Bench Bat, WTF?

[Nnunnari]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Johnny-Bench-Game-Used-Rookie-Season-Bat-With-Reds-Coa-Read-Description-/161332764831?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item25902ea09f

[earlywynnfan]

Crap bat with crap LOA. I even tried calling that shoddy company, and surprisingly the number is disconnected.

[dplettn]

Sad on so many levels.


Deceives (a legal term appears equally fitting) whomever it entices to make any offer (which surely would quickly be accepted),
The purported business name may sound similar enough to some fans and novice collectors to a legitimate business in Montgomery which I've at times heard referred to with "Cincinnati" in front of its legal name.
Gross abuse of the Reds logo in pursuit of deceit, and lastly..
I doubt that any individual smart enough to pursue this deceit would so foolish to print and sign their own name on the letter. So if there is a real person by that name, it may actually be a unique and certainly damaging instance of impersonation.

[bgakladd]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Johnny-Bench-Game-Used-Rookie-Season-Bat-With-Reds-Coa-Read-Description-/161332764831?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item25902ea09f
I contacted the seller thru Ebay message and told him it was a store model JB3 bat and he blew me off insisting it was game used. I even told him to contact members thru this website to show the bat wasn't Bench's.

[gorilla777]

What? I thought that was one of the finest Bench bats in existence today.
People will believe what they want to, unfortunately.

[Mark17]

It's been pulled. Aside from the other thousand things wrong with that bat, I don't think I'd ever put much stock in a LOA for a "Hellerich & Bradsby" bat.

It's usually easy to spot stupid people because... they're stupid. :-)