This has to be painful to see.

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Posted By: Steve f

Y'all likely know about this one. I think it's a good idea to post this all over the web.

The scammer;

http://tinyurl.com/2g266a



The victim;

http://tinyurl.com/yu94wu

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Posted By: neal

What a terrible thing to do! GEESH!!!

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Posted By: Frank Wakefield

Well a buyer can't get any better title to something than the seller had. The card still belongs to the guy from whom it was stolen.

Enforcing that may well be a bit of a dilema...

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Posted By: Brian Weisner

Hi Guys,
The same thing happened to a friend of mine a few years ago. He simply contacted the seller with the proper information and the dealer returned the card immediately. It turns out the Dealer owned a card shop in the area and had purchased a collection of graded cards from a walk in customer he had never seen before. I believe most of these cards that "never arrive" are actually stolen in transit and then sold to a third party who has no idea the card has been stolen.
Anyone selling on EBAY should use delivery confirmation and registered mail for anything with real value. Protect yourself. Be well Brian



PS, Make sure to add extra tape to boxes and padded envelopes, so they can't be easily opened and relieved of there contents.

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Posted By: Jason L

that as the ever-higher values of the collectables market become more widely known, it might be wise to not put any obvious words on the packaging (even in return addresses), like business or shop names, etc (____ Sportscards, or Vintage Baseball, etc)

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Posted By: John S

I second Jason's statements...the vintage hobby has become more mainstream in the past ten years. Dealers, auction houses, etc. should be very discrete about their labeling. I know of a few dealers that now abbreviate their names on envelopes probably for this reason.

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Posted By: peter chao

In general post office security is pretty good, however, keep you eyes on teenagers or young adults lurking in your neighborhood. Report suspicious activity to local police. Sometimes teenagers will open mailboxes when they think nobody is watching... It's better to be careful than sorry.

Peter