There's a catch.
Not one, but two copies of the 1994 Pacific Crown Collection Gold Prisms #11 Barry Bonds recently sold for a jaw-dropping $40 total on a popular online marketplace.
That works out to just $20 per card, a pretty incredible deal for the buyer, especially considering these cards typically sell for around $120 each.
Unfortunately, the seller apparently didn’t agree.
After the sale, the seller claimed they had made a mistake when entering the price and canceled the buyer’s order. Because apparently $40 for two cards was a little too good to be true… once the seller realized what they had done.
But the story gets even better.
The seller separated the two cards and relisted one of them for $225.
There’s only one small problem: the new listing still says that two copies are included.
So, after successfully escaping a $40 sale, the seller may have accidentally created a whole new headache for themselves. If another buyer purchases the listing expecting two Barry Bonds Gold Prisms for $225, they might be in for an interesting conversation.
Personally, I would have honored the sale and mailed both cards to the buyer. Mistakes happen, especially when pricing items online, but once the transaction is completed, I think there’s something to be said for standing behind the deal, even when you realize afterward that you could have gotten considerably more money.
In this case, the seller had a buyer willing to pay the listed price, and the cards were already sold. Taking the loss, learning from the pricing mistake, and moving on would have been the right thing to do in my opinion.