I'll say it again Rob.
Have you ever bought a car without a test drive or a mechanic checking it out? Or ever bought a home without an appraisal? If you weren't born yesterday then you probably already know that you should check stuff out before you buy it. The house wife's & uneducated hobbyists that you guys talk about getting taken advantage of on a reprint are probably the same people that get ripped off buying homes, cars and just about anything else.
If you have then unfortunately you are one of those people who will probably get burned on a baseball card. Will probably get burned on a car purchase and about anything else of perceived value or necessity.
I can almost hear you think from where I am sitting. Yes Rob, some people who sell cars, houses and wait should i say it............ Well ok, Baseball cards, yes baseball cards. I know how could you ever think that in the days of "Leave it To Beaver" that J. Edgar Hoover & McCarthy could possibly be on a witch hunt for communists in this country.
So brings me back to my point. Yes, if David's dad didn't do his research and didn't exercise common sense then he could be potentially ripped off by someone selling a fraudulent baseball card. I'd hate to already have paid for the care only to find out that there was no engine in it because i trusted the guy and he told me i didnt have to testdrive it.
Come on people, stupidity and ignorance is to blame for too many of this country's problems.
Some unscrupulous people in this world sell
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Originally Posted by ramram
So, David, just for argument let's say your dad were to think enough of you that he unknowingly bought you one of these cards at an inflated price for you as a birthday gift? Just because he's not knowledgeable about the cards I suppose that's his burden to get burned? Is that ok with you? If he were to buy it off of the B/S/T thread, would you want anybody to warn him?
Just asking.
Rob M.
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