Reprints? Please Advise

[novakjr]

Quoted from rarerookies in one of the forums Rob posted. I have to agree about the irony.

"I don't know what can I say. There is a demand for them and I like em and don't have the money for the real things."

I think rarerookies will find out the hard way that the demand for this crap is scammers looking to flip them as originals on ebay. That's why they seem to sell for $10-20 at times, rather than .99 cents. If they all sold for .99, I'm pretty sure it wouldn't be worth anyone's while to make them, thus the moral quandry that rarerookies should be finding himself in. I for one will join in on the laughter when he accidentally buys back one of his "artificially aged" cards, thinking he got a deal on an authentic one.

Nothing against rarerookies. I fully understand his sentiment. But there are a lot of f*cko's are out there waiting to turn some innocent sentiment into a scam. He's either blindly innocent, or doesn't care. And considering he's been told a few times about the ramifications of what he's doing, I'd go with doesn't care. I'd view that as just straight negligent and disrespectful to the hobby as a whole.

Just a side note. I'm pretty sure I bought one of rarerookies' aged '54 Aaron's and a '52 Matthews for sh!ts and giggles of the bay a while back for about a buck each. And while I agree that they are interesting pieces, the sizes are wrong.. Which in my opinion is a good thing, as it makes it easier to spot the fakes when you have them in hand... Before anyone jumps down my back about buying 'em. I know, I feel guilty about it.