like maybe his pictures too...many, or all of his listings are that way. Peltier Golden Rebel Peltier Red Galaxy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted September 25, 2010 Report Share Posted September 25, 2010 The green backgrounds made me go to Joemarbles.com. That's his trademark, so to speak. Joe's Golden Rebel photos Joe's Spiderman photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeeperman Posted September 25, 2010 Report Share Posted September 25, 2010 Steph did you notice, it is the same exact picture of the same marble on the golden Rebel. Hmmmm...... Oh wow, bettin you did....being it is the same way on the spiderman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted September 25, 2010 Report Share Posted September 25, 2010 They're Joe's pix alright. I suppose they could possibly be that seller's marbles. Joe did borrow some marbles for some of his photos. ????????????????? Hopefully Joe will see and either make it clear that the marbles do belong to this seller or find a way to cut through eBay's formal reporting maze to stop the fraud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeeperman Posted September 25, 2010 Report Share Posted September 25, 2010 I suppose, but somehow get the feeling that may not be the case. Just a feeling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glangley Posted September 25, 2010 Report Share Posted September 25, 2010 It's always best to go to the horse's mouth, so to speak. Why not message this seller and ask them before posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted September 25, 2010 Report Share Posted September 25, 2010 Swiping Marblealan's verbiage, and looks like maybe his pictures too...many, or all of his listings are that way. Not meaning to overlook the point about the wording which was copied from Alan. The words and styles and font colors. Very creepy awkward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted September 25, 2010 Report Share Posted September 25, 2010 It's always best to go to the horse's mouth, so to speak. Why not message this seller and ask them before posting. I've sent a note to ask why they used Joe's pix, and ask if they are selling the actual marbles from the photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mibcapper Posted September 25, 2010 Report Share Posted September 25, 2010 this fella was on my and another friend's radar for some time now. questions asked, and not answered, dual identies,non-responsive ... and now this. sure does look ... shifty. solid descriptions on both ... huh ... maybe somewhere with the puter skills can .. trace .. this person and see what's .. up ... bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeeperman Posted September 25, 2010 Report Share Posted September 25, 2010 this fella was on my and another friend's radar for some time now. questions asked, and not answered, dual identies,non-responsive ... and now this. sure does look ... shifty. solid descriptions on both ... huh ... maybe somewhere with the puter skills can .. trace .. this person and see what's .. up ... bill Exactly, I have had the same issues with this seller. It will be interesting to see if Steph gets a reply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjohn691500 Posted September 25, 2010 Report Share Posted September 25, 2010 Red Flags away BE CAREFULL WITH THIS SELLER ,, bj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted September 25, 2010 Report Share Posted September 25, 2010 His ebay profile pic: Alley board posted by Dani: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeeperman Posted September 25, 2010 Report Share Posted September 25, 2010 Oh wow! That'll make her happy.....not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaboo Posted September 25, 2010 Report Share Posted September 25, 2010 yep, he maybe using the picture,, but the marbles are OURS! nice of him to ask huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeeperman Posted September 25, 2010 Report Share Posted September 25, 2010 And a very nice bunch if I may say so!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Marbles Posted September 25, 2010 Report Share Posted September 25, 2010 Until recently he was selling mostly lower dollar marbles, Dug MKs and such. Suddenly he is listing all these high end mint marbles??????? Caution may be in order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted September 25, 2010 Report Share Posted September 25, 2010 Tempted to bid high on the golden rebel just to stop the sale. Not going to because I don't have that much nerve. But that sale looks like something someone would do if they had no ethics and were closing up shop. If you sort their current listings by time ending, you see a whole line up of Joe's marble photos as the seller's last active auctions. Followed by a string of bulk lots with $20 buy-it-nows. If they don't care about their ebay ID they might be going for one big sale before they pack up their wagon and get out of ebay sales. They can take the money, cash out their paypal account, and go - before anyone has a chance to ask for refunds. Or maybe it's totally innocent. Maybe the seller loaned those to Joe originally. Or maybe Joe has consigned his own marbles to them with permission to use his photos. Consigned the marbles to someone who uses Alan's text verbatim and uses Dani's pic for their profile. ai yi yi ...... I still haven't heard back from the seller or from Joe. So I still don't know what their story might be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted September 26, 2010 Report Share Posted September 26, 2010 I had to make him remove some of my pics from his site. He is a Jerk and obviously rather shifty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted September 26, 2010 Report Share Posted September 26, 2010 his site? which would that be? his ebay store, or does he have another site? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted September 26, 2010 Report Share Posted September 26, 2010 Heard from a reliable source that those are not the seller's marbles. So someone is bidding $420 on a golden rebel the seller does not possess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeeperman Posted September 26, 2010 Report Share Posted September 26, 2010 OUCH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippie4747 Posted September 26, 2010 Report Share Posted September 26, 2010 If my calculations are right his sales that ended today are $1700.00 i smell something FISHY !!!! Karma will bite him in his booty if he's doing wrong .... carrie Swiping Marblealan's verbiage, and looks like maybe his pictures too...many, or all of his listings are that way. Peltier Golden Rebel Peltier Red Galaxy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skycollect Posted September 26, 2010 Report Share Posted September 26, 2010 If you notice he is running one day auctions. Pretty odd.... just the day before he had some nice CAC's including a couple of flames that brought a few hundred bucks each. Must be hard up for some quick cash.....glad someone brought this to the attention of the marble community Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted September 26, 2010 Report Share Posted September 26, 2010 It needs to be brought to ebays attention. Only a few Ebayers are these boards. Joe would be the one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m!b$ Posted September 26, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2010 I did email Alan B. about it this afternoon. Don't know Joe S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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