[kentkid]

Hi everyone, I've just seen this listing (250339199798) on ebay for a Micallef Bethlehem and I think it might just be a Postcard, NOT a print!

It's currently at £102, but here are some things that stand out...

- It's advertised as a 'Print Card' (whatever that means?)
- It's listed as being unsigned (it's surely from a signed edition)
- It measures 110mm x 150mm (11cms x 15cms - very small)

It could of course be genuine, and it's always worth emailing the seller just to verify, but I just thought I'd bring everyone's attention to it as I don't like people getting ripped off (especially just before Xmas!), and more importantly who in their right mind would want to fork out £100+ for a Post Card!

KentKid

[origo]

I think it´s pretty obvious that it is a postcard, seller isn´t trying to make it look like a edition print.

Any buyer that pays +100 for this are either stupid or just very hooked on this card.

[schlomo]

He's even photographed the back of the postcard, so no excuses for bidding thinking its a print. Only thing that is slightly misleading is it saying 'THE IMAGES ARE THE ACTUAL PRINT YOU WILL RECEIVE' at the top....

[Guest]

Thanks for pointing that out, Im sure the person bidding £100+ hasn't read the listing properly, and assumes its for the print.

[kentkid]

That may be the case, but if you weren't trying to make it look like a print, why start the listing off with 'THE IMAGES ARE THE ACTUAL PRINT YOU WILL RECEIVE' and why have it listed as a 'Serigraph/ Silkscreen' item when it quite clearly isn't?

It doesn't look that clear-cut to me...

[kentkid]

Like Schlomo said...

[babyford]

Bought mine for 30p on Sunday
Hopefully no-one catches a cold on this one

[Guest]

the auction is set out to mislead.

[alsbabar]

totally agree ronhill

[graeme501]

i think its fairly obvious its a postcard, why would somebody bid £100+ without reading the listing first?

it states its u/s, the size, and the back of the postcard, idiot buyer than misleading seller

[origo]

What Graeme said, if anyone is going to bid 100+, at least take the time to go through the auctions details.

[Zippy]

true but why doesnt the listing state - POSTCARD FOR SALE....
its obvious the seller is hoping to scam someone. But isnt this the way ebay is going?
Buyer beware!

[clock1989]

I just mailed the seller asking to confirm.
Print or postcard.Even though it does look like a postcard.
I thought questions asked to a seller appeared on the listing.Cant see it though.

[clock1989]

Reply from the seller.

'as the description & title clearly states, its an original POW postcard.please see description for sizes, all the best'

[BME]

It's a dodgy listing and should be amended/ pulled. That said I think that the bidders also need to take some responsibility. Nobody reading through the listing would think that this was anything other than a postcard. I'm always amazed at how keen people are to blow their money!

[grantb]

i saw this and yes it is very misleading

[spanksy]

oh my god, i bid on that without fully reading the listing!!! it is rather misleading, but it is my the stupidity of the Buyer to check before they bid. what an idiot! i bid up to £90!!!

ahh

[uglyiq]

Apologies to anyone planning to flog their postcards on t'bay but there's a sightsavers charity sale listing now...
cgi.ebay.co.uk/MICALLEF-Bethlehem-POSTCARD-100-SightsaversCharitySale_W0QQitemZ290282566593QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_art_prints_GL?hash=item290282566593&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2|65%3A3|39%3A1|240%3A1318

and a thomas too...
cgi.ebay.co.uk/BANKSY-Thomas-POSTCARD-POW-100-SightsaversCharitySale_W0QQitemZ290282565604QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_art_prints_GL?hash=item290282565604&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2|65%3A3|39%3A1|240%3A1318

**FREE P+P** (unlike the joker charging £4 to send a Micallef postcard)

[Sacked...]

Maybe the person sells a lot of prints on Ebay and uses a template and has just forgotten to change it.

[rdl81]

Dec 12, 2008 13:17:35 GMT 1 spanksy said:

oh my god, i bid on that without fully reading the listing!!! it is rather misleading, but it is my the stupidity of the Buyer to check before they bid. what an idiot! i bid up to £90!!!

ahh

.....tell u what as u missed out I will sell u mine for £80 ;D

[Guest]

most of the bids have been retracted, and seller has added that it is a postcard to the description.