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Three common reasons why people buy fakes
Posted By: Hankron
During the Eagle situation, I decided I would write a brief essay for my site for begginers considering buying something expensive. While there are tons of reasons and details, I boiled it down to three common reasons why people make big buying mistakes. This applies to buying ANY form of art or collectable, from buying a $1,000 PRO 'Mint' Michael Jordan Rookie to a Salvador Dali that any good dealer or experience collector would tell you is a fake, a fake James Dean autograph with anonymous COA to a 'Ming vase' made in Berlin five years ago. |
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Three common reasons why people buy fakes
Posted By: TBob
4. Greed. The chance to get a tremendous bargain on a card because you believe the seller doesn't really know what he has. |
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Three common reasons why people buy fakes
Posted By: Hankron
Bob, your three points are all valid (greed is the one that usually comes to mind, and also impulse buying), but I believe that they will fall within my three, or be rendered harmless by following the three. For example, impulse buying of a way overpriced item is almost by definition buying before doing one's homework(#2). Greedy buying of a AAA card because it's so cheap, is an example of #1 and #2. Buying that Babe Ruth autograph because it's only 15 percent of the price of all those PSA/DNA Ruths is, to me at least, an example of not using common sense ('Why is this Ruth so much cheaper than all the others?'). |
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Three common reasons why people buy fakes
Posted By: Hankron
I should point out that greed itself doesn't have to prevent someone from making sound, methodical judgement. John Rockefeller was both greedy and took the time to make sound, careful choices. This helps explain why he was richer than everyone else. |
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Three common reasons why people buy fakes
Posted By: murcerfan
..and it is called STUPIDITY |
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