Outed cards, now including a 130K gain on an Aaron rookie

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by WhenItWasAHobby

Unbelievable!

Except that it's exactly what you would expect and could have predicted, no?

[WhenItWasAHobby]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Except that it's exactly what you would expect and could have predicted, no?

I was thinking in terms of a response from a CEO of a publicly traded company dismissing an issue as immaterial when in my opinion it is clearly germane to their business where the potential liability to their company is significant.

On the other hand you bring up a great point: this is just another example of lame rhetoric by Orlando used to smooth over, deflect and dismiss just another PSA scandal and naturally his response doesn't surprise me in the least. He gave me the scorched earth treatment when I publicly exposed examples of doctored PSA cards ten years ago, by banning me, deleting registry sets, etc and never publicly addressed the issue. I wasn't alone; there were other disgruntled collectors who endured the same fate. One has to wonder what kind of retribution he imposed on the stock analysts who brought up the questions regarding trimmed cards in the recent quarterly results meeting?

I'm reminded when Ken Lay the CEO of Enron assured employees and stockholders all is well with Enron and promoted a bright future and cajoled the said parties to buy even more Enron stock when in fact the company was quietly floundering into a state of disaster. Lay was later convicted of multiple crimes including making false statements. Whether that applies to this situation, I'll leave that to the legal experts.

[samosa4u]

Originally Posted by WhenItWasAHobby

He gave me the scorched earth treatment when I publicly exposed examples of doctored PSA cards ten years ago, by banning me, deleting registry sets, etc and never publicly addressed the issue. I wasn't alone; there were other disgruntled collectors who endured the same fate.

I think I remember you from almost twenty years ago on the CU Forums. Was your avatar a panther? Do you remember the image wars? We used to find pictures of ugly people and then we would Photoshop them collecting cards, and post them on the forum with funny headers (I saw xxx last night looking at his cards on the toilet - now we know why his cards keep getting the ST qualifier). I was only a teenager back then and I'm pretty sure I annoyed the hell outta' everybody.

I remember when PSA graded the first O-Pee-Chee Wayne Gretzky RC a 10 GEM MINT. Being Canadian, I have seen a trillion of these cards before and I just felt that it wasn't a perfect-looking card. I remember pointing out an error, or two, and then I got the boot.

[WhenItWasAHobby]

Yes, I did have a panther avatar in the early days. I didn't have Photoshop software, so the customized cards phenomenon doesn't stand out for me. It was a great time in the early days - buying raw cards at shows and selected shops and getting them graded and seeing their value jump significantly if they got a high grade. Then by 2003 or so, the nice cards dried up and things started to surface that PSA wasn't all that it was cracked up to be.

[Johnny630]

Great Job BODA

This whitey ford 61 AS is a disgrace.....

https://www.blowoutforums.com/showth...315750&page=75

PSA’s OPINION IS WORTHLESS

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Johnny630

Great Job BODA

This whitey ford 61 AS is a disgrace.....

https://www.blowoutforums.com/showth...315750&page=75

PSA’s OPINION IS WORTHLESS

It appears to be in one of Nat Turner's sets. Nat as some know has a very substantial collection, it would be interesting to know his reaction assuming he finds out.

https://www.psacard.com/articles/art...ard-collection

[Johnny630]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

It appears to be in one of Nat Turner's sets. Nat as some know has a very substantial collection, it would be interesting to know his reaction assuming he finds out.

Hope the gentleman finds out..........