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Originally Posted by egbeachley
It does create an environment to do this. But what if the consignor wins back his card? The bid is $1,000, with BP it's $1,180. Less consignment fees he gets $850. Basically he paid $330 to get his card back. Very risky.
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And there are those who have admitted to this not thinking they had done something wrong (and one person is a member here
) They are lucky that the thread on CU was poofed, unless someone was quick enough to screen capture.
So no matter what everyone has for a moral compass, there will always be more people (or so it seems) who will take the low road for a few bucks. Money and greed often go hand in hand with the collectibles industries whether it be cards, coins, comics, cars, etc
Transparency will never "cure" problems with auction houses or ebay. It wont even lessen it. It will only make the scammers more ingenious how they do it.