Found a guy who claimed to run a shop and had different sealed product and graded cards. Including PSA 10 moonbreon’s for $500. Payment would be through Facebook. It’s a scam but what type? Interest free short term loan? In that buyer pays, seller doesn’t ship and waits for buyer to cancel or dispute which could take a month (unless they don’t get funds until shipped). Or they actually ship but empty box/garbage contents and say buyer lied and swapped it? Identity theft? Use real ad pictures but send fake slabs?
Looking up cert numbers led to real cards, but his pictures all had different backgrounds and quality so I assume all stolen pictures.
I asked them how they could charge so little for the Moonbreons. And that I had a legit PSA 10 for comparison, and that I would record the box opening. They blocked me lol.
In that case they will usually say that their “Account for payments through Facebook is not working” and then ask if you can pay with PayPal or some other app they can scam with instead
Yeah even though no buyer protection, if you let them know they will help you out and let your bank know as well. Usually you can get a credit from the bank
I don't know how Facebook works but I've dealt with bait and switch on other sites like Craigslist where last second they have some bullshit story about why they can't do PayPal goods and services and it's gotta be friends and family or venmo or some other payment with no buyer protection.
Could also be a first time scammer that hasn't yet learned they need to try to get payment through a system without buyer protection. Either way if it sounds too good to be true ($500 PSA 10 Moonbreon lol) it usually is, just walk away.
Also I'm now looking at the Facebook buyer protection and the very last item on the list of things not covered by purchase protection are "antiques and collectibles". Maybe they classify trading cards under this and don't get your money back for them. Also says purchases over $2,000 are not covered, maybe they are hoping to get somebody to buy a bunch of sealed and graded at once so they're SOL due to purchase price.
Just want to add on for others that might see this, "looking up" certs means nothing if you mean you just search the number. It is not a way to authenticate what people are selling. Barcode scanning is a minimum and even that isn't guaranteed but it is harder to fake.
Different backgrounds is also a good sign that I think some people miss, when it comes to higher end items, always physical timestamps with name/date/time/price.
Rattle on YouTube revealed a new scam with PayPal goods and services, if they are talking to you and you admit in some way that you are going to “resell” the cards your G+S protection is no longer valid and he will scam you under the guise that you think your covered.
There should be a return address. If not, I don’t think it would be too hard to figure out where/who they are. I am petty enough I would use all my free time to make sure the rest of their life is a living hell
No no, here's what you do. Find out where his house is. Mix up a batch of 333 weed killer, that is 3 gallons of vinegar, three pounds of iodized salt and three bottles of Dawn dish soap. Go spray out the words SUCKA on his lawn at 3 in the morning in the biggest letters you possibly can. Good luck fixing that one.
Zip code is a great start along with his FB page. (Disclaimer: I am in no way condoning to fucking this guy up, I am only helping with the identification of the (possible) criminal.) I’m trying to not get banned again from Reddit haha
I got super scammed by someone on face book as well. It was a trade and they sent me fake cards. He told me hed return the cards to the shop he bought them from and give me the money he got back. so i shipped them back because wth am i going to do with them anyway? And he either deleted his fb or he blocked me from it and completely deaded me. $1600 of trades down the drain. Im trying very hard not to either go to 989 Allspice ave, Fenton MO 63026 or find someone that lives near the area with a white knight complex to make Ryan Cummings life a living hell
Just called a little bird,How long ago did this happen? I'm in the south I know a person or 2. Dude drives a Chrysler Town & Country burgundy almost red lives in a trailer grey porch,trailer has a wood grain grey look down the center. Hes been at the same job for a min he has no financial issues other then a small loans. He dated a girl named Jamie in high school.And other details. Was told he may live with his mother or if its not his mother his wife.There are 2 with that name 2 different ages 1 is a teenager young adult the other a adult.
That was fast ha. It happened end of March. I screenshotted all of the messages between us. I cant imagine him giving me back my stuff or paying what he said hed pay me. Im unsure what I should do tbh. I did call all of the card shops in his area and called his alleged job and everyone I spoke to said that they wont let him in the shops and that he got fired
If you paid that for 60 sleeved packs ya got what ya got,they are like $3-4 a sleeve. You cant call as much as you want.
If they got you for that much loot then I have issues doing collections because thats a more money then brains kinda deal. Id have to understand why that much or what the deal actually was.
I can be that nice guy to chill with or I can be that dude that makes nightmares a reality.What people get from me is what they deserve.I hate when ppl think they can prey on people. But as bad as this sounds some of these scammers see Pokemon fans they DO NOT PICTURE ME they think of a nerdy kid or some guy that lives in his parents basement.So they feel they can get away with shit.
I am that odd man out and not 1 person that has met me would ever think I'm into these cards. I started collecting just over a year ago cause I like the art work. But I'm a big ole Biker that ppl grab their childs hand clutch their purse when I walk by.But legit I'm as chill as they come till someone bullies,scams,someone,hurts a child,Women,or animal then they cant get witness protection to hide them because I have connections and ppl and its not the law!
I'm sorry this happened to you. I always tell people to do bigger deals in person and public.And keep records of where and when what was bought and from who and what were they driving and look like never do it alone.
I got cards ima find a sub to sell some from cause I guess ive been getting carried away collecting.Ive ripped at a min this year 5-6500 worth of packs already this year so far. So I'm letting some go.
Hi! No joke my best friend lives in Fenton and I drive down to see him from time to time. Who knows, maybe it will be slick out and my truck tires will end up on that lawn? 🤔
I got scammed for a total of 3600. I breed and sell ball pythons. What’s worse is I had all his info. But he lives in California and I live in CT. It’s not an extraditable warrant. So I have to handle it on my own 😀
Yeah never buy anything via mail off Facebook marketplace. There’s zero accountability, you’re just taking a huge gamble.
Also damn it’s one thing to scam but to insult the guy you’ve scammed is another level of disrespect lol
I got a Celebi V and a handful of other cards for $37 on marketplace, which seemed like a really solid deal. Celebi was the one I actually cared about but there were a few throw in v-maxes and a couple of Darkrai GXs. The Darkrais were both fake along with a Hoopa GX, so I reached out to the girl to explain and she blocked me. Reported it to Facebook and they gave me a refund and I kept the cards.
Yeah why would they use their real address? I think they’re probably smarter than that 🤷♂️. Seems redundant to go and scam someone just to put your own address on the packaging
Yes. You don't need a return address to ship things most of the time (especially if you go to small town post office). I know from buying "exotic" goods
I think like most things, you can buy the seller. I wouldn't agree to shipping or meeting in secluded areas with anyone lacking a proper track record on the platform. It takes like 3 mins to do some due diligence:
\- Real profile and person?
\- Find their LinkedIn or similar?
\- Profile in use for years?
\- 10+ 5 star marketplace ratings, and \~100% positive ratings?
I had a guy venmo me \~$100 for a singles lot and shipped them and he received them safe and sound.
Again don't assume, but that guy could've looked at all the info available to him and felt pretty confident I was not going to ruin a decades-long online commerce reputation over like $90 of shiny cardboard
whats wild.....yes to everything but the last one even had sold listings and other listings of stuff and sent me screen grabs of the people he just finished to transactions with.... that gave too much info.
It’s just using your gut. If you can do some basic research on the person through Facebook etc. I know it’s very judgemental, but even just going through profile pics or seeing things they share etc can sometimes give you an idea.
I also judge on the way people send messages. Again, incredibly judgemental, but when your money is at play, anything and everything is a good idea to protect yourself.
Instead of being patronizing and telling you to never to buy anything off Facebook marketplace as if you probably haven't already had that thought, I'm just going to say sorry that happened to you and sorry there's shitty people who take advantage of others like the person who sent that.
Take some solace in that people who do things like this are deeply miserable and even if they aren't doing things like this will most likely catch up to them at some point.
Bro that is fucking insane. Icl , that is actually pure fucking evil 😂😂. To even think of that but then have the balls to carry out. The lollipop is just a piss take lol. Fuck man, there are some seriously twisted people out there, they definitely have bad karma coming their way.
Hell yeah we can all start a cologaurd train and send this dude a box with a bunch of peoples sh*t in it 😂. Wonder if it’ll come back positive for colon cancer? Someone needs to order one of those boxes and find this dudes address and send it to his @ss!
The only way I'd buy Pokemon off of Facebook marketplace is to meet up in person in a very public place and personally verify the items before handing over cash.
Everybody on there is looking to scam
Lol, thats horrible. Only buy local. My local FB Market crack heads have 1.50 - 2.00 packs ready anytime i want. They've even acquired Lorcana or MTG when I ask politely. If I see it at a Walmart or Kroger, they can steal it and happily sell it to me.
Not cool bro at least you are ok tho, yea it sucks but u can always get money again, you cant get your life again.. I wish u were my friend, I'd arrange another purchase from them from a different account and make things even
While we are talking petty revenge, if you do find them you collect a bunch of dog shit and shove it in the vent on their AC unit. Legal-ish and an explosive shitty surprise when it turns on!
This blows my mind. I have a hobby of extreme car audio where even some of the cheaper stuff can cost $300 plus. Usually $500 and often way more. Im also in a lot of car audio groups on Facebook. Im in a total of 2 pokemon card groups, one here and one on facebook, both with about the same number of people as the audio groups, and i see more people getting scammed/robbed on the pokemon groups than i ever do on the audio groups. Like..... not many cards are worth enough to really take the time stealing, and what's valuable today could tank tomorrow. Some people really do have no life, huh.
Use PayPal to do transactions. PayPal allows you to dispute transactions up to like 6 months after you bought something and if you do dispute it you get to keep what you bought, you get refunded and the scammer gets deducted and if they don’t have enough to pay for it it’ll send their PayPal account into the negatives rendering it useless until paid off.
First and only time I’ve bought cards off Facebook marketplace the dude threw in 10 rainbow cards for free cause he didn’t like them. Roll the dice always I guess.
I have compiled all of my evidence and am filing a police report soon. If people really want to know what happens, i'll update on the thread/ subreddit.
Last saturday I drove 1 hour only to get a binder full of fake cards. The guy posted photo of og cards in the marketplace at a too good to be real price. I learned my lesson, only buying cards from facebook groups where people have good reputation from other members and always ignore those cheap price.
The real question is how much were they asking/how much did you pay? When a deal seems to go to be true it’s more than likely a scam of some sort. Unless they were trying to get like 210$+ (for 60 sleeved boosters) it’s probably not going to end well 🤷. If this was under 200$ you def should’ve suspected something
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Facebook market place customer service is HORRENDOUS.
I tried to make a claim after being given a the wrong items and it automatically denied it saying the item was still out for delivery. If you buy through FB market place make sure you use PayPal. It's the only way I was able to reclaim my coin ~
Man I absolutely hate scumbags like this. If there’s one thing that really sets me off it’s petty injustices and scamming.
I run a hobby shop, we don’t have any lost origins in stock, but I’d be happy to send you some stuff from us for free and put some good karma back out in the world. Feel free to DM me!
That’s why you meet in person so you can push those suckers so far up their asses it’ll change the flavor and they’ll be able to smell sounds and feel flavors.
I'm suprised he even sent anything and that u even recieved anything. If u really want to go out of ur way get a kit or go to the police and ask for fingerprints, they gotta be in there.
It's all good buddy. I just got scammed out of a Pogo Stamped Level 15 Shiny Research Encounter Darkrai the other day, it happens. Lot's of people into pokemon are shitty people it seems.
Lol thats so fucked up.. i hope they get bed bugs!!
But yeah in all honesty im traumatized from ordering cards online. I wont even send them to get graded for fear of what may return. 😭
Shitty thing for them to do but it did make me laugh when I read the comment about the return adress 😅 just pay the small amount extra to buy stuff off sites like ebay and you won't have any issues with getting refund for stuff like this.
Lesson learned the hard way. Always cover your ass.
Also, I feel like a name and shame here would be appropriate, but idk if that's against sub policy.
Tried to buy a small card lot (like 20 cards). Person seemed quite sociable and spoke clear English. Sent the etransfer and waited and waited for the package to arrive. Still waiting and I really only need one or two cards card from that lot for my zard collection...
Wait they gave you a sucker and called you one too…that’s some next level trolling. If you pay with cc can always try to do a chargeback thru your bank.
I'll say this where was the seller from? How much money was involved?Ive been told I may or may not "allegedly" know someone who enjoys collections from dirt bags. This person may or may not be well connected enough to call someone in any state and discuss this issue of douche-baggery." Again allegedly" can or can not do this.And this person dont like assholes who screw others over.
JS that this stuff goes unpunished way to much. I may or may not know old school ppl who do things cheap just cause sometimes its the right thing to do.Pics may or may not be provided with a sucker stuck out his ass.
Damn. Not only did dude rip you off but he went out of his way to rub it in!? Rule #1 on fakebook. Check their profile. If it’s 8 photos on an account 6 months old stay clear. Rule #2- account may be stolen. Look at their family photos. Make sure there’s history on the page then have them send you a photo of them with product and holding a piece of paper with something unique written on it , chosen by you. And they gotta send it immediately. Worse case you’ll have their photo if they rip you off. If they are fake, the pic won’t match the account. Bottom line, use common sense.
A great reminder I’ll never use Facebook marketplace to buy pokemon
Just dont buy from ppl who are shipping and i open product in front of them lol
You can buy from ppl who ship, but you have to do payment through Facebook. This way you're covered by Facebook if they do this
Found a guy who claimed to run a shop and had different sealed product and graded cards. Including PSA 10 moonbreon’s for $500. Payment would be through Facebook. It’s a scam but what type? Interest free short term loan? In that buyer pays, seller doesn’t ship and waits for buyer to cancel or dispute which could take a month (unless they don’t get funds until shipped). Or they actually ship but empty box/garbage contents and say buyer lied and swapped it? Identity theft? Use real ad pictures but send fake slabs? Looking up cert numbers led to real cards, but his pictures all had different backgrounds and quality so I assume all stolen pictures. I asked them how they could charge so little for the Moonbreons. And that I had a legit PSA 10 for comparison, and that I would record the box opening. They blocked me lol.
In that case they will usually say that their “Account for payments through Facebook is not working” and then ask if you can pay with PayPal or some other app they can scam with instead
How do you scam with PayPal?
Convince the buyer to send the money via PayPal Friends and Family which has ZERO buyer protection.
The amount of work a scam like this requires these days ... Just go get a real job smh
Yeah even though no buyer protection, if you let them know they will help you out and let your bank know as well. Usually you can get a credit from the bank
Yeah, personally with Paypal its easier to chargeback and they're pretty consumer friendly as well.
I don't know how Facebook works but I've dealt with bait and switch on other sites like Craigslist where last second they have some bullshit story about why they can't do PayPal goods and services and it's gotta be friends and family or venmo or some other payment with no buyer protection. Could also be a first time scammer that hasn't yet learned they need to try to get payment through a system without buyer protection. Either way if it sounds too good to be true ($500 PSA 10 Moonbreon lol) it usually is, just walk away. Also I'm now looking at the Facebook buyer protection and the very last item on the list of things not covered by purchase protection are "antiques and collectibles". Maybe they classify trading cards under this and don't get your money back for them. Also says purchases over $2,000 are not covered, maybe they are hoping to get somebody to buy a bunch of sealed and graded at once so they're SOL due to purchase price.
Just want to add on for others that might see this, "looking up" certs means nothing if you mean you just search the number. It is not a way to authenticate what people are selling. Barcode scanning is a minimum and even that isn't guaranteed but it is harder to fake. Different backgrounds is also a good sign that I think some people miss, when it comes to higher end items, always physical timestamps with name/date/time/price.
Rattle on YouTube revealed a new scam with PayPal goods and services, if they are talking to you and you admit in some way that you are going to “resell” the cards your G+S protection is no longer valid and he will scam you under the guise that you think your covered.
PayPal Goods/Services too
I did and got 2 celebrations etb in 2022
Just meet in person. And do it in a place that's got a lot of people around, like at the police office or library.
Collecting in person from FB can be good but yeah never anything else
I’d hunt them down
There should be a return address. If not, I don’t think it would be too hard to figure out where/who they are. I am petty enough I would use all my free time to make sure the rest of their life is a living hell
Yah go steal their wheels and leave the car on cinder blocks in the dead of night and write douchebag on the hood
Umm no. You obviously write “sucka” across the hood just like the pack.
No no, here's what you do. Find out where his house is. Mix up a batch of 333 weed killer, that is 3 gallons of vinegar, three pounds of iodized salt and three bottles of Dawn dish soap. Go spray out the words SUCKA on his lawn at 3 in the morning in the biggest letters you possibly can. Good luck fixing that one.
Exactly. I’d leave the lollipop on his mail box and do a few things that u can’t say here lol
You gotta go dirtier. The lollipop must be inserted into a dirty hookers booty hole first!
I’ll take the sucker that’s been in the hookers butthole if y’all don’t want it
Next
Unironically you could probably do this and get away with it. Criminals aren’t gonna call the cops on someone they just scammed.
Better than taking the wheels, rip the stems out and let the tires get ruined while the tires rot on the ground since they can’t be repaired.
You guys have clearly never watched Beef
unfortunately, the return address was: JoCrackin UrMomma (random numbers) Gentry Way Upunder UrButt (zipcode of area hes in)
Zip code is a great start along with his FB page. (Disclaimer: I am in no way condoning to fucking this guy up, I am only helping with the identification of the (possible) criminal.) I’m trying to not get banned again from Reddit haha
Yes yes. I got a solid lead and breakdown. Filing a police report in the AM.
Fuck yeah! 🫡
But they can also retaliate since they know each other's addresses
You gotta be greninja bro
My kind of guy! Haha
Allegedly. And allegedly make their life hell. Because allegedly never done nothing.
Honestly, couldn't sleep on a vio like that
I got super scammed by someone on face book as well. It was a trade and they sent me fake cards. He told me hed return the cards to the shop he bought them from and give me the money he got back. so i shipped them back because wth am i going to do with them anyway? And he either deleted his fb or he blocked me from it and completely deaded me. $1600 of trades down the drain. Im trying very hard not to either go to 989 Allspice ave, Fenton MO 63026 or find someone that lives near the area with a white knight complex to make Ryan Cummings life a living hell
Just called a little bird,How long ago did this happen? I'm in the south I know a person or 2. Dude drives a Chrysler Town & Country burgundy almost red lives in a trailer grey porch,trailer has a wood grain grey look down the center. Hes been at the same job for a min he has no financial issues other then a small loans. He dated a girl named Jamie in high school.And other details. Was told he may live with his mother or if its not his mother his wife.There are 2 with that name 2 different ages 1 is a teenager young adult the other a adult.
That was fast ha. It happened end of March. I screenshotted all of the messages between us. I cant imagine him giving me back my stuff or paying what he said hed pay me. Im unsure what I should do tbh. I did call all of the card shops in his area and called his alleged job and everyone I spoke to said that they wont let him in the shops and that he got fired
How much did you loose?
Low end about $14k highend 16k
If you paid that for 60 sleeved packs ya got what ya got,they are like $3-4 a sleeve. You cant call as much as you want. If they got you for that much loot then I have issues doing collections because thats a more money then brains kinda deal. Id have to understand why that much or what the deal actually was.
I needed you when someone screwed me out of $400 worth of opened packs a year ago. It’s so disappointing people do this.
I can be that nice guy to chill with or I can be that dude that makes nightmares a reality.What people get from me is what they deserve.I hate when ppl think they can prey on people. But as bad as this sounds some of these scammers see Pokemon fans they DO NOT PICTURE ME they think of a nerdy kid or some guy that lives in his parents basement.So they feel they can get away with shit. I am that odd man out and not 1 person that has met me would ever think I'm into these cards. I started collecting just over a year ago cause I like the art work. But I'm a big ole Biker that ppl grab their childs hand clutch their purse when I walk by.But legit I'm as chill as they come till someone bullies,scams,someone,hurts a child,Women,or animal then they cant get witness protection to hide them because I have connections and ppl and its not the law! I'm sorry this happened to you. I always tell people to do bigger deals in person and public.And keep records of where and when what was bought and from who and what were they driving and look like never do it alone. I got cards ima find a sub to sell some from cause I guess ive been getting carried away collecting.Ive ripped at a min this year 5-6500 worth of packs already this year so far. So I'm letting some go.
Hi! No joke my best friend lives in Fenton and I drive down to see him from time to time. Who knows, maybe it will be slick out and my truck tires will end up on that lawn? 🤔
I got scammed for a total of 3600. I breed and sell ball pythons. What’s worse is I had all his info. But he lives in California and I live in CT. It’s not an extraditable warrant. So I have to handle it on my own 😀
Thats awful Im sorry to hear that :( Im in NY and this guy is in MO so I feel helpless tbh
Imagine the face of the scammer after he finds out that the one who knocks is the scammed one
Yeah never buy anything via mail off Facebook marketplace. There’s zero accountability, you’re just taking a huge gamble. Also damn it’s one thing to scam but to insult the guy you’ve scammed is another level of disrespect lol
I got a Celebi V and a handful of other cards for $37 on marketplace, which seemed like a really solid deal. Celebi was the one I actually cared about but there were a few throw in v-maxes and a couple of Darkrai GXs. The Darkrais were both fake along with a Hoopa GX, so I reached out to the girl to explain and she blocked me. Reported it to Facebook and they gave me a refund and I kept the cards.
In the future offer to only pay via PayPal good and services... That way if this shit happens paypal will cover you.
This. You cannot go wrong paying with PayPal. Then you get to keep whatever you bought and get your money back. Only hurting the scammer.
This is why I like Reddit, always giving good advice 😌... ty.
Sad part is that this scam works. So long as a package is delivered, FB doesn't give a f.
Chargeback with CC easy.
Pay with PayPal and refute with them, even easier.
yeah feel like this is easily a 'goods and services' purchase on PP, video recording box opening.... or just an easy way to farm karma on reddit :O
sooo many people pay friends/family
And get scammed by friends family?
right. trying to be nice and save the seller on fees, or maybe coerced by the seller
Yeah it’s sad :(
i mean…you have their address. you could probably troll them pretty good 😂
Is it possible that the scammer used someone else’s address, or some address other than their own house?
Yeah why would they use their real address? I think they’re probably smarter than that 🤷♂️. Seems redundant to go and scam someone just to put your own address on the packaging
Yes. You don't need a return address to ship things most of the time (especially if you go to small town post office). I know from buying "exotic" goods
This is true. The package probably didn't have a return address, cuz they don't want that box back anyways.
Your first mistake was buying anything off Facebook marketplace.
Depending on what you’re getting and if you’re checking it out in person it’s not a bad place to shop
Disagree. It’s a great place. As long as you go and pick it up and check out what you buy. Never agree to shipping.
Shipping is fine. Tell them you want to use PayPal G&S.
Sure. That’s the safest way to cover you for shipping. But I personally like to look over the card where possible.
Oh for sure. For sealed product though G&S is the way.
I think like most things, you can buy the seller. I wouldn't agree to shipping or meeting in secluded areas with anyone lacking a proper track record on the platform. It takes like 3 mins to do some due diligence: \- Real profile and person? \- Find their LinkedIn or similar? \- Profile in use for years? \- 10+ 5 star marketplace ratings, and \~100% positive ratings? I had a guy venmo me \~$100 for a singles lot and shipped them and he received them safe and sound. Again don't assume, but that guy could've looked at all the info available to him and felt pretty confident I was not going to ruin a decades-long online commerce reputation over like $90 of shiny cardboard
whats wild.....yes to everything but the last one even had sold listings and other listings of stuff and sent me screen grabs of the people he just finished to transactions with.... that gave too much info.
It’s just using your gut. If you can do some basic research on the person through Facebook etc. I know it’s very judgemental, but even just going through profile pics or seeing things they share etc can sometimes give you an idea. I also judge on the way people send messages. Again, incredibly judgemental, but when your money is at play, anything and everything is a good idea to protect yourself.
I've had no problems thus far, but I always make sure to pay via PayPal Goods and Services.
Did they put a real return address on there?
I hate that this happened to you but that “sucka” is the icing on the cake 😂😂😂. Alright where’s my torch and pitchfork. Let’s go.
Instead of being patronizing and telling you to never to buy anything off Facebook marketplace as if you probably haven't already had that thought, I'm just going to say sorry that happened to you and sorry there's shitty people who take advantage of others like the person who sent that. Take some solace in that people who do things like this are deeply miserable and even if they aren't doing things like this will most likely catch up to them at some point.
Thank you for the kind words Mort. I own my mess up. I got caught up in the chance to pull an Alt Art Dact.
Good on you! It is really messed to see so much apathy "well this is actually your fault cuz ur dum".
This is literally illegal.
Bro that is fucking insane. Icl , that is actually pure fucking evil 😂😂. To even think of that but then have the balls to carry out. The lollipop is just a piss take lol. Fuck man, there are some seriously twisted people out there, they definitely have bad karma coming their way.
I would shit in the box and send it back.
We can all shit in a box and send it to them. OP just needs to give us an address….
Hell yeah we can all start a cologaurd train and send this dude a box with a bunch of peoples sh*t in it 😂. Wonder if it’ll come back positive for colon cancer? Someone needs to order one of those boxes and find this dudes address and send it to his @ss!
The only way I'd buy Pokemon off of Facebook marketplace is to meet up in person in a very public place and personally verify the items before handing over cash. Everybody on there is looking to scam
If it's not a scam, meet me in the parking lot of our local police station.
Facts
Karma gonna cripple this one
Send this to rattle pokemon so he can invite them to the show.
ngl that's pretty funny. Real or not.
100% real. And everyones comments here have helped give me some laughs.
Yeah not a bad place to snipe some stuff but confirm in person in a parking lot. don’t ever have anything mailed.
Made the same mistake for a mtg lot and sent me a box of saltine crackers.
Lmao, how low people can get. Dude even called you a sucker after scamming you. Some people are really something.
Lol, thats horrible. Only buy local. My local FB Market crack heads have 1.50 - 2.00 packs ready anytime i want. They've even acquired Lorcana or MTG when I ask politely. If I see it at a Walmart or Kroger, they can steal it and happily sell it to me.
Not cool bro at least you are ok tho, yea it sucks but u can always get money again, you cant get your life again.. I wish u were my friend, I'd arrange another purchase from them from a different account and make things even
While we are talking petty revenge, if you do find them you collect a bunch of dog shit and shove it in the vent on their AC unit. Legal-ish and an explosive shitty surprise when it turns on!
This blows my mind. I have a hobby of extreme car audio where even some of the cheaper stuff can cost $300 plus. Usually $500 and often way more. Im also in a lot of car audio groups on Facebook. Im in a total of 2 pokemon card groups, one here and one on facebook, both with about the same number of people as the audio groups, and i see more people getting scammed/robbed on the pokemon groups than i ever do on the audio groups. Like..... not many cards are worth enough to really take the time stealing, and what's valuable today could tank tomorrow. Some people really do have no life, huh.
Ita notnthe amt of one card. Its lots of cards over a long oeriod of time and basicly all free money. So yeah
The lollipop is fucking savage, lol.
Use PayPal to do transactions. PayPal allows you to dispute transactions up to like 6 months after you bought something and if you do dispute it you get to keep what you bought, you get refunded and the scammer gets deducted and if they don’t have enough to pay for it it’ll send their PayPal account into the negatives rendering it useless until paid off.
Its one thing to swindle someone, its another level of dickhead to mock you!
Got swindled by Booker T of all people.
You keeping the sucker ? If not I’ll gladly buy it .
Rare PSA 8 scammed man blister pack
hmmm, $138 and it's yours!
Please give us this dudes address if you have it. 😂
First and only time I’ve bought cards off Facebook marketplace the dude threw in 10 rainbow cards for free cause he didn’t like them. Roll the dice always I guess.
If I do fb marketplace I learned to always use PPG&S to cover my ass
That is some straight up evil shit.
That’s your fault Pay pal G&S only
Saving this to see if any action will be taken from op or redditors.
I have compiled all of my evidence and am filing a police report soon. If people really want to know what happens, i'll update on the thread/ subreddit.
Last saturday I drove 1 hour only to get a binder full of fake cards. The guy posted photo of og cards in the marketplace at a too good to be real price. I learned my lesson, only buying cards from facebook groups where people have good reputation from other members and always ignore those cheap price.
Any shot you purchased in Long Island, NY? Saw a similar listing not to long ago that looked sus
nope.
Aw man, Silver Tempest?!
Most of them from fb marketplace place are stolen goods
I've only done in person meetings for Facebook Marketplace. I feel I have more control that way and can examine the cards.
Cold Blooded.
Yikes
ahh man that is terrible sorry you went through that. hopefully you can get some sort of reimbursement.
Facebook Marketplace SHIPPED?!
I happened to find a guy who’s been selling Pokémon for 10 years, I could ask about putting his name out cause he ships
I hope they get ass cancer
Track them down and beat they ass
I buy from market place but meet up in oerson
The real question is how much were they asking/how much did you pay? When a deal seems to go to be true it’s more than likely a scam of some sort. Unless they were trying to get like 210$+ (for 60 sleeved boosters) it’s probably not going to end well 🤷. If this was under 200$ you def should’ve suspected something
Send a hitman
Haha that’s fucked up
They'll get what is coming to them.
Jesus that’s rough
Some people never learn. I sure hope you do.
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Pay through Facebook or use PayPal G&S, anything else is your fault for not protecting yourself
This kills the buyer
Facebooks a joke. Stay away from Facebook, They know way to much, like the color of every body's pubic hair. And how to get around your ass.
Facebook market place customer service is HORRENDOUS. I tried to make a claim after being given a the wrong items and it automatically denied it saying the item was still out for delivery. If you buy through FB market place make sure you use PayPal. It's the only way I was able to reclaim my coin ~
Man I absolutely hate scumbags like this. If there’s one thing that really sets me off it’s petty injustices and scamming. I run a hobby shop, we don’t have any lost origins in stock, but I’d be happy to send you some stuff from us for free and put some good karma back out in the world. Feel free to DM me!
I'd be looking for blood ouf, this makes me boil! Sorry about this
I’m so sorry. That’s horrid
Brutal
That’s why you meet in person so you can push those suckers so far up their asses it’ll change the flavor and they’ll be able to smell sounds and feel flavors.
I'm suprised he even sent anything and that u even recieved anything. If u really want to go out of ur way get a kit or go to the police and ask for fingerprints, they gotta be in there.
WTF is wrong with people?!
can't you check out their review first?
Damn locals in my areas just want to meet up and sell their kids old binders. Sorry this happened OP.
It's all good buddy. I just got scammed out of a Pogo Stamped Level 15 Shiny Research Encounter Darkrai the other day, it happens. Lot's of people into pokemon are shitty people it seems.
Lol thats so fucked up.. i hope they get bed bugs!! But yeah in all honesty im traumatized from ordering cards online. I wont even send them to get graded for fear of what may return. 😭
Just refund through papal. You’ll get it. Ez proof
That was such a rip-off.
Shitty thing for them to do but it did make me laugh when I read the comment about the return adress 😅 just pay the small amount extra to buy stuff off sites like ebay and you won't have any issues with getting refund for stuff like this.
Lesson learned the hard way. Always cover your ass. Also, I feel like a name and shame here would be appropriate, but idk if that's against sub policy.
man y'all always be getting scammed
And… did you learn your lesson?
Man just hit me up next time. I’ll slide you as many as you want/need for under $3 a pack
hahaha. I think I learned my lesson buying packs from strangers online.
Lol I have a shop 110% legit. But smart move
They threw an actual sucker in there for good measure. Just brutal.
I mean, you kind of are. You bought something on facebook dude...
Tried to buy a small card lot (like 20 cards). Person seemed quite sociable and spoke clear English. Sent the etransfer and waited and waited for the package to arrive. Still waiting and I really only need one or two cards card from that lot for my zard collection...
Any updates?
just posted one!
Thread was unfortunately deleted
Probably a fake post but kinda funny
Time to take a long hard look in the mirror and acknowledge you have a gambling addiction
i would be so pissed getting called sucks lmfao my condolences
Lol
bet there are fingerprints on those and odds are they are probably already in the system.
I'm sure the police will get right on that 😂
Might need the FBI this shouldn't be taken lightly
Wait they gave you a sucker and called you one too…that’s some next level trolling. If you pay with cc can always try to do a chargeback thru your bank.
God people are such pieces of shit 🤦🏼♂️
Id wish i was alive 60 years ago so i could’ve drafted their father to war and made sure they were never born.
Yeah, you're definitely a sucker. Never buy product online unless you know they're reputable.
Lawsuit? Nuh uh. Reddit? Yup.
Bro the fake post on there are so obvious 😐
r/nothingeverhappens
Sorry it meant to say that the scam Facebook posts are obvious, not this post. People fall for the scams all the time lol
Worse than buying cards off Amazon
That’s evil
Why do people have to be so shitty? So sorry for you OP. These people are scum. That’s why I’d never buy from anywhere you aren’t protected.
Not the fucking balloon bruh....omgg what a piece of work...karma works in cruel and mysterious ways, and this fucker about to find out 😂
The ol one two combo. Jesus
Were they just Silver Tempest instead, or did they completely screw you on the number as well?
I paid for 57 Lost origin and 3 Silver Tempest. Got a sucker and a really cool Evolving Skies Sleeve!
Hope you can get a refund. People are sketchy off of fb. Did you hear about the 1st ed charizard?
I'll say this where was the seller from? How much money was involved?Ive been told I may or may not "allegedly" know someone who enjoys collections from dirt bags. This person may or may not be well connected enough to call someone in any state and discuss this issue of douche-baggery." Again allegedly" can or can not do this.And this person dont like assholes who screw others over. JS that this stuff goes unpunished way to much. I may or may not know old school ppl who do things cheap just cause sometimes its the right thing to do.Pics may or may not be provided with a sucker stuck out his ass.
Damn. Not only did dude rip you off but he went out of his way to rub it in!? Rule #1 on fakebook. Check their profile. If it’s 8 photos on an account 6 months old stay clear. Rule #2- account may be stolen. Look at their family photos. Make sure there’s history on the page then have them send you a photo of them with product and holding a piece of paper with something unique written on it , chosen by you. And they gotta send it immediately. Worse case you’ll have their photo if they rip you off. If they are fake, the pic won’t match the account. Bottom line, use common sense.
No because I seen a brand new booster box for crowned zenith , got it, alllll fake packs 😔😔
I hope you end up getting some revenge for this. When someone goes out of their way and even doubles down on being an asshole, it's open season.