Buyer Beware - Another Recaster?

[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

[Digger Goreman]

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....

[Norse]

yes, agreed 100%....

perhaps the rules on recasting are different in Israel..

[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.

[Winged_Human]

Isn't there a way to report sellers like this to ebay?

[Digger Goreman]

yes, agreed 100%....

perhaps the rules on recasting are different in Israel..

Not a place known for positive ethics... no....

[Pug]

I'll drop him a message if you like?
Let him know he/she's been spotted.

[elmarcello]

Damn, he even has a Sark Four-Eyes in his list... makes me wanna weep..

[JaM]

And several of his 'unreleased' minis, arent (vampire, slaves, dwarf bezerker for instance).

[Axtklinge]

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...

[spubbbba]

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.

[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

[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.

[spubbbba]

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

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,

[daloonieshaman]

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)