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Fake hardcopy prototypes discovered.
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<blockquote data-quote="Bill McBride" data-source="post: 105621" data-attributes="member: 2198"><p>I completely agree with you. I think (unfortunately) it's just a result of people being more connected, and the amount </p><p>of information we share increases over time. When I started, ebay didn't exist, the internet as we know it didn't exist, so</p><p>everything was done via the phone, toy shows, magazines, and of course "Toy Shop".</p><p></p><p>I think the real point here is that you need to do your own research when it comes to pieces like this. (My personal area </p><p>of study has been DT sabers, and 15+ years later, I am still learning things)</p><p>The second key point is objectivity; these are high-end grail pieces for most people, and it is very, very easy to have your</p><p>emotions slap the blinders on, and your passion takes over. My main issue with Scott was simply the quantity of items he </p><p>claimed to own and/or was selling. Even the most upper-end, mega collectors and all our sources combined didn't equal up </p><p>to what he had floating around. My BS-detector was off the scale with him, so I didn't even respond to his emails. </p><p></p><p>Everyone is concerned over issues like this, but I think it's great to see so many people stepping up, and doing the right thing</p><p>to correct these problems. No one is passing the buck on Scott, so things will certainly be coming back to him, and people like</p><p>him. </p><p></p><p>Bill</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bill McBride, post: 105621, member: 2198"] I completely agree with you. I think (unfortunately) it's just a result of people being more connected, and the amount of information we share increases over time. When I started, ebay didn't exist, the internet as we know it didn't exist, so everything was done via the phone, toy shows, magazines, and of course "Toy Shop". I think the real point here is that you need to do your own research when it comes to pieces like this. (My personal area of study has been DT sabers, and 15+ years later, I am still learning things) The second key point is objectivity; these are high-end grail pieces for most people, and it is very, very easy to have your emotions slap the blinders on, and your passion takes over. My main issue with Scott was simply the quantity of items he claimed to own and/or was selling. Even the most upper-end, mega collectors and all our sources combined didn't equal up to what he had floating around. My BS-detector was off the scale with him, so I didn't even respond to his emails. Everyone is concerned over issues like this, but I think it's great to see so many people stepping up, and doing the right thing to correct these problems. No one is passing the buck on Scott, so things will certainly be coming back to him, and people like him. Bill [/QUOTE]
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