[User Removed] Fraudulent PSA Registry activity -- Patrickdkearns

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by raulus

WSJ had an expose on Guarav Srivastava a few days ago, and all of his exploits conning people in high places by faking a lot of connections and ownership of assets. It was a fun read.

Of course, this could just be a garden variety goon with delusions of grandeur who wants to feel like a big man with his set registry grade. Little does he know that nobody cares.

A lot of people care and I still find it extremely hilarious.

[Eric72]

Maybe he's waiting for one of these cards to sell and then claim it was stolen from him. Not a brilliant scheme, to be sure. However, he may think it will work.

[ALBB]

all look good from here

[Leon]

Originally Posted by ALBB

all look good from here

Yeap, same thought here too!
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And a T206 not on the registry..

[ZiggerZagger]

Just to close the loop on this, the longtime PSA Registry Assistant Manager did reach out by phone about this weird situation. They planned to call the user and figure out what was going on.

I hadn't thought to check in on it for a while, but just noticed PSA has cleaned out his Registry inventory and cleared those Registry sets out as well. They also removed any history of his rankings.

I guess the lesson is that if you're going to play games with the Registry, at least be subtle about it -- claiming all 7 of the Lucky 7 Ty Cobb T206 backs at once probably isn't a good idea.

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes, I guess?


As Leon says, every thread needs a card -- here's a recent add that was a very long-time coming.

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[raulus]

Glad to hear PSA isn’t afraid to take down a goon engaging in clear and obvious registry shenanigans.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by raulus

Glad to hear PSA isn’t afraid to take down a goon engaging in clear and obvious registry shenanigans.

Imagine if he registered a Mays set.

[Zach Wheat]

Originally Posted by ZiggerZagger

.....I guess the lesson is that if you're going to play games with the Registry, at least be subtle about it -- claiming all 7 of the Lucky 7 Ty Cobb T206 backs at once probably isn't a good idea.

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes, I guess?

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King for a day

[jimq16415]

I had a couple small registry sets going and I would get non-stop offers from an ebay seller to buy the sets and he would pay by paypal f&f. His offers weren't great but if you didn't really have the cards that would be ok.

He might have been planning on something like that but with his goals too high.

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by Eric72

Maybe he's waiting for one of these cards to sell and then claim it was stolen from him. Not a brilliant scheme, to be sure. However, he may think it will work.

Sort of like the Graceland foreclosure scheme. They can possibly try to make life difficult for the real owners. Try to extort a payoff to drop their claim.

[Yoda]

I would think there would be beaucoup anger from those bumped out of the top slots by this idiot. And they should be demanding that PSA take action asap.

[Zach Wheat]

Originally Posted by Yoda

I would think there would be beaucoup anger from those bumped out of the top slots by this idiot. And they should be demanding that PSA take action asap.

Agree. You would think those that are Registry collector's would care enough to boot him.

[Ronnie73]

7 T206 Cobbs, 2 Planks, 1 Honus Wagner, and 2 Cy Youngs and he's still 7 Slots behind me. And I still have around 1300 more T206's to add. So much for his cheating