Memory Lane sold cards they didn't have per SCD

[Carter08]

Originally Posted by Kco

HOW you chose to finance your purchase is on you, not the AH. At the end of the day thats your prerogative. I'm not supporting ML here, what they did has tarnished them at this point, but whatever you personally are doing to get your cashflow ready is your business.

I think he could reasonably expect that he had won a card though. Since it was being auctioned. He was lied to by someone.

[Kco]

Originally Posted by Carter08

I think he could reasonably expect that he had won a card though. Since it was being auctioned. He was lied to by someone.

You've materially lost nothing you weren't 100% compensated for. You sold something (collectible, stock, index fund etc) at a price you were willing to accept. That money is still fully yours. Sure it's disappointing, but people sell things to finance other things every day. Sometime's it works out, sometimes stuff beyond their control happens that make the expected purchase no longer possible.

[steve B]

Stuff can go missing for a long time and eventually turn up.

https://www.linns.com/news/us-stamps...use-cover.html

I have a couple items that were essentially unseen/unrecognized for decades.
Not from being stolen, but just vanishing into collections. then maybe on to other collectors or dealers who didn't know their importance. (Not in the league of the above cover though. )