T206 Titus and Bliss *cancelled*

[z28jd]

Originally Posted by pgellis

Come on, this is not like grandma coming on here with a box full of her late husband's cards that included Wagner, Plank, Doyle, etc. and sold them to the first person who offered her $100.

This is a person who by his own introductory post the other day said,

"Got my first tobacco card at 12, next at 16, a few more at 20, and been on the hunt pretty actively since I turned 24 (I'm 27 now...dad is still at it, going to be 91 in December)."

So he knows enough about tobacco cards that he isn't a total newbie. He could look on eBay or CardTarget for current pricing, but he didn't. I'm sure he didn't "lose" money on the deal, meaning, I'm sure he sold it for as much or more than he originally paid for it.

Obviously, he was unaware of the Titus phenomenon....., but he did agree to the sale. Integrity is something that is hard to earn back. If I made the same mistake, I would honor the deal. It may be worth more than a couple hundred bucks.

This post tells a lot more than people are realizing. I find it amazing so many people are on his side and it just makes me think people are mad they didn't see it first.

It's a regular board member that got the deal, so what most people are saying is it's okay to break a BST rule to help out someone, who is going to end up making a lot more money off the card, as opposed to a regular board member being the one that gets it. Either way, someone is getting screwed and it seems to be the long-time board member.

This person said they have been reading for a month, collecting much longer, so they aren't a rookie, they are just new to the board. They obviously got a great deal from someone else, yet no one is calling for them to give that person half the money. I said it, but it was as a joke to show how ridiculous this is.

People are also okay with this "rookie" backing out on his first deal on the board and letting him keep selling? Seriously? How is that for the betterment of the board?

This thread is really a bunch of people mad they didn't see the card first and they aren't thinking out what really happened, which is a long-time member getting screwed by other board members and a new person getting away easy with breaking a rule. That's besides all the other people who broke rules by getting involved.

I seriously can't believe how many people are on his side in this.