[rhettyeakley]

Flavius, even thinking like you do shows your true character. You are someone I, and I am sure many others, would just assume not deal with. You don't step over a dime to pick up a penny! You will lose more money by destroying your reputation than the item you got for "free" from that dealer/auction house that was just dying to give you the card they obviously wanted you to have for free when they filled out the shipping address on the envelope when two seconds of investigation would show that the item belongs to someone else. Using the law to try to justify incorrect behavior because it skirts around the law is shortsighted at best.

There is a long-time collector of Zeenut cards out there that I have traded with on several occassions, typically when I have cards he needs he will send me his entire stock of duplicates (usually 100-150 cards) and it is understood that if I am taking any of his I need I then have to replace the ones I take with ones he needs. By your warped sense of morality since he addressed that package to me, dammit, those are now my cards!?! When dealing with other collectors through the mail there is implicit trust involved and you, Flavius, are NOT to be trusted given the apparent way your brain functions.

This hobby is a very small place and once a reputation has been soiled or ruined it is very difficult to get it back. There are examples of people that used to frequent this board that have all but disappeared due to various shady and/or unethical acts, most of us do this for fun and when you deal with losers it isn't fun.

(That being said, it is still possible to make a living in this hobby with a terrible reputation as d-bags are still out there and apparently someone likes them?)