Geoff Wilson

[BigfootIsReal]

Originally Posted by Clemente_Collector

His channel is called sports card investor. What’s his track record? Does he ever say- how much he’s made people from his “investment advice?” He is bad for the hobby, because he talks out both sides of his mouth. He wanted to be an “investor” but he’s failed to give solid advice or make any money from investing in cards. So he pivoted to the market mover app and the card store- it’s the only way he can make a profit from the hobby.

So we feel, teaching kids that investing in cards is a smart idea and good for the hobby? If an adult goes into credit card debt, is that good for the hobby?

People can feel however they want about him, but attention doesn’t always mean someone is helping the hobby.

Spot on! You're pretty smart.....except for the Clemente part, should be collecting Jackie!

[maniac_73]

He offers terrible advice under the guise of 'investing.' Every single piece of advice he gives would have resulted in significant financial losses for anyone who followed it. At best, it's simply bad advice; at worst, it appears to be a pump-and-dump scam similar to what Gary V. is known for.

[G1911]

1, He runs a pretty blatant pump and dump scheme.

2, His investment advice, related to 1, is objectively horrible and he has made numerous terrible picks over and over again.

3, The covid funds government handout to buy cards.

4, Luddites hate that his audience is young and he uses modern technology and communications platforms because it is not 1985 anymore.

[JustinD]

Originally Posted by maniac_73

He offers terrible advice under the guise of 'investing.' Every single piece of advice he gives would have resulted in significant financial losses for anyone who followed it. At best, it's simply bad advice; at worst, it appears to be a pump-and-dump scam similar to what Gary V. is known for.

This all day.

Completely scammed collectors with a sham NFT scheme called “hits”. Consistently knows absolutely nothing about what he is talking about and just pushes horrible investment advice for rookie prospecting. Took over 2 million in ppp loans while spending a ton on cards…they were forgiven and thus paid by us all. Took full advantage of the loan forgiveness by paying back nothing.

Never listening to someone who just picks his “investments” off what seems like the same chance as a tarot reading. The guy lost a fortune on Desmond Ridder and Mack Jones…he knows zero about his subject but parades as an “expert”.

He’s just touting whatever bad investment he’s made as the next IBM stock to sell his bad choices.

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

Thankfully, a lot of the Luddites recall the late 1980s RC craze and wouldn't relive that for any amount of money.

[Snapolit1]

Jeez never heard of him. Not once.

Some of my efforts to distance myself from stupid shit on the Internet might possibly be working.

[bmattioli]

He's just another D-Bag investor/Flipper..

[ullmandds]

as pete s said...not a fan of the bro/tik tok/youtube/investing nonsense. Wilson is cheesy...the whole "helllllllllllllllo sportscard investors" is cheesy. His silly nicknames for his cohorts are cheesy. def a money grab with his "app." i've watched some videos...was always disappointed.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

as pete s said...not a fan of the bro/tik tok/youtube/investing nonsense. Wilson is cheesy...the whole "helllllllllllllllo sportscard investors" is cheesy. His silly nicknames for his cohorts are cheesy. def a money grab with his "app." i've watched some videos...was always disappointed.

People send me youtube videos all the time. The minute I see some dude with a tshirt, facial hair and backwards ball cap -- usually very quickly -- that's it.

[yanks87]

Originally Posted by maniac_73

He offers terrible advice under the guise of 'investing.' Every single piece of advice he gives would have resulted in significant financial losses for anyone who followed it. At best, it's simply bad advice; at worst, it appears to be a pump-and-dump scam similar to what Gary V. is known for.

I was going to lump him in with Gary V, glad someone else did. That guy is a whole other discussion, I don't even understand why he has a booth at the National. His brand is the litmus for the industry, conjuring up nonsense cards and building rarity into them, trying to establish a value for them. It is laughable, and yet brilliant as people are invested in it. Sports cards, non-sport cards, and even Pokemon (I hate myself for saying that), at least have a connection to something tangible, his Vee Friends have nothing but lame illustrations an understanding of the current market.

I can appreciate his positive messages that he pushes on the business side, but like everything else, the almighty dollar is pushing the biz, to quote Tommy Callahan, "Hey, if you want me to take a dump in a box and mark it guaranteed, I will. I got spare time." Sub out TRENDY with guaranteed and you have the Gary V business model.

[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by BigfootIsReal

Spot on! You're pretty smart.....except for the Clemente part, should be collecting Jackie!

Cobb > Jackie

[BigfootIsReal]

Originally Posted by Casey2296

Cobb > Jackie

You need to lay off the Hippie Lettuce

[samosa4u]

I met Geoff at the Toronto Expo and he was a nice guy. He made a very strong offer on my Jackie, but like the greedy SOB I am, I wanted a bit more and he didn't do it. Oh, and by the way, I ended up selling that Jackie six months later for LESS!

I like what he does on social media. He has definitely brought many people into the hobby, including the kids. This is great because if we want our cards (investments) to stay strong over the years, then we must make the newer generations interested in them.

And regarding his poor investment choices, can any of you name me some great card investors? Who bought all the right cards from 2010 to 2018 and dumped them all during the pandemic, and went laughing all the way to the bank? The biggest problem with Geoff is that he came into the hobby at the worst possible time and it just didn't matter what he bought because everything was gonna' come down hard. That includes Mantle, Jackie, Mays, Brady, Jordan, LeBron, etc.

And what's the real story supposed to be regarding the PPP loans? That he took 2M from the US government and spent it all on cards? lol It was all over the Internet and don't tell me that the IRS didn't see it. If that's what really happened, then they would've gone after him hard and today he would be making videos in prison lol And let's not forget that many big card guys took out PPP loans during the pandemic as well, but nobody cared.

[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by samosa4u

I met Geoff at the Toronto Expo and he was a nice guy. He made a very strong offer on my Jackie, but like the greedy SOB I am, I wanted a bit more and he didn't do it. Oh, and by the way, I ended up selling that Jackie six months later for LESS!

I like what he does on social media. He has definitely brought many people into the hobby, including the kids. This is great because if we want our cards (investments) to stay strong over the years, then we must make the newer generations interested in them.

And regarding his poor investment choices, can any of you name me some great card investors? Who bought all the right cards from 2010 to 2018 and dumped them all during the pandemic, and went laughing all the way to the bank? The biggest problem with Geoff is that he came into the hobby at the worst possible time and it just didn't matter what he bought because everything was gonna' come down hard. That includes Mantle, Jackie, Mays, Brady, Jordan, LeBron, etc.
Just because a bunch of shitheads took out PPP loans and bought cards,

And what's the real story supposed to be regarding the PPP loans? That he took 2M from the US government and spent it all on cards? lol It was all over the Internet and don't tell me that the IRS didn't see it. If that's what really happened, then they would've gone after him hard and today he would be making videos in prison lol And let's not forget that many big card guys took out PPP loans during the pandemic as well, but nobody cared.

Just because a bunch of shitheads took advantage of PPP loans and bought cards, which was never the intent, and didn't get caught doesn't excuse their behavior. At some point moral integrity should come into play, which is sorely lacking in today's society.
And stealing 2mil from the "government" is actually stealing 2mil from the US taxpayer.

[Peter_Spaeth]

FWIW, given that SCR obviously dislikes him.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hHmxRVR2cE

[rjackson44]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

FWIW, given that SCR obviously dislikes him.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hHmxRVR2cE

Hi peter hope your well every time i go my friends house she shows me the johnny depp card i gave her via you . Anyway every scr video destroys him its pretty funny.

[conor912]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

FWIW, given that SCR obviously dislikes him.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hHmxRVR2cE

SCR dislikes anything positive or upbeat.