Scammers all Over This Site Be Careful

[NewbieCollector]

No offense to each of you that think this is funny, but you all need to stop. There is nothing wrong with asking to coin a card regardless of price. This is standard practice especially online and with those that don’t have credibility or experience. With how prevalent scamming is online and the huge influx of newer folks into the hobby there is nothing wrong with being skeptical up front when there are so many scammers, fakes, and frauds out there. Ideally, this site would continue to grow including ways to protect its users from the frauds out there versus opening the doors to them and having users laugh at people that ask to coin a card or question someone that doesn’t have creditability.

[visualplane]

Originally Posted by NewbieCollector

No offense to each of you that think this is funny, but you all need to stop. There is nothing wrong with asking to coin a card regardless of price. This is standard practice especially online and with those that don’t have credibility or experience. With how prevalent scamming is online and the huge influx of newer folks into the hobby there is nothing wrong with being skeptical up front when there are so many scammers, fakes, and frauds out there. Ideally, this site would continue to grow including ways to protect its users from the frauds out there versus opening the doors to them and having users laugh at people that ask to coin a card or question someone that doesn’t have creditability.

Coining is the dumbest thing ever. I've seen scammers photoshop their names on other people's coined pics.

If i'm making a large purchase I check other references like ebay, their social media, linkedin and we message each other from there to confirm their identity. There's also a simple phone call or video call. Check references, etc.

[NewbieCollector]

Totally agree with you, definitely not saying to only trust coining... There are many avenues to use judgment in addition to coining in order to validate someone without strong experience/reputation on a particular site when buying.

Originally Posted by visualplane

Coining is the dumbest thing ever. I've seen scammers photoshop their names on other people's coined pics.

If i'm making a large purchase I check other references like ebay, their social media, linkedin and we message each other from there to confirm their identity. There's also a simple phone call or video call. Check references, etc.

[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by NewbieCollector

No offense to each of you that think this is funny, but you all need to stop. There is nothing wrong with asking to coin a card regardless of price. This is standard practice especially online and with those that don’t have credibility or experience. With how prevalent scamming is online and the huge influx of newer folks into the hobby there is nothing wrong with being skeptical up front when there are so many scammers, fakes, and frauds out there. Ideally, this site would continue to grow including ways to protect its users from the frauds out there versus opening the doors to them and having users laugh at people that ask to coin a card or question someone that doesn’t have creditability.

Nobody's laughing at you, it's just old school here where members take care of each other without having to vet by coining, if you have a question about another member or potential transaction just pm Leon and ask his advice, he's on top of everything here and doesn't miss anything. You might have to practice self vetting everywhere else but not here, there's plenty of old school members waiting to help. Just breathe, introduce yourself on the main sub and tell us what you are passionate about in the collecting world, the rest will work out. Trust and integrity are a big thing here, that makes it a special place, it's an alien concept to most folks but jump in the pool you won't regret it.

[Carter08]

Originally Posted by Casey2296

Nobody's laughing at you, it's just old school here where members take care of each other without having to vet by coining, if you have a question about another member or potential transaction just pm Leon and ask his advice, he's on top of everything here and doesn't miss anything. You might have to practice self vetting everywhere else but not here, there's plenty of old school members waiting to help. Just breathe, introduce yourself on the main sub and tell us what you are passionate about in the collecting world, the rest will work out. Trust and integrity are a big thing here, that makes it a special place, it's an alien concept to most folks but jump in the pool you won't regret it.

Seconded

[Seven]

I'm relatively newer here, never had a problem. Most of the people on this board are trustworthy, good, honest people. Research is key, but when in doubt, talk to Leon.

That being said, while the hobby is certainly booming, which is always nice that we have renewed interest in cardboard, that comes with the downside of scammers appearing.

[Brian Van Horn]

There are scammers all over the hobby. Fortunately, it is not a majority, but an annoying minority.

[Ed_Hutchinson]

I would trust members here over a coined card from some guy with a made up name on facebook any day.

Ive been scammed (or caught scams before falling for them) on facebook a number of times.

Here- heck, guys here send free cards with tracking just because you need them. Its a community of collectors here, Facebook, while it has its place, is the wild west of collecting

So settle in and enjoy it here- youll learn a ton about the hobby, meet good people, and likely find some great cards!

Ed

[rjackson44]

Originally Posted by Ed_Hutchinson

I would trust members here over a coined card from some guy with a made up name on facebook any day.

Ive been scammed (or caught scams before falling for them) on facebook a number of times.

Here- heck, guys here send free cards with tracking just because you need them. Its a community of collectors here, Facebook, while it has its place, is the wild west of collecting

So settle in and enjoy it here- youll learn a ton about the hobby, meet good people, and likely find some great cards!

Ed

thank you ed or use your brain lol