[lsutigers1973]

In response to his claims:

Mike "and the boys" is only one guy that used his "boys" as an excuse to get free cards.

Many people fell for the act and sent him a lot of free cards. At the time "his boys" started collecting early 1970's sets, his oldest boy was just out of diapers. If you want to use a hook to get free stuff, whatever.

The biggest problem is the fact that at least 4 CU forum users and at least 1 from another forum sent him cards that he claimed he never got. All 5 had proof of delivery. One was a $500 set that he was supposed to preview and send back if he didn't like. If he decided to keep it, he was supposed to send the $500. Instead, it also mysteriously got lost in the mail. Out of these 5 transactions, 3 were paid with Paypal. On each one, he filed a Paypal claim for non-receipt. Each one, the seller lost the money despite that fact that each one had proof of delivery. He blamed the mailman. The sad part is that the other 2 were gifts from generous forum users that he still claimed he never got even though they were once again sent with delivery confirmation.

NOT ONCE did I claim he had no children. All I said was that he was a thief (which has now been proven) and that he used "the boys" as a way to get sympathy and free cards.

ALSO, his "trades" were also extremely 1 sided if you were dumb enough to fall for "the boys" line that he threw at everyone. I actually completed one trade with him. If you want to go by book value, I sent him about $75 worth of cards for a few worthless commons. I needed the cards to fill the holes and actually thought he was collecting with his boys. Found out later his youngest boy was still in diapers when I made the trade.

IF HE IS SO INNOCENT, WHY HAS HE NOT RESPONDED TO BEING CALLED OUT ON THE CU FORUM?