Artificially Aged Reprints Terrorize Arizona

[rarerookies]

On a side note. I really didn't believe that people were that stupid or naive. A Wagner card, a mantle rookie. A 12yr old maybe but even at 12 I had enough common sense to know that there were like 60 wagner cards and my chances of ever "finding" one of those was as good as winning the lottery. But the adult's that actually believe that a kid spent $150 and bought the ultimate collection of baseball cards is unbelievable. These are probably the same adults the lease cards and max out credit cards to pay for furniture in there house they borrowed 120% loan to value on. Goodness. That blows my mind

[rarerookies]

Hmmmmm.............
Crappy fly by night hotel scavengers.......
Kid come's in with cards that will make the local news......
Free Advertising.....
More people will come that we can low-ball prices one and make more money.......


just a thought guys

[kcohen]

Well, I guess the silver lining is that the kid paid, although he doesn't know it now, a relatively cheap tuition for a valuable life lesson that will last him for the rest of his days.

[Robextend]

Originally Posted by rarerookies

On a side note. I really didn't believe that people were that stupid or naive. A Wagner card, a mantle rookie. A 12yr old maybe but even at 12 I had enough common sense to know that there were like 60 wagner cards and my chances of ever "finding" one of those was as good as winning the lottery.

I'd venture to say that the majority of 12 year olds wouldn't have a clue, just like this kid didn't. When I was 12 I had enough money to buy a wax pack of 1993 Topps per week, so I never ran into that problem.

[rarerookies]

Yeah I could buy a pack of UP trying to get the griffey rookie. But I knew that a wagner card was rare and the luck of getting those cards, unheard of. I think the hair gel fried his brain.

[hunterdutchess]

I am calling B.S. on this kids story. I see those things sell on ebay for $10 or $20 all the time and that is where he bought them. He is not some poor duped kid but a future scammer trying to sell fakes as unknown or originals.

Kennith Moser ebay account "kmoser111" look at all the reprints he has bought.

http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAP...eedbackAsBuyer

Dont feel sorry for this kid. Feel sorry for the future cards he sells as unknown or original to others.

PUNK!

p.s. don't you have to be older than 12 to have a paypal or ebay account?

[kcohen]

Originally Posted by hunterdutchess

I am calling B.S. on this kids story. I see those things sell on ebay for $10 or $20 all the time and that is where he bought them. He is not some poor duped kid but a future scammer trying to sell fakes as unknown or originals.

Kennith Moser ebay account "kmoser111" look at all the reprints he has bought.

http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAP...eedbackAsBuyer

Dont feel sorry for this kid. Feel sorry for the future cards he sells as unknown or original to others.

PUNK!

p.s. don't you have to be older than 12 to have a paypal or ebay account?

Wow! The kid's good! He scammed me into feeling bad for him.

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by kcohen

Wow! The kid's good! He scammed me into feeling bad for him.

Yeah, it's a sad day when we have to become so cynical we can't even let 12 year-olds fly under the radar.

Kid had a lot of people briefly conned and even got himself on TV.

He's the Susan Smith / Balloon Boy of baseball cards.

[D. Bergin]

So I guess when he said he combed through thousands of baseball cards to pull these gems out of the pile............he was speaking metaphorically of scrolling his mouse through thousands of listings on Ebay to find just the right counterfeits to fool a traveling antiques roadshow.

[Orioles1954]

I was setting up at shows by age 12 and my parents would have NEVER let me wear my hair like that! It was always shirt, tie, "yes sir" and "thank you so much".

[iggyman]

Whoa! In an ironic twist of fate, "rarerookies" comes out of this smelling like potpourri.

I sometimes wonder if humanity would be better off without baseball cards. That way, some of the prewar collectors on this site might have some free time available to work on unsolved crimes. The detective work on this board is always amazing! Note to self, never trust 12 year-olds with spike hair and paypal accounts......check.

Lovely Day...

[rarerookies]

So the kid got on tv, the traveling antique rip off roadshow got free advertising. Pretty good for both of 'em Id say. I think you guys are right. A future juvenile delinquent right here you guys. So sad.