A serendipitous turn of events

[tbob]

Originally Posted by Deertick

Something smells rotten in Seattle.

Please out the card shop dealer so I never do business with him on ebay or otherwise. This whole things smells bad. I echo what others have said- the owner should have carefully removed the plastic card holders for fingerprint examination by police, he should have paid by check, etc. I am just amazed the guy had a security camera working, or did he? I also would assume the police were not too happy that they weren't called immediately. One last red flag is that this particular card dealer was broken in to during the last year. Hmmm, can you say "insurance claim?" Maybe because I do a lot of criminal defense work I may be a tad cynical, but this has strangeness written all over it.
tbob

[zljones]

Originally Posted by tbob

Please out the card shop dealer so I never do business with him on ebay or otherwise. This whole things smells bad. I echo what others have said- the owner should have carefully removed the plastic card holders for fingerprint examination by police, he should have paid by check, etc. I am just amazed the guy had a security camera working, or did he? I also would assume the police were not too happy that they weren't called immediately. One last red flag is that this particular card dealer was broken in to during the last year. Hmmm, can you say "insurance claim?" Maybe because I do a lot of criminal defense work I may be a tad cynical, but this has strangeness written all over it.
tbob

+1

[travrosty]

the card shop owner should have looked at the whole box of cards then kept the cards, and told the guy to call the police if he didn't like it.

[Ejm1]

Maybe the shop owner never paid for the cards and the thief is a buddy of his and this was a bascially a kidnapping for cash type of thing? Who knows. Was O.J. Simpson involved?

[smtjoy]

Glad your friend got his cards back and I would recommend him buying a safe asap, someone already knows what he has and has stolen it once, or consider a bank safety deposit box. Leaving valuable cards around the house in a box is asking for trouble, even if insured.