Mark, regrettably I'm not really sure the hobby can do to anything with scams like this. If you browse eBay every day (as I do), you see beginners getting burn with baseball cards almost on a daily basis. It certainly gives all collectibles a black eye, but eBay facilitates this and there doesn't seem to be a shortage of people willing to take a chance with that ungraded '33 Goudey Babe Ruth card. Until they (eBay) clamps down on scams (yeah right!) all we can do is point them out. Of course, it doesn't help that eBay has done exactly the opposite....they have made it almost impossible for ebayers to track shill bidders and fraudulent sellers. Regrettably, there are just too many of them and after a while we all grow indifferent to the situation.
Frank, my sincere apologies! I realize you were just trying to help. My intent was not to be a "smart ass" but I can live with being a "smart alleck"
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