Claim of $80k+ theft at the National

chalupacollects · #1 08-06-2022, 05:20 PM

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Originally Posted by bobbyw8469

Murderers get out with barely a slap on the wrist. What happens to thieves now a days?

They get elected to Congress...

RCFire82 · #2 08-06-2022, 07:44 PM

Went down some fun rabbit holes reading up on past "incidents" with the dealer involved in this "theft" case! On a side note, learned that Rich Klein wasn't the originator of Secret Santa...thank you sir for taking that over. Thinking of making it out to my first national next year. This is a good reminder to keep one's situation awareness up when it comes to who your dealing with.

cannonballsun · #3 08-06-2022, 08:44 PM

I checked out those other two threads that were mentioned in this thread.
Some pretty wild stuff, but some often amusing stuff.

Shoeless Moe · #4 08-06-2022, 08:56 PM

Not sure if this has been said already or not, but taken right from the article:

"Rick Giddings of Gizmo�s Sportscards of Davis Junction, Ill. reported the alleged theft to Atlantic City police on the final day of The National at the Atlantic City Convention Center.

According to Giddings, who is on the board of directors of The National, the incident occurred between 4 and 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 30."

So it happened on Saturday, but he doesn't report it until Sunday.

I know after I'm robbed I like to get a good nights sleep before reporting it a day later.

"DOH!!!!!"

Jay Wolt · #5 08-06-2022, 09:46 PM

& the $80K loss, was that his cost or his jacked up prices?
I'm sure there's a big difference

jayshum · #6 08-06-2022, 09:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Shoeless Moe

Not sure if this has been said already or not, but taken right from the article:

"Rick Giddings of Gizmo�s Sportscards of Davis Junction, Ill. reported the alleged theft to Atlantic City police on the final day of The National at the Atlantic City Convention Center.

According to Giddings, who is on the board of directors of The National, the incident occurred between 4 and 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 30."

So it happened on Saturday, but he doesn't report it until Sunday.

I know after I'm robbed I like to get a good nights sleep before reporting it a day later.

"DOH!!!!!"

In the article, it says that the person who took the cards texted him and said he would see him in the morning, so he apparently decided to wait to see if he showed up, and when he didn't, he called the police. Probably not the best decision, but also probably not the most questionable part of the overall story.

Snapolit1 · #7 08-06-2022, 10:02 PM

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Originally Posted by jayshum

In the article, it says that the person who took the cards texted him and said he would see him in the morning, so he apparently decided to wait to see if he showed up, and when he didn't, he called the police. Probably not the best decision, but also probably not the most questionable part of the overall story.

Uh, by the time you open the bag and realize you�ve been taken for a ride � isn�t that a decent time to call the police?

Mark17 · #8 08-06-2022, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Snapolit1

Uh, by the time you open the bag and realize you�ve been taken for a ride � isn�t that a decent time to call the police?

Right. Apparently, this happened before 6:00 pm Saturday, yet he waited until Sunday, when the accused thief was no longer in AC:

"Giddings said the dealer texted him at about 5:40 p.m. and said, �I�ll see you in the morning.�

At that point, Giddings said he started to get suspicious.

�Anybody who has got that type of money, or says he does, would you leave that in a booth? � So I�m scared,� he said.

At that point, Giddings said he opened the bag and found two boxes marked �$50,000.� The two boxes, however, contained only $500 each in $1 bills, he said.

�I guess he wanted me to feel warm because I trusted that he had the money there and thought, �He�s not going to run if he�s got that kind of money.� But he did,� Giddings said. �It was terrible.�

When the dealer did not show up the following morning, Giddings contacted the Atlantic City Police Department, which is now investigating the alleged theft."

Leon · #9 08-07-2022, 07:38 PM

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Originally Posted by cannonballsun

I checked out those other two threads that were mentioned in this thread.
Some pretty wild stuff, but some often amusing stuff.

The Net54 rabbit holes suck sometimes. It's like there's 5? minutes of my life gone but, damn, that was entertaining again!
.

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