Update: What would you do...

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by T_Hamilton

And if he does the hope is he takes the loss when it goes for less... and he has to live with the choices he has made.

I won't resell it knowing what we all know... and even if I did, do you truly think I would get the price I paid for it based on allegations, facts and evidence of his scam?

I know you won't do it. As for price, I doubt the scam affects much at this point. Very few guys would even research the card to tie it back to PWCC. We have seen in this forum at least one person annoyed that Brent took down a card from the current auction because he wanted to bid on it. More likely you wouldn't get the same price because PWCC gets higher prices than the rest of us.

[T_Hamilton]

As someone who has been pretty pissed off with this whole situation, I also wanted to keep the group informed...

I submitted a request to ebay and PayPal about an hour ago. PWCC responded right away with this message via ebay:

"Thank you for your participation in our auction and we understand your concerns and we are committed to address any and all issues like this. Please rest assured that for the vast majority of professionally graded items the cards are properly graded and their authenticity is not in question. If you have evidence that a card was altered, we will happily send it in to the grading company for their review and if there is a problem with the item you are entitled to a full refund through our Marketplace Guarantee. If you reach out to our customer service team at their email cs@pwccmarketplace.com we can begin the process for you. Thank you for your understanding."

Then within 30 minutes of receiving that message, I got this message (which would have saved us all a lot of time and pounding on our keyboards):

"Good news! Your return request is approved. The seller will provide you with a return shipping label to send the item back."

I hope we can get this hobby back to a place where it is fun... where we all have the feeling of ripping open packs as kids... and can move away from those trying to take advantage of the hobby and ruin beautiful artifacts of the past.

[Leon]

One small step...

Originally Posted by T_Hamilton

As someone who has been pretty pissed off with this whole situation, I also wanted to keep the group informed...

I submitted a request to ebay and PayPal about an hour ago. PWCC responded right away with this message via ebay:

"Thank you for your participation in our auction and we understand your concerns and we are committed to address any and all issues like this. Please rest assured that for the vast majority of professionally graded items the cards are properly graded and their authenticity is not in question. If you have evidence that a card was altered, we will happily send it in to the grading company for their review and if there is a problem with the item you are entitled to a full refund through our Marketplace Guarantee. If you reach out to our customer service team at their email cs@pwccmarketplace.com we can begin the process for you. Thank you for your understanding."

Then within 30 minutes of receiving that message, I got this message (which would have saved us all a lot of time and pounding on our keyboards):

"Good news! Your return request is approved. The seller will provide you with a return shipping label to send the item back."

I hope we can get this hobby back to a place where it is fun... where we all have the feeling of ripping open packs as kids... and can move away from those trying to take advantage of the hobby and ruin beautiful artifacts of the past.

[drcy]

As they take only a percentage of the sales price, if lots people returned their cards for refund PWCC could quickly be in financial trouble

[Rhotchkiss]

Great result Taylor. My T227, which I bought privately, is being sent into PSA (with one other card) for review under their guaranty program. I’ll tell you all how it shakes out.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Rhotchkiss

Great result Taylor. My T227, which I bought privately, is being sent into PSA (with one other card) for review under their guaranty program. I’ll tell you all how it shakes out.

Did you include the prior picture?

[Rhotchkiss]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Did you include the prior picture?

I did actually - SGC and PSA side by side in same blowout thread. I am not actually sending it in - I have never submitted anything to psa (have crossed a few things to SGC at shows); I have given it to a friend who sends lots of cards into psa regularly. But the card is going to psa and I have included a pic of it in the SGC flip.

I will update you in what, 90 days?