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 Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Beware of unopened 1952 Topps Christmas Rack Pack scam
Posted by Steve

ff98_1.JPG.jpgBe on the lookout for an eBay scammer selling 1952 Topps Christmas Rack Packs. The seller's username is i-sold-it.wa and he recently got $666.99 for the rack pack, with 18 bids. He's got all of typical "i'm running a scam" type things like user id's kept private, but the real proof that this is not legit is his buying history. He's recently purchased 15 1952 Topps singles in mid-grade, raw conditions with prices ranging from $5.50 to $31. He also teases in the title and description that there could be a Mickey Mantle or Willie Mays in there. My guess is he's buying these singles and re-sealing the rack pack to scam people. I looked to see if it was being talked about on any of the forums I frequent and sure enough: PSA message board thread.

And now he's got 25 more auctions running that end in four days so plenty more people will get ripped off before he's done?

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While looking at that thread on the forums, I also found this thread about another scam running. This one deals with 1979-80 Topps Hockey wax packs. The scammer has purchased a roll of 60 wrappers from bbcexchange and plenty more wrappers on eBay and is now selling them as unopened packs. The thread raises a great question: When are people just going to give up buying unopened material that aren't graded?



10/24/2007 3:42:15 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)  #  Comments [4]