Pack searchers keep getting more stupid as each day goes by...
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Well, here's the story. I know we've all encountered them...pack searchers. Cheaters, losers, idiots. Their the guys who were always too stupid on the ball field so they resorted to cheating to win. I rank them up there with certain current ball players. I confronted one not too long ago at Wal-Mart here in town. It was the same day I bought some A&G blasters and had some big pulls. This guys was the nasty of nasty. No morals whatsoever.
Today, the college we live down the street from is having a big block party for the community. Some of us who live on the main street heading up there had some yard sales to encourage people to buy. It's a huge event. I decided to stick strictly with cards. So, I set up some tables in my front yard and my brother in law and I sat back and hung out with collectors and kids today. About 2 hours ago, as we were wrapping things up, the pack searcher I confronted comes up. He starts eyeballing the modern table. I had some A & G packs in boxes setting out, some 07 Bowman Chrome, 07 Topps Chrome, 07 Topps Series one and two, and some Goudeys. Next thing you know he starts searching the packs. My brother in law, who knows nothing of the hobby, asked what the guy was doing. So, I approached him and asked what he thought he was doing. He saw me and I could tell he recognized me. His eyes got really big. I then repeated myself. He told me what he was doing wasn't wrong. I then told him to take his dam hands of the merch. and to leave. He apologized (mainly because his wife was embarrassed and didn't know what he was doing was wrong) and told me that he wouldn't bother me anymore. The good thing was there were like 20-25 kids around. So, I gave each kid a free pack and educated them on what he was doing and why it was wrong.
With it being a small town I'm sure I'll run into him again. He told me that he learned how to do this by reading an article in Beckett. Could this be true?
Today, the college we live down the street from is having a big block party for the community. Some of us who live on the main street heading up there had some yard sales to encourage people to buy. It's a huge event. I decided to stick strictly with cards. So, I set up some tables in my front yard and my brother in law and I sat back and hung out with collectors and kids today. About 2 hours ago, as we were wrapping things up, the pack searcher I confronted comes up. He starts eyeballing the modern table. I had some A & G packs in boxes setting out, some 07 Bowman Chrome, 07 Topps Chrome, 07 Topps Series one and two, and some Goudeys. Next thing you know he starts searching the packs. My brother in law, who knows nothing of the hobby, asked what the guy was doing. So, I approached him and asked what he thought he was doing. He saw me and I could tell he recognized me. His eyes got really big. I then repeated myself. He told me what he was doing wasn't wrong. I then told him to take his dam hands of the merch. and to leave. He apologized (mainly because his wife was embarrassed and didn't know what he was doing was wrong) and told me that he wouldn't bother me anymore. The good thing was there were like 20-25 kids around. So, I gave each kid a free pack and educated them on what he was doing and why it was wrong.
With it being a small town I'm sure I'll run into him again. He told me that he learned how to do this by reading an article in Beckett. Could this be true?
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He may have bought one of those crappy letters from the auctions on e-bay, but I do not believe for a minute that Beckett would tell their readers how to search packs.
What a scumbag!!!!
randy
small town are great- im in one- i got a guy here once who thought he was the handicapped police or something and ran his mouth at my wife at the post office,she has a sticker thing,just didnt have it uo for some reason,women you know lol-she came home crying and said something about roger and the old west shop,that was enuff for me- so i know where this guys old west store is and basicall rip the door off,i go in yelling and screaming at this big puss and hes asking me who i am, told him im might be the last thing he ever sees and go and and choke him down and as him if he want to pick on somebody with a handicap sticker his own size that would beat his civilian azz to a pulp in about 5 seconds, ,any time he see me now, he goes the other way real quick-you can mess with me all ya want ,dont mess with the wife or my kid- i see him at least once a week at the po, if hes comin out he'll back up and go the other way, if he pulls in after me, he'll wait till i leave, and if hes inside and im behind him in line, it gets real funny when istart making chicken noises behind him -hes my favorite buddy in town
Bosox1976
randy
<< <i>There is no truth to that at all.
He may have bought one of those crappy letters from the auctions on e-bay, but I do not believe for a minute that Beckett would tell their readers how to search packs.
What a scumbag!!!! >>
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I think I saw that in the Beckett , but it wasn't an article on how to search packs , it was an article on how pack searchers do their thing and what to look out for .
I'm not remembering the issue though, I'll see if I can find it .
Beckett would never advise anyone on how to do anything as grimey as that .
I'd have crushed his hands with my baseball bat and risked damaging my whole table to send a message, stupid little stuff like that makes me mad , because we spend a lot of money on cards and just want a fair shake when we buy .
<< <i>Tell a manager he is shoplifting and enjoy the show. >>
...and you think you saw a gun. lol
I was very upset at Beckett when back in the day they mentioned collation patterns. It doesnt take a rocket scientist to figure it out and you could buy the info for $1 via the classifieds but why post how to do it.....
Only thing I read in Beckett about searching was a letter to the mag and Beckett responded by saying searchers feel the packs, weight them,use those thickness measurement things and reseal them. He might of not known about feeling until he read the article??
That is the exact article .
Thank you for saving me the trouble because I was about to start doin a hell of a lot of sifting , because I wasn't completely sure if it was a Beckett or something else .
Matter of fact I think someone made a thread about a card they pulled thinking they forgot to print on it, I think they were just joking though .
Or could they have been completely serious ??
Those dummy cards are great but unfortunately you can still tell those apart. I think those Flair boxes from 1994 ?are the only way to go.
<< <i>Well I threw away what i thought was a black blank card from 98-99 finest basketball. Only later did I find out that it was a mystery finest and you had to peel the black off of the card. >>
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Ohhhh Damn ! that stinks dude !
I'm surprised there were no types of markings on the card to at least let you know ??
Randy
looking for low grade t205's psa 1-2
Guru should have taken this advice.
He did everything but walk away.
Steve