Lizzie Borden Society Forum

Here's a poster of Lizzie (hatchet in hand) for auction on e-bay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 34234&rd=1

I was oddly tempted to bid and I can not imagine why!

Actually, it's a pretty neat image. Reminds me a bit of an Edward Gorey sort of illustration.

For a 17x22 offset print on parchment stock, it's a good price, too.

It is going for more than I want to pay!

(I did bid!)

Look again at the auction history!

I did bid and was outbid. Looking at the feedback of the person who outbid me I sent a message to the seller asking them if they would sell it to me at my $20 bid if the other buyer failed to honor the bid.

Here is a copy paste of the response I got which leads me to believe they have mass produced them

Question for item #5533234234 - Victorian Lizzie Borden Took An Axe Creepy Poster

That's fine. Do you want to buy one? I will give you a Buy it now type price.

Send $14.99 plus 4.50 shipping for a total of $19.49 to

BDP
P.O. Box 363
Astoria, OR 97103

we do not take PayPal but can take Visa or MC by phone at 503-325-4818

Now I do not know what to think!

Sure sounds that way to me too.

Why would they offer it to you at $14.99 when you already offred to pay $20? Something is not quite right.

Maybe the lead bidder is a shill and doesn't really exist except for the purpose of driving up the price.

Be careful also with giving your credit card info over the phone. I won't do that unless I know the company or person. And sending money to a P.O. box doesn't thrill me either.

I do a fair amount of shopping via ebay and only use money orders. I never use my CC via pay pal or any other source. I also do not send checks.

I never thought about sending MO's to PO boxes as being a risk-- but you are right.

I no longer want the poster. I think I would have been disappointed in it had I won the auction!

Audrey,

I don't think you would have a problem with this poster purchase at the "Buy it Now" price. It is a mass produced print and I'm sure they have multiple copies of it. Many "Buy it Now" items are that way. You can win it at a lower price at auction, but if you "Buy it Now" they just send you one.

Still, if you feel safer not dealing with these folks, certainly don't.

It is a pretty neat poster, though.

I thought it was more of a one of a kind thing-- something someone drew. I guess I need to learn to read the fine print!

I would have had it professionally framed and hung in my computer room....

(My sanctuary where dogs are more welcome than children!)

Stefani told me last Sunday that she did a Buy It Now on that poster earlier in the week for 12.00 or 14.00, something like that.
She might have it by now. She knew it was mass-produced by checking the seller.
You were right about the $20 being too high.

Kat.. Let me know how it looks....

Stef received her poster today. She said it was very nice and she really likes it. Pay attention to the poster size dimensions.
She did that *buy it now* $14 or some such price.