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Old 01-23-2021, 01:25 PM
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irrelevant. The fans already have plenty; the tourists, ghouls and speculators are only going to get burned.
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Curious to see. People can no longer triple their money by having a low grade RC signed.
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irrelevant. The fans already have plenty; the tourists, ghouls and speculators are only going to get burned.
Truly.
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Happens every time whenever a notable - like Aaron passes. Reminds me of cockroaches fleeing the light, profiteering ghouls suddenly appear in unison. Same crap happened with Kobe.
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This is from my 'New Collectorisms' thread and is quite timely, sadly...

170. Nouveau Leech
Someone who, after a famous player dies, immediately floods ebay with a million new, overpriced listings of his cards, trying to quickly turn a huge profit off of his unsuspecting fans’ grief.

See also: Pump-Bump-Chump - a person who falls for this scheme.
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This is from my 'New Collectorisms' thread and is quite timely, sadly...

170. Nouveau Leech
Someone who, after a famous player dies, immediately floods ebay with a million new, overpriced listings of his cards, trying to quickly turn a huge profit off of his unsuspecting fans’ grief.

See also: Pump-Bump-Chump - a person who falls for this scheme.
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