Mercari is a scammer's paradise, I'd never buy cards on a site like that.

@TheSportsCardTeachers

4 ай бұрын

There’s deals to be had, but yea, definitely more risk

The scammers are destroying the hobby.

@TheSportsCardTeachers

4 ай бұрын

Yea, agreed!

@bqaggie

4 ай бұрын

Flipvestors are destroying the hobby just as fast. Because flipvestors who openly admit that they only see dollar signs are inadvertently keeping the scammers in business. If all you see are dollar signs when it comes to trading cards, then scammers see the same thing when it comes to flipvestors.

You're a decent man for sharing these stories, none of us are perfect. The "fakes" were actually well done but I did think that the back of the '88-'89 Jordan looked faded or maybe sun bleached? The Slab not having the PSA Label was a dead giveaway. We all live and learn but it does suck that scammers are EVERYWHERE!

@TheSportsCardTeachers

4 ай бұрын

Yea you’re right. Appreciate the feedback!

Very big of you to share the experiences. In the greater scheme of things, a few hundred bucks is really nothing. A suggestion that may confer some satisfying resolution: eat the cost and burn the cards. This video is a decent warning against the dangers of greed - but honestly, every man needs to learn that lesson first hand. If you really want to make a concrete contribution, perhaps more symbolic than effective against the forgery complex, burn the cards and have a nice glass of whiskey by the fire.

When I got back in the hobby a few years ago, I saw some way to good to be true prices. That's the very first red flag. The biggest reason I left the hobby in the early 2000s was because the internet was still fairly scammers were very rampant. Turned me away, and card shops were closing, so I just quit buying other than a few packs here and there from a retail store. Always do homework on big-time raw cards before buying. If it doesn't seem right, it probably isn't.. good on you for showing your mistakes though..

Thx for sharing. Lots more are made every day.

@TheSportsCardTeachers

4 ай бұрын

Sadly 😞

That Kobe was pretty Obvious a fake psa, that seller had to know if he's selling sports card.

@TheSportsCardTeachers

4 ай бұрын

Yea i hear that. To the sellers benefit, he had more than 2k previous sales so this one could have slipped through the cracks

Teachers or students? You got schooled, those were beyond noob mistakes.

@TheSportsCardTeachers

4 ай бұрын

I saw dollar signs especially on the Kobe before anything 😞

@gstwarriors5

4 ай бұрын

Agree 100%, they were so obvious you deserve to lose your money as a lesson. Also buying cards on Mercari is a fools errand. If it is too good to be true, IT USUALLY IS. Keep seeing those easy dollar signs and you are going to lose a lot more in the future.

@herbdaveydc

2 ай бұрын

Maybe he did get schooled, but he’s passing on the knowledge so others don’t. Sometimes the wool gets pulled over our eyes if we like it or not. Thanks for the video.

Etsy has a bunch of fake cards from Barkley to jordan

@TheSportsCardTeachers

4 ай бұрын

I won’t be buying from there 😂

@christophertarr9005

4 ай бұрын

The Etsy repo’s are sold as such and are obvious fakes as they are a bit smaller in dimensions. They’re more like novelty items

That Jordan has PSA 8 centering top to bottom and a couple of print flaws if it's not the hard sleeve?

The sad thing is, is this is done by people in the card community. It's highly unlikely some random person has the ability to make this stuff.

Thanks for sharing with us what to watch for in the future when spending hundreds of dollars on cards that could end up as fakes. I didn't know about the certification numbers on the slabs that can be a red flag on top of no PSA symbol in the front. I'm sorry about the Jordan issue you encountered whether or not the seller had showed the back in the scans for you to see and zoom the pic for yourself. I used to own a 88 Fleer Jordan card until I had traded him to a friend in 1989 for a bunch of baseball commons, a few months before Beckett had launched a bi-monthly magazine price guide for its basketball issues To this day I do not own that 88 Fleer Jordan card.

Hey Sean! New subscriber here! Love the content love the channel! My son age 12 and I love card collecting!

@TheSportsCardTeachers

4 ай бұрын

Love hearing that! Thanks for the sub! What do you guys like to collect?

@jasonvtsportsguy2692

4 ай бұрын

We love collecting sports cards - mostly baseball Boston RED SOX like Devers and Big Papi!! We also collect Pokemon!!!@@TheSportsCardTeachers

I bought a fake Jordan on Mercari as well. I contacted support, they instructed me to send it back to the seller, which is actually illegal. They would not refund me unless I did. They told me the seller would be held accountable, but a week later there it was for sale again.

That sucks. I got a card off ebay the other day not knowing that it was a digital card. I know now that you have to check everything out before bidding

@christophertarr9005

4 ай бұрын

You can get a refund.. call eBay customer service as it is nearly a fraudulent practice to list digital representations real cards, unless the card company gives written permission to do so. Get your refund..

@TheSportsCardTeachers

4 ай бұрын

I’ve been fooled by that as well!

@LanyaDude671

4 ай бұрын

You can easily tell that it's a Digital card because not only does the item description say Digital Card 😆 but it looks alot brighter oh yeah and the biggest giveaway is the super cheap price 😀

@LanyaDude671

4 ай бұрын

​@@christophertarr9005I bet you he won't get a refund because he probably didn't read the item description cause every Digital card listing I've seen say Digital Card I mean seriously do you actually think you can get an autograph rookie card of a top player for $6.87 😆 that should've been the dead giveaway!

@tunnelvisiontelevision4274

4 ай бұрын

@@LanyaDude671 Yea it was a learning experience.

It's the old saying..IF IT'S LOOKS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE

I pulled that MJ out a pack in 1997 as a kid and that glow around the letters is a DEAD giveaway. That Mf is faker then a three-dollar bill!!! Also, the Kobe card is over saturated! I feel like you, me and a lot of collectors want to take a field trip to where they're coming from and whoop some ass bro! 😂😂😂

@LanyaDude671

4 ай бұрын

You opened a pack of 88 Fleer in 97? 😂

@lemini4k

4 ай бұрын

@@LanyaDude671 Yeah, my late uncle bought me a box of it at a local estate auction. It was a box of 1988 Fleer Basketball, 1990 NBA Hoops and 1989 Fleer as well. He spent $350 bucks. There were a few packs missing from the 1988 Fleer box but most of them were there.

Send mercari another message and tell them that you have a paper trail pointing at them. Tell them you want all your money back regardless of any policy and say if not you will report them to the better business bureau. And imagine in your head them saying ok sir sorry for the inconvenience and here is your full refund.

@jakestoe

4 ай бұрын

Companies like Mecari don't care about the BBB...😂

Hello. Just stumbled across your video. PSA slabs prior to 2015 do not have the lighthouse logo on it, so it is possible to have a Kobe rookie slabbed without it. But, yeah, the authentication number is the issue, so someone created a fake label. IMO, the Kobe card itself is probably legit, but likely wouldn’t grade as a 10 if resubmitted (which is probably why the fake label was created in the first place). Thanks for sharing!

Look at the back of that jordan lol

I feel for you but anything that has value is faked, art, militaria, antique furniture, sneakers, and the list goes on, unfortunately the fakers keep getting better at what they do.

@TheSportsCardTeachers

4 ай бұрын

Yea i guess we just have to get better at detecting it

Don't some legit PSA graded cards in the PSA slab lack the center logo? I thought older PSA graded cards didn't contain that. Thoughts?

@Knoxville_Jedi

4 ай бұрын

Yes, the PSA slab has changed a few different times over the years. I have MANY PSA slabs without the logo in the middle, they switched to that a few years ago.

@drewhunkins7192

4 ай бұрын

@@Knoxville_Jedi OK. This video makes it seem that if that center logo isn't present it's very suspect.

@Knoxville_Jedi

4 ай бұрын

@@drewhunkins7192nah, that’s how all the old labels look. However, the barcode issue he speaks of, is a problem. I always look up the serial numbers of the slab before I buy, because fake slabs were an issue a few years ago, but not all PSA slabs have the PSA logo in the middle

Thanks very informative

That sucks bro, good job warning others

@TheSportsCardTeachers

4 ай бұрын

Appreciate it. Learned the hard way, but learned from it!

Thanks for posting this inf

@TheSportsCardTeachers

4 ай бұрын

Yea, glad it was helpful.

I saw ya video on the fake Jordan that’s not cool how people do that!👍

Looks like the printer was running low on ink @2:52

@TheSportsCardTeachers

4 ай бұрын

😂

I would keep the cards for a reference and a reminder

@TheSportsCardTeachers

4 ай бұрын

Well the slab went back and got my money back but holding the Jordan for now

If it was through eBay, eBay should protect you thru there buyer protection..

@TheSportsCardTeachers

4 ай бұрын

Yea, definitely one pro of FEEBAY I mean EBAY

I recently bought a fake Mahomes kaboom and resold it on eBay the card looked great these scammers are getting really sophisticated

EBAY DID NOT SEND ME 4 CARDS AT THIS POINT A LOT OF BAD PEOPLE OUT THERE BROTHER!!! WE JUST HAVE TO WATCH ARE ASS !!!

@TheSportsCardTeachers

3 ай бұрын

Very true, be careful!

someone who has sold a lot also knows the value of what they sell. They knew. They absolutely knew

@TheSportsCardTeachers

4 ай бұрын

Problem rest of sellers stuff appeared legit

Definition of seeing red

That huge gap between the card and the label would have had alarms going off...it looks bunk as soon as you SEE it!

@bobtrottier8178

4 ай бұрын

I'm not going to bash like some commenters...it sucks. Dishonest sellers are all over the place and beyond ready to take anything they can no matter who it affects. Sorry you lost the money on Jordan man. I'm always Leary of anything from his early career when I get offered or start thinking about buying it,just too many counterfeits out there

@TheSportsCardTeachers

4 ай бұрын

Good point! My eyes had 💵 before anything unfortunately!

Thank s for sharing new sub

@TheSportsCardTeachers

4 ай бұрын

Appreciate that! Thanks for subbing!

I bought that card and others including fleer rookie and everything star card on Etsy but I knew they were fake

@TheSportsCardTeachers

4 ай бұрын

Yea as long as they state it when selling, that’s fine.

Buddy didnt even look for a psa logo😭😭

AS SOON AS HE SAID "BOTH OF THESE CARDS ARE ON MERCARI" I KNEW RIGHT THEN HE GOT SCAMMED. YOU DONT BUY CARDS OFF THERE LMAO.

@TheSportsCardTeachers

4 ай бұрын

I’ve made a lot of money selling and buying to flip on Mercari. There are deals to be had. Just have to be careful

Ebay not going for it they the only online I will buy from

I have almost every fake Jordan’s from the 80s and early 90s and a Kareem Barkley Wilkins Kobe and lebron. It all cost me about 10 bucks for all of them I thought they would look nice with my fake championship rings I got from China

@TheSportsCardTeachers

4 ай бұрын

As long as you know what you’re paying for that’s fine. People need to make it clear in the description.

Hello from the rising sun Japan 🇯🇵 I am a new subscriber

@TheSportsCardTeachers

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the sub! Appreciate you. Card industry strong in Japan?

@godisgreat8462

4 ай бұрын

@@TheSportsCardTeachers baseball, soccer , definitely are and anime

PSA slabs also have PSA in the bottom right corner

@TheSportsCardTeachers

3 ай бұрын

Yea i saw dollar signs and disregarded what the slab looked like

what I got from this was shop only eBay since they have authentic guaranteed!!!

@christophertarr9005

4 ай бұрын

But eBay has loopholes too as sellers are grouping lots together, with real cards to protect a fake and this way it’s outside the authentication guidelines. If you see a great card amongst some crappy ones, run

@TheSportsCardTeachers

4 ай бұрын

You might be on to something!

Lesson is if it is to good to be true it is.

@TheSportsCardTeachers

3 ай бұрын

Yup :(

Did you learn your lesson or are you still buying from mercari, ebay facebook?

@TheSportsCardTeachers

4 ай бұрын

I’ve learned my lesson. Still on all platforms. Just with more caution.

@RobertLee-wi5kc

4 ай бұрын

@@TheSportsCardTeachers Well you can have caution, guessing you always had caution but those platform you will get ripped off again:(

Gotta watch

Mercari , I keep hearing bad things! Im glad I don't buy , on that platform!

@TheSportsCardTeachers

4 ай бұрын

Yea definitely not near as much protection from fraud as ebay

Had zero shot at a 10- top to bottom

That Kobe Ultra rookie is a well known FAKE. It was on some of the card forums online. Always check your cards under magnification and compare it to another card from the set that you known is authentic.

@herbdaveydc

2 ай бұрын

What if you don’t have the card you’re buying in hand to check? Which is most of the time if buying online.

As a kid, I loved nothing more than playing baseball, watching baseball, and collecting baseball cards. A while back I had heard a story about the value of cards going up, so I had a ton of fun going through my old cards. But when I started looking into what the hobby is like now, I was absolutely and completely let down by what I saw. The way I see it now, the sports card hobby is just another place to feel disappointed in humanity. I am just going to put my cards back in the closet and let them collect dust, because that sounds like more fun to me than engaging with the losers and the scumbags that make up the sports card hobby.

@TheSportsCardTeachers

3 ай бұрын

Tell me how you really feel 😂 i can understand your disappointment in the industry. It’s all about a few players and if people in the past thought they had some great investment, they will probably be disappointed unless they had that diamond in the rough. There are definitely some bad apples in the industry but a lot of good people too. Take care.

Pro tip, Always check the Altered Card Database of over 7,500 altered, faked, mislabeled and stolen cards.

@TheSportsCardTeachers

4 ай бұрын

Good to know!

Wow 150 for a 1500 dollar card jeez man collectors don't make those stupid mistakes 😂

Thank for share its

@TheSportsCardTeachers

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for visiting

Why even scan? No PSA logo is dead giveaway

@TheSportsCardTeachers

4 ай бұрын

Caught up in the excitement. Rookie mistake

Needs new background, too trippy

@TheSportsCardTeachers

4 ай бұрын

Ok

Don't sell it because someone else will scam and put it back out into circulation

@TheSportsCardTeachers

2 күн бұрын

Yea. I’m not selling it. Throwing it in trash

Always something got price or value scammer always will come to make money so sad

@TheSportsCardTeachers

4 ай бұрын

It is

I would know something is wrong when it’s coming from Mercari. I mean you get what you trade on, and things are too good to be true.

@TheSportsCardTeachers

4 ай бұрын

Lessons learned.

@joshbkaufman

4 ай бұрын

@@TheSportsCardTeachers I mean it’s great to look for a 3rd party that sells things, but I played Magic the Gathering since I was 8. I’m 36 now. In TCG’s you always have to be on the lookout for fakes. I know a guy who bought $2k worth of cards, and they were quality fakes, but as people who have played the game for a long time, we knew the second he had them out they were fake. The sole difference between the real one and the fakes is that the cards are printed with 2 sides, and in the middle is a black piece of paper. The sole way to know they are fake is to look at them with a high powered flashlight and if any light goes through them, they are dark blue in the middle. That is the difference between a fake and real card. So while Mercari might be an interesting place, unlike a registered seller, you get what you pay for. Honestly it also happens on Amazon as well. Amazon sells their products through 3rd party dealers and you can buy a box that has been re-sealed. Mercari doesn’t have buyers protection like eBay or a store does. And that is the risk you take. On the other hand you could have sold that to someone else and kept the cycle going which you didn’t do. And I mean if it’s an old card, when it’s in too good condition, avoid it like a plague. *also I own a mini industrial printer, a regular printer, a 3D printer, and I’m better at making most photoshopped images than anyone at Topps. I am probably better at making fakes than Topps is. It would probably cost me $3 to make a colorblast and if I get the correct paper, nobody would know. But alas, I suffer an issue. I’m lazy.

Yikes! Spendy mistakes. Be careful out there friends!

@TheSportsCardTeachers

4 ай бұрын

Yessir!

You should name the seller so everyone knows about them!

Slab has a psa on right corner

@TheSportsCardTeachers

4 ай бұрын

So disappointing

i can tell just by looking at the boarder's its fake!!

Were you hoping that Mercari had a Blindness Guarantee???

@TheSportsCardTeachers

4 ай бұрын

😂

@TheSportsCardTeachers

4 ай бұрын

No just something to protect buyer. At least hold the seller accountable by acknowledging my complaint. After 3 days of receiving item, you’re on your own as a buyer.

Label don't look right. No psa hologram that is important

@TheSportsCardTeachers

4 ай бұрын

Lesson learned

get off of your scam cite and get a clue and pay with a cc don't trust a crappy cite to protect you

@TheSportsCardTeachers

4 ай бұрын

I use a cc on mercari

youcan get those slabs from china.just look you will find them

@TheSportsCardTeachers

4 ай бұрын

Sad

You don’t make a quick grand in this hobby unless you pull it from a pack

@TheSportsCardTeachers

4 ай бұрын

In most cases no, but there are some opportunities out there

Color is wrong!

Those cards came from etsy man lol

@TheSportsCardTeachers

4 ай бұрын

Hope not

lmao. everything about the first card is fake. even the black gradient. the black gradient isn't a process black(K), but it's a 'colored' black gradient. hairline rules(lines) on outer boarder are thin, photo isn't sharp but pixelated, back both the Pantone colors are washed out. second card, psa slab is fake. label doesnt' have the psa dual on/off foil on bottom/middle of label, no fugitive background blue, back label doesn't have that dual on/off foil. can you tell that I specialize in print design? lol why would you use a platform with NO buyer protection? you got what you deserve. also...I don't understand you. seller sells something for dirt cheap and your alarm bells don't go off? lmao.

Micari 😂

If you put the Jordan on your credit card they will get your money back for you.

@TheSportsCardTeachers

4 ай бұрын

I had turned the card in for grading and didn’t get back for like 2 months. I had already accepted the card so they offered no help.

With all due respect, how can you call yourself a teacher when you were so easily fooled by such bad fakes? the missing PSA logo should have been your first clue and the coloring on that MJ is so very off. If it's too good to be true, it probably is, lesson learned I suppose.

Blame your greed

The reason you got scammed is because you are an investor and not a hobbyists! 😮😂😅

hot jam

Geez I can spot those fakes a mile away. Listen here is the deal if that was a real card it would of been graded in that shape. Why would someone sell that for 125 if they could send it in amd get a 9 and sell it for several thousands.. period. Geez man they saw you coming

@christophertarr9005

4 ай бұрын

It does happen from time to time, but you gotta zoom in closely to analyze the cards. Sometimes I take screen shots to increase the contrast, definition and sharpness and you always identify the fakes. But, sometimes sellers are lazy and buy a storage locker or sell,a box from a yard sale and they don’t have the time or patience to research. It’s rare nowadays, but, happens.

@moronsaltable

4 ай бұрын

Listen here is the deal, a lot of people don't grade cards and a PSA 9 1988 Jordan doesn't sell for anywhere close to a couple thousand

@TheSportsCardTeachers

4 ай бұрын

Guy didn’t sell ton of cards, so thought maybe he didn’t know

I hope you purposely got scammed for this video. Can spot those fakes from a mile away in dense fog!!!

@TheSportsCardTeachers

4 ай бұрын

Unfortunately no

Your not that Bright . I Spent $100 to Make A Thousand Dont you think everyone and there Mother would be doing this if it were that easy?

@BuckCommander8

Ай бұрын

It’s “You’re not that bright” not “Your”…but yeah this is definitely one of those if it’s too good to be true situations.

so fake lol

@TheSportsCardTeachers

4 ай бұрын

Lesson learned

Dude why tf would you buy from Mecari?!? People are truly stupid lol

@TheSportsCardTeachers

4 ай бұрын

I’ve made a lot of $ in the past from Mercari. Definitely can find some cheaper stuff than ebay.