The eBay BS Game: Questionable items, Stephen King signatures, sellers

[webstar1000]

A BIT OPTIMISTIC I WOULD SAY....

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Stephen-King...QAAOSwjDZYcHay

LAUGHABLE. A full complete set when this is all said and done... I believe will only be worth a bit more than cover price. Im just getting it for the art, my number, and the cool extras that are being printed for the first time ever

[amd013]

A BIT OPTIMISTIC I WOULD SAY....

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Stephen-King...QAAOSwjDZYcHay

Is it even legal to sell items on ebay that are not even available yet? Even if the price was reasonable, I would not touch that with a 10 ft pole, by the time you find out if the seller will honer the deal, your window to file a claim is long gone.

[Randall Flagg]

A BIT OPTIMISTIC I WOULD SAY....

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Stephen-King...QAAOSwjDZYcHay

Is it even legal to sell items on ebay that are not even available yet? Even if the price was reasonable, I would not touch that with a 10 ft pole, by the time you find out if the seller will honer the deal, your window to file a claim is long gone.

Legal is different than policy. ebay's policy is that auctions can not be for "future" items. It's rarely policed, and you are correct that claim options are time bound.

[Br!an]

http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/pre-sale.html



If you want to list presale items, you must meet all of the following criteria:

• Guarantee that the item will be available for shipping within 30 days from the purchase date. Be sure to clearly state this information in your listing.
  
• Clearly indicate in the listing that the item is a presale item.
  
• The handling time specified in your listing should reflect the time from the end of the listing until the item is shipped to the buyer. Be sure to specify the correct handling time in your listing.
  

Make sure your listing follows these guidelines. If it doesn't, it may be removed, and you may be subject to a range of other actions, including limits of your buying and selling privileges and suspension of your account.

[neo_trinity]

Hi,

I don't usually post in eBay BS thread, and it may have been discussed prior, but the book/proof auction here is just wrong. The first 2 photos that show Steve's signature on the title page is thin, in black ink, slanted at 45 degrees and is completely contained in the space between "A Bui" in the title "A Buick 8".

You can also see the number line from the verso of the page and the "g" in King's signature finishes approximately in the middle of the sequence: 9.

Now, when you look at the next picture, the copyright page, you can clearly see the impression of Stephen's signature from the preceding side and it is in blue ink, thicker, straight, and finishes just past the big "8". I am not saying the signature is fake, but the signature on the title page is NOT the same book as the copyright page is showing in this auction. That background is black, and all the remaining photos are from a white table and a cherry wooden table.

I think you will find that whoever wins this auction, you will receive a fake signed book and a nice proof. That is all I have to say. I hope it helps someone save their money.

Gerald

SIGNED 1ST EDITION HC 'FROM A BUICK 8' BY STEPHEN KING + MATCHING ARC / PROOF

[peripheral]

I don't know this seller, but they have 100% positive feedback. Still, I call bullshit on this... What do others think?

**SIGNED** Stephen King IT (First Edition, 1st Print) Viking. Hardback Book 1986

[Mr. Rabbit Trick]

I don't know this seller, but they have 100% positive feedback. Still, I call bullshit on this... What do others think?

**SIGNED** Stephen King IT (First Edition, 1st Print) Viking. Hardback Book 1986

Forgery

[Br!an]

[Cook]

I don't know this seller, but they have 100% positive feedback. Still, I call bullshit on this... What do others think?

**SIGNED** Stephen King IT (First Edition, 1st Print) Viking. Hardback Book 1986

Even if it was real, its not worth a 4th of the asking price.

[OneFathom]

I don't know this seller, but they have 100% positive feedback. Still, I call bullshit on this... What do others think?

**SIGNED** Stephen King IT (First Edition, 1st Print) Viking. Hardback Book 1986

Garbage.

[Cook]

Hi,

I don't usually post in eBay BS thread, and it may have been discussed prior, but the book/proof auction here is just wrong. The first 2 photos that show Steve's signature on the title page is thin, in black ink, slanted at 45 degrees and is completely contained in the space between "A Bui" in the title "A Buick 8".

You can also see the number line from the verso of the page and the "g" in King's signature finishes approximately in the middle of the sequence: 9.

Now, when you look at the next picture, the copyright page, you can clearly see the impression of Stephen's signature from the preceding side and it is in blue ink, thicker, straight, and finishes just past the big "8". I am not saying the signature is fake, but the signature on the title page is NOT the same book as the copyright page is showing in this auction. That background is black, and all the remaining photos are from a white table and a cherry wooden table.

I think you will find that whoever wins this auction, you will receive a fake signed book and a nice proof. That is all I have to say. I hope it helps someone save their money.

Gerald

SIGNED 1ST EDITION HC 'FROM A BUICK 8' BY STEPHEN KING + MATCHING ARC / PROOF

I can't see what your referring to with the verso page??
Regardless, I don't believe the 1st edition had black boards, so I would agree its not a true 1st. I think the true 1st has white with purple? Please correct me if I'm wrong, thanks

[Br!an]

Hi,

I don't usually post in eBay BS thread, and it may have been discussed prior, but the book/proof auction here is just wrong. The first 2 photos that show Steve's signature on the title page is thin, in black ink, slanted at 45 degrees and is completely contained in the space between "A Bui" in the title "A Buick 8".

You can also see the number line from the verso of the page and the "g" in King's signature finishes approximately in the middle of the sequence: 9.

Now, when you look at the next picture, the copyright page, you can clearly see the impression of Stephen's signature from the preceding side and it is in blue ink, thicker, straight, and finishes just past the big "8". I am not saying the signature is fake, but the signature on the title page is NOT the same book as the copyright page is showing in this auction. That background is black, and all the remaining photos are from a white table and a cherry wooden table.

I think you will find that whoever wins this auction, you will receive a fake signed book and a nice proof. That is all I have to say. I hope it helps someone save their money.

Gerald

SIGNED 1ST EDITION HC 'FROM A BUICK 8' BY STEPHEN KING + MATCHING ARC / PROOF

I can't see what your referring to with the verso page??
Regardless, I don't believe the 1st edition had black boards, so I would agree its not a true 1st. I think the true 1st has white with purple? Please correct me if I'm wrong, thanks

The first has purple quarter binding with off-white boards.

The BCE has black binding and boards with a full numberline. Just like the seller is offering.

[neo_trinity]

Hi,

I don't usually post in eBay BS thread, and it may have been discussed prior, but the book/proof auction here is just wrong. The first 2 photos that show Steve's signature on the title page is thin, in black ink, slanted at 45 degrees and is completely contained in the space between "A Bui" in the title "A Buick 8".

You can also see the number line from the verso of the page and the "g" in King's signature finishes approximately in the middle of the sequence: 9.

Now, when you look at the next picture, the copyright page, you can clearly see the impression of Stephen's signature from the preceding side and it is in blue ink, thicker, straight, and finishes just past the big "8". I am not saying the signature is fake, but the signature on the title page is NOT the same book as the copyright page is showing in this auction. That background is black, and all the remaining photos are from a white table and a cherry wooden table.

I think you will find that whoever wins this auction, you will receive a fake signed book and a nice proof. That is all I have to say. I hope it helps someone save their money.

Gerald

SIGNED 1ST EDITION HC 'FROM A BUICK 8' BY STEPHEN KING + MATCHING ARC / PROOF

I can't see what your referring to with the verso page??
Regardless, I don't believe the 1st edition had black boards, so I would agree its not a true 1st. I think the true 1st has white with purple? Please correct me if I'm wrong, thanks

Hi,

The seller has deleted the incorrect photo in question and replaced it with the current one. You can see his revisions after I pointed it out here:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemRevisionDetails&item=3321055 34843&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2569

Obviously, the seller is a member here who reads this thread. Irregardless, this copy is not a first edition.

[Randall Flagg]

I have 4 true trade 1st edition, 1st printings and all 4 are quarter bound in violet with off-white boards and white pastedowns.

[Room 217 Caretaker]

Oh boy.......

http://www.ebay.com/itm/The-Dark-Hal...oAAOSwopRYjWdL

Mulleins

[darkseer]

Oh boy.......

http://www.ebay.com/itm/The-Dark-Hal...oAAOSwopRYjWdL

Mulleins

Steve really needs to start laying off the coffee

[Brian James Freeman]

Just in case anyone was wondering, this is not "our" Stephen King:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/BSA-Boy-Scou...-/152411184899

Confirmed via official channels, i.e. we asked him.

Brian

[Tommy]

Oh boy.......

http://www.ebay.com/itm/The-Dark-Hal...oAAOSwopRYjWdL

Mulleins

Steve really needs to start laying off the coffee

I wonder how many hours of practicing led to that result or if it was a first try.

[Room 217 Caretaker]

Just in case anyone was wondering, this is not "our" Stephen King:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/BSA-Boy-Scou...-/152411184899

Confirmed via official channels, i.e. we asked him.

Brian

Scouts Honor?

[Brian861]

Just in case anyone was wondering, this is not "our" Stephen King:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/BSA-Boy-Scou...-/152411184899

Confirmed via official channels, i.e. we asked him.

Brian

Scouts Honor?

"I'm not a Scout".

[Br!an]

Hi,

I don't usually post in eBay BS thread, and it may have been discussed prior, but the book/proof auction here is just wrong. The first 2 photos that show Steve's signature on the title page is thin, in black ink, slanted at 45 degrees and is completely contained in the space between "A Bui" in the title "A Buick 8".

You can also see the number line from the verso of the page and the "g" in King's signature finishes approximately in the middle of the sequence: 9.

Now, when you look at the next picture, the copyright page, you can clearly see the impression of Stephen's signature from the preceding side and it is in blue ink, thicker, straight, and finishes just past the big "8". I am not saying the signature is fake, but the signature on the title page is NOT the same book as the copyright page is showing in this auction. That background is black, and all the remaining photos are from a white table and a cherry wooden table.

I think you will find that whoever wins this auction, you will receive a fake signed book and a nice proof. That is all I have to say. I hope it helps someone save their money.

Gerald

SIGNED 1ST EDITION HC 'FROM A BUICK 8' BY STEPHEN KING + MATCHING ARC / PROOF

I can't see what your referring to with the verso page??
Regardless, I don't believe the 1st edition had black boards, so I would agree its not a true 1st. I think the true 1st has white with purple? Please correct me if I'm wrong, thanks

The first has purple quarter binding with off-white boards.

The BCE has black binding and boards with a full numberline. Just like the seller is offering.

I messaged him, and I informed him of what he was selling. He said that he hadn't noticed the color of the binding/boards. He saw the correct priced dustjacket and the full numberline and assumed it was a first printing. He first attempted to correct the listing and then ended it.

[Fsmdr]

Opinions on the signed SOS?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/The-Dark-Tow...EAAOSw9GhYdD50

[Theli]

I'm no pro, but I'll say it looks pretty off to me. That is a damn ugly sig. if it is real. Seems like an odd way to sell a fake though.

[Br!an]

I'm going with no.

[divemaster]

I don't know. Seems representative of King's more recent sigs, like from the last year or so. Leaning towards good.