LEAVE SHAQFU ALONE.........

metalmike

I think you might want to temper your comments regarding Shaqfu. Especially if you have :

1) Never bought a card from him or
2) Don't know anything personally about him.

Tom Freeman buys a tremendous amount of high quality modern cards for reale online. Is it possible that a card or two has been altered or doctored? I am sure it is, just as much as vintage cards that I have bought raw and had returned as evidence of trim by PSA. Does that mean that the seller did that? Possibly not.

If you want to jump in your car and drive up to the Albany NY area, I would be happy to take you over to Mr. Freeman's place and you can discuss face to face. Until then, I wouldn't be so glib with your public criticism and nagative comments of Shaqfu.

Al Zouky

lawnmowerman

+1 for use of glib

itzagoner

your avatar inspires me, mm.

lawnmowerman

and your's give me that special feeling

metalmike

Al, I will not temper my comments regarding shaqfu1. I stand by every one of them.

He has been caught in several instances purchasing a serial numbered jersey card (with the number visible) with a plain, one color swatch on eBay, and then reselling the same card with the serial number visible on eBay a few weeks to a couple months later with a MULTICOLORED PATCH as the swatch.

That is alteration of the card, and constitutes fraud.

I am not the only one who has seen him in action. CU member autobilia put a great deal of effort into documenting shaqfu1's misdeeds.

There are also threads on the Beckett boards about him.

When you prove the card was in one condition when he bought it and another condition when he sold it, it's proof that he altered the card. Maybe he only alters modern jersey cards and never alters a vintage card, but I'm not willing to take a chance that someone who I know to commit fraud in one area will be honest in another.

rube26105

sure mike,why not
is shaqfu kinda like tounge-fu

billwaltonsbeard

im confused. Is metalmike having an argument with himself?

lsutigers1973

I have bought from shaqfu before and never had any problems.

metalmike,

-1 for spelling "negative" wrong

swartz1

Who is Al Zouky ?

Is that ShaqFu collection manager?

BobaFett72

lol Tongue-fu!

more like TWO FACE

blades3

I'm also confused about who metalmike is arguing with, but I'll back the "Shaqfu is dirty" statements completely. Shaqfu was one of the primary sellers for much of the counterfeit minor league cards, Star Co. cards and more fakes a couple years ago. RedZone, Shaqfu, whatever, I've seen plenty of bad stuff listed by Tom Freeman. Too much to just be a coincidence either. It was also either RedZone or Shaqfu that listed the fake holdered SCD graded cards a couple years ago and I went in and notified all the winning bidders that the serial numbers didn't match the real graded cards. Those were horrible fakes with 1950s Mantles that should have been graded 5-6 and they were in fake SCD holders graded as 9s. When this happens over and over, with that kind of quantity, it means the seller knows exactly what they are doing.

lsutigers1973

blades3,

Must have hit a nerve with you. Memeber for 3 years and still haven't reached 100 posts.

WinPitcher

Al Zouky is a longtime CU poster who I respect very much.

He also holds a few top notch sets.

In my lone deal with Shaqfu I received my PSA graded cards and all
were true to the grade, as advertised, and the deal went off without a hitch.

With that said I have also heard some unflattering things as well about him.

First hand though I have nothing bad to say about him.


I am thinking Mike pasted a PM that Al sent to him.


Steve

blades3

<< <i>blades3,

Must have hit a nerve with you. Memeber for 3 years and still haven't reached 100 posts. >>



Should I apologize for not posting very often? Actually, I didn't follow the boards too much (I would look once per week) for the first couple years and almost all of my posts are from the past six months or so. Thanks for taking such a personal interest in me though.

Tvac897

<< <i>Al, I will not temper my comments regarding shaqfu1. I stand by every one of them.

He has been caught in several instances purchasing a serial numbered jersey card (with the number visible) with a plain, one color swatch on eBay, and then reselling the same card with the serial number visible on eBay a few weeks to a couple months later with a MULTICOLORED PATCH as the swatch.

That is alteration of the card, and constitutes fraud.

I am not the only one who has seen him in action. CU member autobilia put a great deal of effort into documenting shaqfu1's misdeeds.

There are also threads on the Beckett boards about him.

When you prove the card was in one condition when he bought it and another condition when he sold it, it's proof that he altered the card. Maybe he only alters modern jersey cards and never alters a vintage card, but I'm not willing to take a chance that someone who I know to commit fraud in one area will be honest in another. >>



Has he ever wronged you or have you just heard about it?

metalmike

old thread from 2004 copy and paste, I did.

Mickey71

I'm of the belief when things start to just pile up such as trimming, counter..., cracked holders, fake autographs etc. you are doing something wrong. Also, if your not doing all of the bad things then you are not any type of professional or expert being a dealer and not having the knowledge that you're selling this junk. This goes for any seller peddling junk.
Mickey71

RipublicaninMass

To-wong-fu?