I know youāre joking, but for those that take this idea seriously this is the wrong course of action⦠It would only serve to discredit the forum and its members and would do nothing to solve the problem. Counterfieters will still counterfeit, even if we know who one of them MIGHT be.
That said I agree that they should be strung up by their toes
What if you try to find his address and you accidentally find an address he lived at 5 years ago and then people start harassing some random family that now lives at that address, thinking that the counterfeiter lives there still?
It could turn very ugly against innocent people very quickly.
Just keep your nose up for fakes, report the users who try to sell fakes, but donāt try to dox them.
I think it would be very helpful if the first post in this thread had high resolution pictures of all stamps believed to be fake to date and the seller(s) to which they are linked. Is that a good idea?
I didnāt want to post it because heās a great seller. But I donāt think heās aware of it. Does the stamp on the zard look a little funky to anyone?
Iām pretty sure this one was already mentioned and Rusty is aware that it does look funky.
āI pictured the Charizard stamp up close as I had to examine it myself to make sure it was not an after-market stamp. After looking at it very closely it looks real to me. I do realize PSA has already authenticated it, but I had to make sure for myself and for any potential buyer to see. It looks like there was just a little extra ink on the plate when the 1st edition stamp was put on it.ā
Itās super overpriced anyway, so itās not like heāll sell anytime soon but someone in his position should be more careful. It,s just not aligned properly and the ink is off.
I think this is especially important now that several people appear to agree that stamp alignment and ink quantity can noticeably vary on authentic cards. There are many ways in which the stamps on authentic cards can vary, I believe, and all such ways need to be compared in order to distinguish allegedly counterfeit stamps in a principled way.
In my opinion the TCA charizard has an after market stamp, the positioning is off, coupled with the over saturation and blotchiness of the ink (which distorts the number 1 and āeditionā)
usually having just 1 error is a huge red flag, when you start getting multiple errors its just not likely that this thing came from the factory,
I wouldnāt pay $100 for it personally as I wouldnāt feel right selling it
Can you provide a picture of an authentic card which has a misaligned stamp and isnāt one of the big 3 base set starters lol? odd how the epidemic is unique to the 3 highest priced cards in the base setā¦
One things for sure. Even though heās heard the negative opinions of others, Rusty believes itās correct. Even though, he still puts others concerns in his description.
He deserves a LOT of respect.