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I believe the medical terminology for that is "Being an unscrupulous greedy fuck nugget."

Tell that to Captain Phasma.

Just as a measure of how much VGS is better: @darkchylde28 never invited me to look at a thread, or talked to me about the people on NA (that I can remember). Granted, I came in here in a round about way, through playing games instead of collecting, playing Minecraft, and then Game Night. But without those things, there wouldn't be the the sense of community, and there wouldn't be people I feel are my friends now, I definitely wouldn't be here. I got all excited about the Werewolf game and spent waaaaaay too long telling my mother about how it worked, and how much fun it was. I have gotten so much enjoyment and fun out of interacting with you guys. I gather that NEVER could have happened on NA.

Game night is the Highlight of my week(s)!

I only have so many TL:DR pony memes. LOL

https://www.forbes.com/forbes/2004/1227/156.html?sh=1e5684592e07 Just dropping this here, the important information being the following; Heritage was itself the subject of a 1997 complaint by New Orleans dealer Blanchard & Co. The dispute stemmed from a $2.5million loan from Heritage, made in 1992, stipulating that Blanchard had to buy two-thirds of its coin inventory from Heritage at prices Heritage claimed were fair market. Blanchard sued Heritage after learning the firm had sold similar coins to other wholesalers at prices far below what Blanchard had paid. An arbitration panel ordered Heritage to pay Blanchard $23 million; Blanchard settled for less. Halperin says the companies continue to do millions of dollars in business a year.

Can confirm. When my dad died, we tossed a three foot square box of 5 1/4 floppies into the dumpster. (I still get flack from it from @darkchylde28, but no one even had a machine to read them anymore!)

It's ok. One day, I will need everyone's help appraising all of the junk in boxes strewn through the house. Because I will not be asking the crooks at WATA.

TRUE COLLECTORS FILL THEIR HOUSES UP WITH CRAP AND NEVER PART WITH A SINGLE ITEM. SAY IT AGAIN FOR THE FOLKS IN THE BACK!!

Also, in light of this whole debacle, Thank you for all you do, Gloves. I'm sure keep looking at your screen in increasing horror.

That's quite the mental image. My view of the thread went kind of like this:

My Drama-Llama says "Yes, oh yes!" But my chores list says "Oh no!"

You don't even have to care about collecting to have a blast here!

That business statement is all kinds of revealing.

That's your take away? He was doing well, so he could afford to lose the money? If he'd ever heard the concept of a "bubble" I'm sure he'd have stayed away, but he had no idea the price was going to drop out from under him. And that's why scams like this succeed, because there's always someone ignorant enough and gullible enough to be the person holding the bag. Also, he grew up literally dirt floor poor. Extreme poverty, especially for people in the Great Depression, causes PTSD and trauma over money and resources. I don't blame him for always looking for ways to provide for his family.

I'm not thinking of @darkchylde28here. He has enough games and such sitting around, oh poor him, priced out of buying new ones. I'm thinking of people like my grandfather. He was a Navy vet, a carpenter, and he was a child of the Great Depression, always trying to squeak a little more out, even though he was doing quite well for himself. So, like a bunch of people, he found out that he could invest his money in.... Beanie Babies. He even had the Princess Di bear. Spent at least $200 on her. Intended to hold on to her for a couple years, and sell her for far more. And then the bubble burst. His whole investment was probably now worth about $15, instead of the $1500 he'd spent. People like Jim Halperin are scum. They are deliberately inflating a bubble that is going to pop, and they don't care who's still inside when it does, they will already have made all the money they can, and people may end up far worse than my grandfather did.

Oh. Okay. These people have been caught in the act of being shady and unethical at best, misleading people out of money, and stealing and lieing at worst... But we're being unnecessarily negative.

Just pointing out that since the the shill bidding accusation is in the air, the "higher offer" could've been someone else associated with HA/WATA.

If I sell my cat to @darkchylde28for a million dollars, that would not be a fake sale. He would have to give me the money. The fact that the money has not changed households is a significant fact that should not be overlooked. But lets say that we release a press statement that Darkchylde has bought my cat. We take pictures of him holding the cat, he shows off the bags of cat food and litter he's bought to care for the cat. We make a big deal out of the fact that he is now the legal owner of said cat. Then a week later, with no press release, I buy the cat back. Neither sale has to be fake. But the fact that in the meantime, he's gotten some sort of benefit of being the cats owner (at least temporarily), has to be pointed out.

I want to take this opportunity to say that this site has been amazing, and I feel incredibly welcomed here. As someone who’s always had more affinity for playing games than collecting them, I feel like you guys won’t care about it if I don’t know the minutiae of every game anywhere. Between Minecraft and Game Night, I feel like I have friends again (which hasn’t been the case since the kids were born). You guys are awesome and I feel honored to be a part of the community.

It speaks to his dishonesty. If he can’t admit “Oh, I had some help from my parents.” Something as simple to admit to as getting lots of great gifts from supportive parents, but he won’t admit it. It speaks to what else he’s hiding. It reminds me of those people who want to tell people in poverty to just “pull yourself up by your bootstraps!” When all along their parents bought them a house and paid for their college. “You, too can find Stadium Events if you just get to the flea market early enough!” When we all know thats BS.

I have no skin in this game but I’m following it because it’s fascinating. Anyone want to start an auction company? LOL