Strip Card Find

sonnyu2 · #1 12-16-2023, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards

It just struck me as odd. Their website's "About page" talks about "brothers Ty and Brandon" and their press releases (which some papers just ran without doing any work) cite "Brandon" but no last names are given. Really a weird way to do business if you are proud of your reputation.

I know nothing about the company (or at least I THINK I know nothing lol, maybe the last name would ring a bell) and maybe it's just me, but it feels weird. What do their business cards say?

Anyway you can chalk my reaction up to jealousy if you think I'm over-reacting.

It is very odd. Maybe they're 100% legit, but I can not think of any "good" reasons for a business owner not to want to share their last name on their company website. Especially if you are handling / selling other people's items for them.

I googled their phone # to see if I could find any other info on them - no physical address or business info comes up. BUT, the phone number is also used on Sports Cards Roadshow and Sacramento Auction House websites (these appear to be websites made to just get leads on sports card collections). Both of these websites have zero info about their owners / operators as well.

powerty1 · #2 12-18-2023, 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by sonnyu2

It is very odd. Maybe they're 100% legit, but I can not think of any "good" reasons for a business owner not to want to share their last name on their company website. Especially if you are handling / selling other people's items for them.

I googled their phone # to see if I could find any other info on them - no physical address or business info comes up. BUT, the phone number is also used on Sports Cards Roadshow and Sacramento Auction House websites (these appear to be websites made to just get leads on sports card collections). Both of these websites have zero info about their owners / operators as well.

Hi Sonny,

This is Brandon with Auction Monthly. We operate a fast growing family business. Please DM your phone number to me and I would be happy to call you and we can discuss in detail more about our company and who we are.

I look forward to talking to you. Thanks, Brandon.

1880nonsports · #3 12-19-2023, 09:52 PM

wouldn't it make MORE SENSE to discuss it HERE? Important enough for you to register and post - not important enough to provide details about your fast growing business in a forum hungry for baseball cards?

Peter_Spaeth · #4 12-19-2023, 11:09 PM

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Originally Posted by 1880nonsports

wouldn't it make MORE SENSE to discuss it HERE? Important enough for you to register and post - not important enough to provide details about your fast growing business in a forum hungry for baseball cards?

Touche. Very professional and confidence inspiring. I always trust people who don't give their names.

brianp-beme · #5 12-20-2023, 01:24 AM

A few snippets from the article linked in the other thread that was just posted about this same find:

John, whose full name is being withheld by Auction Monthly, pulled the tin container out and took it back to his home in Sacramento.

�I couldn�t believe what was inside when I first opened the lid,� said an official from Auction Monthly.

An official for Auction Monthly, a company founded by a father-son duo, said they knew what much of the collection held

I like my privacy like any other red-blooded private American citizen full of red colored blood, but geez, it seems that the owners of this company didn't even allow their first names to be identified in the article. They certainly are withholding more than the card owner's name, and all it does is make you wonder why all the secrecy.

brianp(arker)-beme

Aquarian Sports Cards · #6 12-20-2023, 08:15 AM

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Originally Posted by brianp-beme

A few snippets from the article linked in the other thread that was just posted about this same find:

John, whose full name is being withheld by Auction Monthly, pulled the tin container out and took it back to his home in Sacramento.

�I couldn�t believe what was inside when I first opened the lid,� said an official from Auction Monthly.

An official for Auction Monthly, a company founded by a father-son duo, said they knew what much of the collection held

I like my privacy like any other red-blooded private American citizen full of red colored blood, but geez, it seems that the owners of this company didn't even allow their first names to be identified in the article. They certainly are withholding more than the card owner's name, and all it does is make you wonder why all the secrecy.

brianp(arker)-beme

If you like your privacy, a business in which you do press releases might not be for you.

The article that says "a representative " is the same press release just handled better by that particular publication instead of using just "Brandon" which makes no sense.

EddieP · #7 12-20-2023, 08:35 AM

I agree with the majority. The transparency of this company is lacking. What is also puzzling is why did Brandon reached out to Sonny only not to the others that posted here.

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