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Buyer Beware - Another Recaster?
Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2013 12:45 pm
by Borthcollective
Looking through ebay for Blood Bowl gems this morning and stumbled upon some listings from this guy.
How grainy and shiny the metal are along with voids in the model, flash, and general lack of detail on the model make these auctions suspect as does the amount of "rare" "unreleased" "oop" models he has to sell.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/andrei7knights/ ... 7675.l2562
Re: Buyer Beware - Another Recaster?
Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2013 1:28 pm
by Digger Goreman
Borthcollective wrote:Looking through ebay for Blood Bowl gems this morning and stumbled upon some listings from this guy.
How grainy and shiny the metal are along with voids in the model, flash, and general lack of detail on the model make these auctions suspect as does the amount of "rare" "unreleased" "oop" models he has to sell.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/andrei7knights/ ... 7675.l2562
agreed....
Re: Buyer Beware - Another Recaster?
Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2013 5:07 pm
by Norse
yes, agreed 100%....
perhaps the rules on recasting are different in Israel..

Re: Buyer Beware - Another Recaster?
Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2013 5:32 pm
by blacknexion
He just recently sold an "unreleased" mordheim model, that went for over $350 (!). And that's not the first time I've seen him list that same model.
Re: Buyer Beware - Another Recaster?
Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2013 7:02 pm
by Winged_Human
Isn't there a way to report sellers like this to ebay?
Re: Buyer Beware - Another Recaster?
Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2013 10:15 pm
by Digger Goreman
Norse wrote:yes, agreed 100%....
perhaps the rules on recasting are different in Israel..

Not a place known for positive ethics... no....
Re: Buyer Beware - Another Recaster?
Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2013 10:19 pm
by Pug
I'll drop him a message if you like?
Let him know he/she's been spotted.
Re: Buyer Beware - Another Recaster?
Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2013 6:50 am
by elmarcello
Damn, he even has a Sark Four-Eyes in his list... makes me wanna weep..

Re: Buyer Beware - Another Recaster?
Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2013 7:06 am
by JaM
And several of his 'unreleased' minis, arent (vampire, slaves, dwarf bezerker for instance).

Re: Buyer Beware - Another Recaster?
Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2013 8:29 am
by Axtklinge
JaM wrote:And several of his 'unreleased' minis, arent (vampire, slaves, dwarf bezerker for instance).

Yeah, noticed that too.
Plenty of those kind of "unreleased" out there...
Re: Buyer Beware - Another Recaster?
Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2013 8:48 am
by spubbbba
Axtklinge wrote:JaM wrote:And several of his 'unreleased' minis, arent (vampire, slaves, dwarf bezerker for instance).

Yeah, noticed that too.
Plenty of those kind of "unreleased" out there...
Sometimes they actually are “unreleased”, but look very similar to an existing model. The sculptor likely used the same model and then changed it a bit for the final version.
I’m always astounded how much some pay for certain genuine models just because they are rare, many of them are terrible sculpts. These do look like recasts to me though.
Re: Buyer Beware - Another Recaster?
Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2013 7:00 pm
by Brage97
Wow, there are some seriously crazy people out there. They have bought a squat model for £640; even I wouldn't do that, and I've paid some crazy prices during the years
http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.d ... &items=200
Re: Buyer Beware - Another Recaster?
Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2013 11:43 am
by commisar ken
He is a recaster,i have seen a few from Isreal hocking FW stuff.you know the ones and style of them.Especially now that the rule is for them to be in the orginal packaging or comes with it.opened but not used.
Re: Buyer Beware - Another Recaster?
Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2013 12:31 pm
by spubbbba
Was it one of the 2nd edition Squats?
I know GW had a handful of those created and then abandoned them. The revamped exo-armour guy was on e-bay a few years ago and went for a lot of money.
It’s a shame as those models were pretty nice for their time. Considering how much Orks changed from rouge trader to 3rd edition in both stats and fluff they could have easily done the same for my beloved space dwarfs,

Re: Buyer Beware - Another Recaster?
Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2013 4:34 pm
by daloonieshaman
Winged_Human wrote:Isn't there a way to report sellers like this to ebay?
yes contact ebay support for guidelines
work them up so many of us can send a similar report (i barely have time to write this)