Ashamed - Topps T206 Buy Back Fraud

[conor912]

Do guys really collect these? I honestly always thought the buy backs were some stupid thing Topps did that real T206 collectors just cut open anyways.

And why would anyone spend all that time and energy committing fraud for what appears to equate to less than minimum wage?

Edited to add that I don't even collect T206....just going on what I've heard from many who do.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by conor912

Do guys really collect these? I honestly always thought the buy backs were some stupid thing Topps did that real T206 collectors just cut open anyways.

And why would anyone spend all that time and energy committing fraud for what appears to equate to less than minimum wage?

Edited to add that I don't even collect T206....just going on what I've heard from many who do.

I certainly don't get it either. IF there is any doubting Thomas out there he admitted it to me twice on the phone, 2 different times. He said he had only done 6-7 of them. I think I have supporting docs behind every one of those things listed above. There could be 1-2 off but I don't think so. I have to believe it is the tip of the iceberg. When I confronted him on the phone he asked what he should do with the other few hundred cards he had? I told him to sell them as he got them, be 100% transparent, and if he takes a loss then that is the learning lesson. Anyone who has bought one of these from him, and is suspect at all, should politely request a refund. Please PM if that doesn't work and I will make another call. Ebay and Topps have been made aware, Ebay by myself and Topps by someone else.

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[bobbyw8469]

WOW!!! Just wow!!! What seems like a "victimless" crime at first blush really has turned into a "shit-storm" (pardon my French). Like someone else said, this one individual has undermined the entire set. It has been ongoing for possibly 10+ years. I feel sorry for those that were actively collecting this set.

[mechanicalman]

Originally Posted by conor912

And why would anyone spend all that time and energy committing fraud for what appears to equate to less than minimum wage?

I find myself asking this very question a lot. It amazes me how many dudes are trying to make 10's of dollars here and there in the baseball card trade when an equal amount of time and capital invested in other areas could be far more lucrative.

[Bcwcardz]

Originally Posted by mechanicalman

I find myself asking this very question a lot. It amazes me how many dudes are trying to make 10's of dollars here and there in the baseball card trade when an equal amount of time and capital invested in other areas could be far more lucrative.

Probably because that is all they know how to do. If you gave a min wage job to the guy he wouldnt like it because its laborous work. Tell the guy he can make the same dealing with something he enjoys from the comfort of his home. Hell yes. To make those tens of dollars in the real world you actually have to work. Hence the fraud.

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[mightyq]

can only imagine what he has done AND not gotten caught with, ? hard to believe this is his only fraud among his friends....