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Here's my updated list of questions for BNC. I'd also still like to locate the current owner of the trimmed Limited Logos if possible. Please keep an eye out for that card.
Background and business practices: • How would you describe your business to someone that’s never visited your website? • What percentage of your listings are cards that you own vs cards that you’re consigning for others? • How many prominent collectors would you say you consign for? • Obviously you've sold an incredible amount of cards over the years. How do you determine which sold cards are placed on your website? Like how did you choose the 2 Curry NT cards on your site now as opposed to these 3 you showed off on your IG at some point? https://www.instagram.com/p/2OgKtBwp..._web_copy_link • Do you research cards before you buy/trade for them (aside from just price)? If yes, how thorough is this effort? • Do you keep a database of past transactions? This would seem ideal (and even responsible) for someone that’s constantly buying/selling as many cards as you do. If yes, why haven’t you disclosed this information? If you don’t keep one, why not? How do you know if you’ve profited from a sale without one? There’s no way you can remember that many prices in your head. • The whole reason we’re having this conversation is the result of altered cards. We’ll get into specifics later. But what is your current protocol for dealing with trimmed/altered cards? It seems to vary by value. • Although there’s nothing inherently evil about having someone else sell your cards, the practice allows card owners to hide their bad practices behind the consigner. Now that you’ve had a chance to look at your items listed for sale, is there anyone who you’ve sold for who’s sent you the highest number of altered items? Or more than one altered item? • Is there anyone that you will not consign for going forward that you have in the past? • Where do you stand morally on the issue of subbing over and over until you get the grade you want? • You have admitted to doing this. How many times do you resub? • You were featured in a 2016 piece for the website Sports Collectors Daily. In this article, you talk about sending cards with a friend to get them RCR’d. Why did you choose this route over sending to BGS directly? • Do you ever sell RCR’d cards? There doesn’t appear to be any on your site. • What’s the largest subgrade swing you’ve seen from bumping a card without changing the structure of a card? • When you “bump” cards, as you stated that you do and don’t feel is wrong, what actions do you feel comfortable making on the cards before sending them in? What do you feel is appropriate? What is inappropriate? • Some people feel that wiping a card down or rolling out edges/corners with a pen or similar instrument is okay. Do you ever engage in this activity? • Have you ever sent a card to someone else so they can fix it for you in any way (not necessarily trimming)? If so, who did you send to? • Where, to you, is the line where “cleaning” a card becomes “altering” a card? Specific cards: • In May of 2018, you were informed that an Allen Iverson Sign of the Times in your possession had a forged autograph on it. In response, you pulled the card from your website. What happened to the card after that? How did you/will you ensure that it doesn’t wind up in another collector’s hands? • Evidence shows that a Kobe Game Breakers you had for sale on your site (and have since removed) had been trimmed. What happened to this card? Where is it now? What is your plan for the card going forward? • You feature an MJ Epic Signatures card on your site that has the same serial number (7/23) as another copy of the card that’s been up for auction. Have you investigated this any? What are your thoughts on this card? When does a card become questionable enough that you don’t feel comfortable selling it? • You listed the 87/99 LeBron for sale before it was altered (listed in 2013). Although you haven’t listed it for sale, you now own it and it has been altered. Can you take us through what happened with the card between the time you originally listed it and its current state? • Your story about acquiring the 74/99 LeBron is different from Jack’s in a material way. He says that it was a three-way deal. You have said that the card came directly from Sohrob. Which is true? Can you give us any other details about the deal that may be helpful? Assuming that you state that Jack is lying, why would he? What does he have to gain by lying? • You’ve been hesitant to act on either of the 2003 LeBron Exquisite cards – your defense here is that neither card is for sale at the moment. There’s solid proof that one of your LeBron auto/patches from 2009 has been altered as well, yet it still has a price tag of $16,999.99. Explain this rationale. • What’s going to happen with this LeBron card? It’s currently graded a PSA 10. • Your handling of the AI/Kobe cards and the LeBron’s are inconsistent at best. Is there a legitimate reason for this? It seems like your ethics change based on a card’s value. • You described your deal with sohrob as “a rather large deal involving hundreds of cards, likely ones of the largest and most important deals to me personally that I have ever done.” What made this deal so important? How did this come about? • Do you have any other cards left from sohrob’s collection that you can tell us about? Going forward: • In your lone post on the LeBron thread, you stated, “Given the course that this thread has taken I think it would be a lost opportunity to walk away from without learning anything.” What have you learned from this entire debacle about the cards you’ve owned and currently own? • In the same post you also stated, “I absolutely think it's important that we as a group need to look out for each other and protect each other from the evils that exists in the hobby because there are many…. And honestly I’m probably not going to do much to change it but if my two best cards now having an asterisk next to them is what it takes to get change started then so be it, I’m willing.” What specifically did you mean by, “I’m willing?” • What will your role be in this hobby moving forward? Is it business as usual again or have you implemented any changes to your business since the Blowout thread started? • If you haven’t implemented any concrete changes yet, why the delay? You personally stated, “It is my hope that it [the Blowout thread] can help us evolve and be a catalyst for positive change.” • What will your future approach look like to handling altered cards? • How will you deal with past buyers who, upon reading this thread and studying the cards that they purchased from you, discover that you sold them altered cards?
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Location: All the girls see the (boi)/ Look at his flips / Look at his kards / All they say is (oh boi).
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So, basically, none of the people itt save one who deal with BNC have said they've stopped dealing with him.
Shame. Speaking of, let's name and shame all of them who came running to this thread to white knight his actions and other's unethical behavior, but refuse to state they won't deal with him further. It seems like social opprobrium may be the only thing that can work here. Otherwise, they'll just continue to participate in a scam of hobbyists and collectors.
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What are your thoughts on this Kidd Exquisite? I had planned on winning it until I noticed the top edge. It appears trimmed, and poorly at that. Does anyone else notice the downward slant of the top edge? Sure the scan isn’t perfectly straight but there’s a significant slant to that top edge. I noticed this most when viewing the back of the card. Notice how much space is between the “E” and the top edge, then how much space is between the “S” and the top edge. Thoughts?
2003-04 UD Exquisite Limited Logos Jason Kidd GU 4-Color Patch AUTO /50 BGS 9.5 https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?m...2F372562074178
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Collection: https://www.flickr.com/photos/150426280@N07/ Instagram: @gem.city.sportscards Last edited by UltimateDeron; 01-09-2019 at 06:35 PM. |
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What about now?
Edit: I’m not sure why it’s doing that. The title is listed in my original message.
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Collection: https://www.flickr.com/photos/150426280@N07/ Instagram: @gem.city.sportscards Last edited by UltimateDeron; 01-09-2019 at 06:36 PM. |
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I would suggest that seeing a little bit of imperfection is a good thing. Little tells that a trimmer would have removed but dont' take away from the card too much are a good thing. Look at the right edge directly horizontal to the "L"imited Logos. There seems to be a pretty clear, allbeit small imperfection. I would guess it's probably okay. But I am NOT an expert on it. In general, I wouldn't pay much more for a 9.5 exquisite card over an 8.5 exquisite card. Also in general, that's a really cool card/set.
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I'll look at it more when I'm on my computer and not the phone. The first thing that stood out to me is the auction has the wrong year listed, but that's not really a big deal.
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https://www.ebay.com/itm/2003-04-UD-...frcectupt=true Another member had the same problem that had link redirecting to ebay homepage. I hate how ebay redirects pages, especially for sold item listings. |
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Also the supposed "shaming" of longtime members may come from the fact that they have seen a lot of the evidence here and continue to promote BNC using holders or by being silent and not answering questions about certain cards and just continuing to say that BNC is a good guy just based on interactions with him. That is why the "shaming" occurs. They seem to watch each other's back because they are all involved and run in the same circles. Last edited by Mountaineer; 01-10-2019 at 07:35 AM. |
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***THIS IS A GENERAL REFERENCE FOR KIDD 04-05 LLs, NOT THE EXACT SAME CARD ULTIMATEDERON REFERENCED IN HIS POST***
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https://www.worthpoint.com/worthoped...ted-1835613364
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"You stand out as crazy on the internet. Do you know how hard that is?" https://610sportscards.smugmug.com/The-Collection IG: @610sportscards Last edited by AlabamaSlamma; 01-10-2019 at 10:21 AM. |
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These are two different cards, just showing the backs for reference Ebay one ![]() Worthpoint one Last edited by Siberian13; 01-10-2019 at 10:33 AM. |
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***EDITEDITEDIT***
I’m an idiot. The worthpoint for the Kidd I posted is a general reference, NOT THE EXACT SAME CARD.
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Man.. There is so much data in this thread that is very useful information. I think it would be worthy of creating a website to serve as a database for altered cards.. I don't know how to do all of that stuff, but I'm sure there's some ppl in here that are good with that stuff. A lot of this great info might get lost in this giant thread. And very much more to be posted into the future I'm assuming. To be able to view it all in a database would make it easier for potential buyers of a specific high end card, if they care to do the research.
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Not the same cards. Edited my posts for clarification.
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The Kidd was sold back in August.
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthoped...gos-1942858962 Can't tell who the seller was though. |
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