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[RedsFan1941]

the fact that many people's main takeaway from this episode is the garage sale transaction is Exhibit A on how mastro was able to dupe so many people. talk about not being able to keep your eye on the ball.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by RedsFan1941

the fact that many people's main takeaway from this episode is the garage sale transaction is Exhibit A on how mastro was able to dupe so many people. talk about not being able to keep your eye on the ball.

I think it is more we all agree Mastro is a scum bag but we differ on the garage sale.

[calvindog]

Originally Posted by bnorth

I think it is more we all agree Mastro is a scum bag but we differ on the garage sale.

Uh no, not everyone on this board or even on this thread thinks Mastro is a scumbag. Some even wrote letters in support of Mastro at sentencing.

[rjackson44]

What ever happened to mastro ,what is he doing now ,,the show never mentioned it ,,

[Beastmode]

Originally Posted by calvindog

Uh no, not everyone on this board or even on this thread thinks Mastro is a scumbag. Some even wrote letters in support of Mastro at sentencing.

Interesting. Maybe those letters should be posted here?

[irv]

Originally Posted by calvindog

Uh no, not everyone on this board or even on this thread thinks Mastro is a scumbag. Some even wrote letters in support of Mastro at sentencing.

Unbelievable!

[Kenny Cole]

Originally Posted by irv

Unbelievable!

I wish more had written asking the judge to keep him in the pen much longer. I did. Unfortunately, as Jeff said, some others went the other way which I confess I still cannot process very well.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by Kenny Cole

I wish more had written asking the judge to keep him in the pen much longer. I did. Unfortunately, as Jeff said, some others went the other way which I confess I still cannot process very well.

It is easier to process when you know Mastro sent out "gift baskets" to his friends. I only remember one person on here admitting to getting one.

[irv]

Originally Posted by Kenny Cole

I wish more had written asking the judge to keep him in the pen much longer. I did. Unfortunately, as Jeff said, some others went the other way which I confess I still cannot process very well.

It boggles my mind as well, and I wasn't even in the hobby at that time.

You know, this takes a little bit of the joy away from the hobby for me. I know people like Mastro exist, unfortunately, but to think people would still support him after they found out what he did and the countless people he ripped off, just boggles my mind!

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by RedsFan1941

the fact that many people's main takeaway from this episode is the garage sale transaction is Exhibit A on how mastro was able to dupe so many people. talk about not being able to keep your eye on the ball.

Now that all this happened a while ago another thing no one seems to have brought up. Several people stopped dealing cards, quit auctions houses and sold their collections that got outed during this fiasco. I bet most of them are sad now. Compare them to Ken Goldin who basically give the big FU to every body because he knew the majority of collectors would buy from the devil himself if they though they could get a good deal. Amazing how we all see the same thing yet interpret so differently.

[drcy]

An expert can get into trouble if he lies to get a steal from someone. One of the Antiques Roadshow experts-- I believe in Civil War items-- got into legal trouble because he lied to the owner about what he had to get it at a bargain price. If you represent yourself as an expert and an appraiser, then lie about what the person has and the value, that may be the difference.

Of course, dealers know that the case usually is that the unexperienced usually overestimate rather than underestimate the value of what they have.