Coaches Corner exposed on TV report

[RichardSimon]

https://6abc.com/business/local-comp...UApbHZZABmwTVM

[yanksfan09]

Originally Posted by RichardSimon

https://6abc.com/business/local-comp...UApbHZZABmwTVM

Hard to believe there's never been something like this about them before! Hopefully some good will comes of this for once. It's amazing that someone could spend over 10k there and not question things.

[2dueces]

Before he purchased a single item all he had to do was google coaches corner.
There are 1000s of articles and many would have brought him to this site and he would have seen the laughs CC gets here. Not $13,000 worth of smart.

[SetBuilder]

What has happened to caveat emptor and personal responsibility?

This man spent $13k at CCA of all places, over several years, and didn't think to do even a basic amount of due diligence? A simple Google search? An expert opinion?

[jerseygary]

One one hand I think that CC should be held responsible for putting this stuff out there, but on the other, there is so much out there about CC that the guy who bought all that junk should have known better and it is his own fault. Especially for the low prices he was paying - that along should have alarmed him.

What the heck did he think, he was the luckiest guy in the world stumbling on such bargains time and time again?

[Bigdaddy]

Nice to see they are getting some free press.

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by jerseygary

One one hand I think that CC should be held responsible for putting this stuff out there, but on the other, there is so much out there about CC that the guy who bought all that junk should have known better and it is his own fault. Especially for the low prices he was paying - that along should have alarmed him.

What the heck did he think, he was the luckiest guy in the world stumbling on such bargains time and time again?

Even though we know better there is a whole world of people out there that are not anywhere on our level of knowledge of this industry. I don't think victim blaming is ever a good idea. Coaches Corner is a menace and it's about time someone not in the hobby gave them some negative exposure.

[drcy]

Should a collector use common sense and educate himself? Of course. However, scammers intentionally prey on the uninformed and gullible (elderly, trusting, uneducated, less intelligent, mentally ill, desperate, etc), so a scammer should get full force for taking advantage of such a person.

Also, CC doesn't get to use the "We can't authenticate everything other people sell on our site" argument when they provide a COA with each item.

"Trythal said his company can't examine the thousands of pieces that others put up for auction each month and estimates 20 percent of the lower prices items, items under a couple hundred bucks, could be forgeries, and the ratio is likely higher for more expensive items ...
Trythal said, 'Authenticating pieces is a game we can't play.'"

These are their arguments to defend themselves? That they know that a large percentage of the items are fake and they don't even attempt to authenticate anything that has their COA? A catchphrase of a female friend of mine is "Oh my God, are you serious?" They're saying that they know they are giving COAs to fake items.

[itslarry]

It's like those pyramid schemes. 'Everyone's knows it's a scam but somehow they make millions/billions. The general public doesn't know/care.


Plus #fakenews