Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

MarkJ

There use to be a group over on eBay's Community Board called Wax Packs, but we couldn't find them to ask this question. Did they go away or did I just look in the wrong place?

We just received a box of wax packs from a sellers we thought we could trust. The seller's feedback was 100% with NO mutually withdrawn's. We used the old black light test to see if we could tell if any of the packs had been messed with, and it looks like they have been clued back together. The black light is showing something like glue. I have never seen this before on any packs I have brought in the past.

I have brought packs in the past and never had this problem.

What would you do?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Griffins

The group is still there, you must've missed it.
100% feedback doesn't mean that much, due to people afraid of taking a retalitory neg or doing so and mutually withdrawing feedback.
There is so much bogus stuff out there graded and raw that you have to be very careful. Steve Hart is about the only person I would trust buying raw from.
Sorry about your recent transaction.

storm888

"Steve Hart is about the only person I would trust buying raw from."






If the seller has a return policy, tell him you want to return the items.

If you paid with PayPal, file a SNAD dispute/claim.

If you funded the purchase with a credit card, they can also protect you.

MarkJ

The group is still there, you must've missed it.



I have search over and over for the wax packs group on eBay and still on luck.

Community - Group and then search...

When I typed in wax packs... only two came up and nothing had to deal with cards.

Can you please post link to the group?

Thanks.

basestealer

<< <i>There use to be a group over on eBay's Community Board called Wax Packs, but we couldn't find them to ask this question. Did they go away or did I just look in the wrong place?

We just received a box of wax packs from a sellers we thought we could trust. The seller's feedback was 100% with NO mutually withdrawn's. We used the old black light test to see if we could tell if any of the packs had been messed with, and it looks like they have been clued back together. The black light is showing something like glue. I have never seen this before on any packs I have brought in the past.

I have brought packs in the past and never had this problem.

What would you do?

Any help would be greatly appreciated. >>


I have all but stopped buying vintage wax packs, because the problems are many fold. First, you've got unsavory dealers who repackage them (the obvious), and most of the customers are probably unable to determine that they've been tampered with. Not only that, but many people don't bother busting them open (they buy for "investment") so they don't realize the packs are fudged until many years later. Additionally, feedback is a big issue on ebay and the sad fact is the majority of people who've had a negative experience simply won't risk their own feedback to tell of it. But there's other problems with wax boxes besides the obvious scammer repackaging them. These stray boxes often float from dealer to dealer, from person to person, many times over. Honest dealers might be in possession of tampered boxes and not even know it. The same can be said for collectors who decide to sell them. So not only are the quality of the cards comprimised in old wax boxes that can't be traced to a freshly opened case, but who knows what happened to them along the "ride". A better way (not infallable) is to buy cello boxes or rack boxes, and for some years the grocery packs are an option.