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Originally Posted by lharri3600
Rob did not one thing wrong here, it's clearly stated at REA's web site about these issues.
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I'm glad the issues are stated, but the fact that he is allowing these into enter the marketplace is kind of astonishing.
What if Pepis decided to consign his massive collection of fraudulent packs?
This is no different.
What if REA took the consignment and wrote, "In our opinion these packs might be tampered, but that's just our opinion, others might disagree." It would be gross negligence on their part. Yes, they wrote a little disclaimer and won't be held liable, but it is extremely unethical.
These cards are like currency to fraudulent sellers. They are trimmed cards that got past PSA. Everyone here KNOWS that these cards will exchange hands more than 2 or 3 more times within the next decade, will they always carry a disclaimer? No. Will potential buyers know that these are trimmed? Probably not. And will it eventually end up in a collection of someone who cares about the integrity of the card... Yes, of course it will.
REA is acting as the middle man for compromised cards, they are doing the hobby a disservice by allowing these cards to enter into the market.
Kudos to them for going above and beyond the typical AH by including a disclaimer, but that SHOULDN'T be the highest standard of integrity in this hobby.. everyone here loves REA (I do too), but everyone here KNOWS they could have (and should have) done more.
Jason