Has your hobby ever been a negative?

[g_vezina_c55]

Originally Posted by DerekMichael

I love this hobby and an awful lot, and it is my favorite, and it has brought me and my Dad closer together.

However, when I was about 17, I found a nice block of cards from the 50's on Ebay, or so I thought. The seller told me he could give me a slight price break if I paid via check. Being the complete moron kid that I was, I happily agreed.

I had been working since I was 16, so I had saved about $2k, maybe a little more actually, and I sent him close to every penny of that. I am sure you all know where I am going with this ... no cards, and because I did not pay directly through Ebay, no restitution. The seller (who was in Canada) disappeared, but actually began selling under a different Ebay name. I told Ebay about him and what happened, but it made no difference, and he continued to sell. I was a stupid teenager, and learned never to trust someone whom you do not know, or have not done business with in the past.

Other than this one massively shitty experience ... NO REGRETS!!!!

Derek

hey arround 2003 i had the same situation with a canadian ebayer... i bought from this guy a C55 george vezina card and i paid with money order out of ebay.. i never received any Vezina card... The user ID was Crazy cannuck and his Name Jason bobbit... i will reme,ber his name for the rest of my life... at that time the price i paid for the vezina was a lot of money for me 800$..

After a lot of inquiries and menace i called the RCMP ( FBI for canada ) and after that Jason bobbit agree to send a refund to me..

I know this guy steal a lot of money from several collector....

It is probably my only Bad experience with this hobby

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by g_vezina_c55

hey arround 2003 i had the same situation with a canadian ebayer... i bought from this guy a C55 george vezina card and i paid with money order out of ebay.. i never received any Vezina card... The user ID was Crazy cannuck and his Name Jason bobbit... i will reme,ber his name for the rest of my life... at that time the price i paid for the vezina was a lot of money for me 800$..

After a lot of inquiries and menace i called the RCMP ( FBI for canada ) and after that Jason bobbit agree to send a refund to me..

I know this guy steal a lot of money from several collector....

It is probably my only Bad experience with this hobby

Nelson, I remember that seller - he had an entire raw T206 set on ebay.

[g_vezina_c55]

Originally Posted by Runscott

Nelson, I remember that seller - he had an entire raw T206 set on ebay.

When i called the rcmp about this user, the rcmp had a lot of call about this guy

Jason bobbit crazy canuck Never deal with this guy !!!!!!!

[beachhead2]

Originally Posted by g_vezina_c55

Jason bobbit crazy canuck Never deal with this guy !!!!!!!

I found crazy_canuck. Is that him? I want to put him on my s--t list.

[g_vezina_c55]

Originally Posted by beachhead2

I found crazy_canuck. Is that him? I want to put him on my s--t list.

I cant certify to you...my experience was long ago in 2003

[Jewish-collector]

The hobby has been very positive for me, except that, since I'm a very low end buyer on a limited budget and not a "player" in the auctions, some collectors don't really bother talking with me much at shows and/or online.

[WillowGrove]

In terms of financially no - but in terms of enjoying the hobby yes.

I started collecting vintage cards in the mid 1970s as a kid going to antique shows, etc with my folks. By the time I graduated from college and grading came into the hobby I was kinda repulsed by it all. Locking my cards under plastic? How does one smell them? I didn't even get close enough to grading to really understand it - I just dropped out of the hobby.

Then in 2009 when I had to clear out my parent's place I took back all my cards. That's when I did research on 'protecting' them and found this forum.

My wife knew me before I got back into the hobby and now and she would vouch for me how much absolute enjoyment I get from finding/buying/occasional selling and especially meeting people on this site that I can now call friends.

Happy collecting everybody.

oh but don't out auctions.



peter

[DerekMichael]

Originally Posted by g_vezina_c55

hey arround 2003 i had the same situation with a canadian ebayer... i bought from this guy a C55 george vezina card and i paid with money order out of ebay.. i never received any Vezina card... The user ID was Crazy cannuck and his Name Jason bobbit... i will reme,ber his name for the rest of my life... at that time the price i paid for the vezina was a lot of money for me 800$..

After a lot of inquiries and menace i called the RCMP ( FBI for canada ) and after that Jason bobbit agree to send a refund to me..

I know this guy steal a lot of money from several collector....

It is probably my only Bad experience with this hobby

I am glad you got some justice. Funnily enough, I think this happened to me in 2003 as well. Live and learn.