$7000+ eBay Scam, could hit all mailbox/vault services (COMC/SMC/PSA Fanatics Vault)

[BigAl83]

Originally Posted by auctionjmm

Didn't take me long to cross reference your listing and find this guy's name, address, DOB, and IG account. 100% positive feedback and seems to sell a lot of high-end cards and bullion.

I think at this point you would also have to consider if the theft happened in transit. A USPS employee or even someone at COMC could have put the sticker over the address and swiped it out. I suppose there is a first time for everything, but an 18-year eBay account with great feedback and a guy that is clearly not hiding from the internet and actively posting on IG using his real name would really have me wondering about those other possibilities.

I will say, it is odd he won't at least respond to your message, but if the card truly was stolen in transit, he may think you are the scammer and deciding to ignore you.

I'm really sorry this happened. If you decide to contact law enforcement, just consider this scam could have occurred in any one of these 3 locations. Wouldn't be the first time a USPS employee was stealing near a popular shipping destination for collectibles.

It has crossed my mind that that you sometimes hear stories about a package being opened by postal workers and contents being stolen.

But i have never heard that they would then go out of their way to cover up part of the adress (comc username). My question is, what do they have to gain by that? The only person benefiting from covering up this specific part of the adress is the seller.
A usps employee couldn't care less if i start a claim/return within 1 day or 10 days, he didn't sell the card and ultimately isn't financially responsible for it.

Within a few hours the seller declined the return, but only late last night (3 days later), i got a short reply on my question on how he will fix this matter of a wrong card being send.
The one sentence reply:

There is no way that I would make a mistake like that.

Sounds really remorseful and understanding. Even if you have no intention of fixing this and thinking it got stolen during transit, you could show some empathy. I know i would, i would feel responsible if i had shipped the wrong card, or the card being replaced by a postal worker.

With all the hundreds of packages probably being delivered at COMC every day, how could a usps worker know to single out my package holding this valuable card and take the contents, luck of the draw? (i don't buy that)

I was to excited and gullible after having to opportunity to own a card like this, that i didn't care to look any closer (that one definitely is on me, and hard lesson learned!). But now afterwards i see a few more red flags. The card picture is only of the front, and both the serial number and BGS number are tough to decipher, almost all of the other listings have way better pictures and most of them also include multiple fronts and backs.
I made an offer slightly below last comps, and it got accepted pretty quickly without making any counter offer (my first offer was accepted).

If it ends up being stolen by someone else i'm the first one to make a huge apology to this seller, but my gut feeling and all evidence to me says otherwise.