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Originally Posted by Eric72
Would it not have been simpler to just cancel the sale?
There are now several additional parties (law enforcement, PSA, USPS) involved. The cert number is now invalid. People are on the lookout for this card (both actively and passively) as though it were stolen.
If the seller did this to avoid parting with the card, they went about things in a rather foolish, needlessly over-complicated manner.
EDITED TO ADD: Not that I condone cancelling sales b/c the hammer price was lower than anticipated...
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I doubt the thought process went beyond "I wish I hadn't sold that card (or I don't like the sale price I got). I'll just send an empty package and give a refund." They probably figured the refund would be where this ended. Once this was escalated, there wasn't exactly an opportunity to back out without admitting what had happened. Most crimes are not well thought out.