OT: 3.5 Million Dollar Scam - Pokemon Cards Certified by BBCE

[Lorewalker]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

its gonna be a while sadly...apparently hes the future of ufc.

Jake is actually a decent fighter. Speaking of Jake and Paul, this was just posted on Yahoo...
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/m...164818939.html

[LOUCARDFAN]

Out of all the takes in the history of NET54, the statement below is the one that I the have the most issue with.

Jake Paul has fought NO ONE. His last "fight" was totally staged and set up. Same thing with his brother's "exhibition" with Floyd Mayweather. These matches were nothing but money grabs for them because they both new that certain audiences would pay $80 PPV to watch those staged productions. I would say that most people that think Jake Paul's bouts are legitimate are the same people that think professional wrestling is real.

Originally Posted by Lorewalker

Jake is actually a decent fighter. Speaking of Jake and Paul, this was just posted on Yahoo...
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/m...164818939.html

[Peter_Spaeth]

Thanks to a Blowout member, here's a comprehensive article on this mess.

I'll post in both threads since we can't seem to unify them.

https://www.cardlines.com/logan-paul...hensive-guide/

[Frank A]

I can't help it, but I find something fishy about this whole deal. A group of guys pay over 3 million dollars for an unopened box and can't wait to open it. BS. There is no card in the set worth anything near that. Then one of them does the jumping around overacting deal. All to staged looking for me. Something fishy went on with that case. I don't believe it a bit.

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by Frank A

I can't help it, but I find something fishy about this whole deal. A group of guys pay over 3 million dollars for an unopened box and can't wait to open it. BS. There is no card in the set worth anything near that. Then one of them does the jumping around overacting deal. All to staged looking for me. Something fishy went on with that case. I don't believe it a bit.

Leaving aside every other component of this situation, I will say this:

For TCGs, and unopened product generally, there is a divergence between the value of sealed packs/boxes/cases and the expected value of the cards inside. The gap widens as the product ages.

[hcv123]

Originally Posted by Frank A

I can't help it, but I find something fishy about this whole deal. A group of guys pay over 3 million dollars for an unopened box and can't wait to open it. BS. There is no card in the set worth anything near that. Then one of them does the jumping around overacting deal. All to staged looking for me. Something fishy went on with that case. I don't believe it a bit.

Did they make a video about this that would draw viewers? Absolutely. That said no way in hell it's "staged"

Steve Hart and BBCE have just taken a HUGE reputation hit - no way he agrees for that to happen for a stunt. Secondly - Steve has now publicly stated he is no longer authenticating Pokemon product. Why did it get opened? I suspect Logan Paul started looking at some of what was posted about this case which he may have been unaware of before he bought it. There is another "unopened" case that has one side of the top flap cut open to show the real boxes inside. I do presume Logan already had a commitment from his friend who he bought it from to refund if they were no good. I also suspect he would have kept the case intact with a single flap opened like the other if the boxes looked legit.

You can see the bus coming at you - "not believe" it's a bus and it's still going to run you over!

[Peter_Spaeth]

I wonder if Steve was made aware of the barcode and label issues between the time he authenticated the case and the video fiasco.

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I wonder if Steve was made aware of the barcode and label issues between the time he authenticated the case and the video fiasco.

Hard to believe he'd voluntarily take part in that video had he discovered the case was likely a fabrication.