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SPORTSCARDKID
07-06-2006, 02:24 PM
i am writing an article about ways you can get ripped off in the hobby these days i already have several ways wrote down i need some more. it can be about trading,buying off ebay. just need some help

thanks
sam

Insane Irish
07-06-2006, 03:48 PM
Well, there are tons of ways to get ripped off!!

ON EBAY:
Fake auto's, Fake patches, fake grading services, searched boxes, searched packs (AKA "hot packs"), Dutch auctions.
Bait and switch auctions, where someone will show a picture of a Hobby Box, list it as a hobby box, then send a retail box after you buy it.
Schill bidders, fake vintage cards....ect ect.

Syno
07-06-2006, 04:27 PM
uMM, trimmed cards, insane shipping charges, claiming that it is NM when it isn't, UD giving you a lesser value card on a redemption.

Bonderman FANatic
07-07-2006, 12:31 PM
i am writing an article about ways you can get ripped off in the hobby these days i already have several ways wrote down i need some more. it can be about trading,buying off ebay. just need some help

thanks
sam
Sam, you might want to include a paragraph on the risk us collectors take in trusting a card company with fulfilling redemptions. I just got took for almost $1000 from unfulfilled Fleer redemptions. I mean good gawd whats worse than being ripped off by the card manufacturer.

SPORTSCARDKID
07-07-2006, 12:33 PM
Thanks for your help guys

sam

anaheimnational
07-08-2006, 05:54 PM
wats the article 4....