Mamamia! Checkout this CU Thread regarding Waverly82

[jezzeaepi]

Do yourself a BIG favor and return the Waverly cards.

Before I knew of his reputation I bought about a half dozen cards from him. When they showed up, they all smelled like strong chemicals so I returned them.

Flabbergasted at what went down, I spent a few weeks monitoring his auctions, and was finally able to find *one* the ebay account that he uses to purchase sets. http://www.ebay.com/itm/120765683288 (He must have several more because this one went unused for a while)

If you look at the sets he purchases, they are always closer to exmt. There are often graded cards that he pops out of holders(5s and 6's). Next he micro trims, colors, and does some sort of chemical soaking with the cards. Finally, he takes a scan that is just small enough to make the rest of the imperfections hard to see.

This guy essentially destroys an entire set of 50-60's baseball cards every week. It makes me sick. How many others are doing this out there? What sellers of raw vintage can you trust on ebay?