Veterans Investment Group

[vintagetoppsguy]

Anybody ever heard of them?

From their eBay store: "The creation of Veterans Investment Group is intended to help Veterans realize the potential in diversifying assets for long and short term investment purposes by purchasing, collecting, and eventually selling sports cards. The sports cards that are listed in this eBay Store belong to a number of Vets from Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom most of whom have been wounded in combat action. Honor, Commitment, Integrity, Dedication are just a few terms that are synonymous with the Marine Corps. As Marines those values that we embrace are more than words; they are a code that we live by. Our promise to you is to Honor our agreement! Our Commitment to you is to provide you with the best service possible! Our Integrity is passed on to you through honesty and morally conducting business in the most upright fashion! Our Dedication is to hold true to what we say and do while conducting business with you. We thank you for your support and patronage. Semper Fi! Joe"

http://www.ebay.com/sch/veterans_inv...p2047675.l2562

[Snapolit1]

I hope the people who served our country have better ways to safeguard their money than this.

[T205 GB]

A lot of these programs are scams. I have been approached by a few to many to count. All I can say is do a lot of digging and research before ever investing in any of them

[Snapolit1]

If anybody is considering doing business with these folks please drop me a pm. Thanks.

[Tao_Moko]

As a Marine and one of the men he refers to, I can only hope that he's the real deal. Will see what I can find out. Messing with the Corps and not being legit is always a bad move. There are a lot of frauds, but also a lot of passionate people helping vets so I will hold out some hope.

[Beastmode]

Hum... They have a '70 Reggie Jackson PSA 9 for sale.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1970-Topps-R...QAAOSwc1FXYMcr

The cert is the the same as one sold in January to i***1. The corners look different and the flip is missing an "i" in Reggie. But the one sold in January has sharp corners and the "i" is there. Interesting.....

I'm throwing the yellow flag with this seller.

[USMC03VET]

Originally Posted by vintagetoppsguy

Anybody ever heard of them?

From their eBay store: "The creation of Veterans Investment Group is intended to help Veterans realize the potential in diversifying assets for long and short term investment purposes by purchasing, collecting, and eventually selling sports cards. The sports cards that are listed in this eBay Store belong to a number of Vets from Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom most of whom have been wounded in combat action. Honor, Commitment, Integrity, Dedication are just a few terms that are synonymous with the Marine Corps. As Marines those values that we embrace are more than words; they are a code that we live by. Our promise to you is to Honor our agreement! Our Commitment to you is to provide you with the best service possible! Our Integrity is passed on to you through honesty and morally conducting business in the most upright fashion! Our Dedication is to hold true to what we say and do while conducting business with you. We thank you for your support and patronage. Semper Fi! Joe"

http://www.ebay.com/sch/veterans_inv...p2047675.l2562

Good afternoon,

This thread was just brought to my attention by a buddy of mine out of concern for my reputation and the reputation of my eBay account Veterans_Investment_Group.

I'd like to put to rest some of the concerns that have been brought up by members of this thread in hopes that it may shed some light and transparency to my account and Veterans Investment Group.

First off let me introduce myself, my name is Joe and I do live in Los Angeles, California...more specifically Pasadena, California. I served in the U.S. Marine Corps from March, 2001 to May, 2005 and was Honorably Discharged upon completion of my Inactive Reserve Duty.

My deployment's included (2) Operation Enduring Freedom Tours and (1) Operation Iraqi Freedom Tour as part Operation Phantom Fury "Al Fajr" in Fallujah, Iraq (2004-2005) where I was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received in combat action.

Veterans Investment Group as mentioned in my eBay store is quite simply put a group of vets who have pooled funds together and invested in sports cards. All of the cards that have been previously listed, that are listed now, and that will be listed in the future are cards that we have either purchased or have traded for.

I'd like to add that in no way are we a registered not for profit organization nor are we a registered charity organization, and if I am not mistaken there is no statement or phrase in my eBay store that states or alludes to the contrary. Misleading or deceiving buyers is not a practice that anyone associated with Veterans Investment Group have nor will they ever engage in.

We are just veterans that have invested money into sports cards of various eras as a form of investment outside of conventional stocks, IRA's, Savings Accounts and the like.

There was an instance where I was bidding on an item listed by Snapolit1 that I requested for him to cancel my high bid, this was a miscalculation of funds on my part at that time which prompted me to cancel the bid and I accept full responsibility for that.

I'd also like to address the cards that were previously listed and had old PSA flips which were questionable. These cards were cards that one veteran owned for many years, some of which were received in trade prior to the large influx of counterfeit cards coming to market. Those cards have either been newly encapsulated or have been sold as is with a 100% return policy guarantee.

One advantage of living in Pasadena, CA is that I am very close to PSA and can very easily have cards re-holdered if there is any question as to the authenticity or legitimacy of the card.

It has become quite clear to me that given my low feedback despite being 100% positive coupled with my eBay ID: Veterans_Investment_Group referencing military, investment, and group; some collector's have decided that 1. my eBay account is a scam and 2. the cards that I am listing are not legitimate.

In hopes of "clearing" my name and addressing the concerns in this thread, I encourage ANYONE who has any questions about me, Veterans Investment Group, or the cards that we own to reach out to me directly and verify our bonafides.

Lastly, we do deal in some very valuable cards and we understand that there are a lot of scammers, counterfeit cards, and "fake" encapsulations floating around, therefore we encourage everyone to do their due diligence and put our cards to the test. We will go out of our way to authenticate or re-encapsulate ANY card that raises ANY doubt or "Red Flags" in a buyers mind.

Semper Fi!
Joe
Sgt./USMC Ret.

[Beastmode]

Welcome to the boards Joe and if your story is true, I want to send my deepest respect and gratitude.

IMO, there are a couple things you can to do earn the trust of the collecting community. First, what is your last name, and second, address the apparent discrepancy of the '70 Reggie Jackson as described in this thread.

[USMC03VET]

Originally Posted by Beastmode

Welcome to the boards Joe and if your story is true, I want to send my deepest respect and gratitude.

IMO, there are a couple things you can to do earn the trust of the collecting community. First, what is your last name, and second, address the apparent discrepancy of the '70 Reggie Jackson as described in this thread.

John,

First, thank you for your appreciation and gratitude...second, everything that I have previously stated about myself and Veterans Investment Group is a fact and I take allegations of "Stolen Valor" very seriously.

I'm typically not the type of person to broadcast my personal information on a public thread, if anyone would like to contact me directly via PM or the phone number provided in any of my eBay listings I would welcome the introduction.

I have also attempted to address the '70 Reggie Jackson concerns in a reply to the OP.

Semper Fi!
Joe

[aloondilana]

I've purchased a very high end card with this seller.
Buying from Joe was a very easy transaction and I would certainly buy again from him.
In fact, I always get my old holders reholdered because I too have had concerns with fakes in PSA holders. The card I purchased from Joe needed to be reholdered so I sent it into PSA and had no issue whatsoever.
Joe, you are a first class eBay seller.
I also agree that eBay is flawed a bit, someone like Joe who sells $5,000 plus cards with not grow his feedback at the same pace as someone selling $25 dollar cards. I've always said that eBay needs to correct that. It's really not fair.