IG user Cardporn aka Juan Garcia Wrapped up in Jordan Jersey Authentication Scandal

[AbraCalabro]

lmao at that post from cajun cardboard, propaganda at work, it's not a conspiracy theory. The more people post stuff like this, or the more they post in defense of cardporn, the more you know cardporn is tied to some fat cats in cards.

[FrankAZHP]

Where there is money there is fraud. This industry has never been an exception to that.

I don't trust anyone when it comes to stuff over $40.

The fact that it was cardporn of all people is hilarious to me. Just another example of someone claiming to be a watchdog for the scene who was blinded by the opportunity for money and caught in the act.

Just imagine all the scams that haven't been caught/noticed.

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[mindcycle]

https://www.actionnetwork.com/general/m ... -scams-too

This time, he gave Hoody's, a large consignment business in Oregon, a shortened version of his name: J Garc.

Max Barnes, general manager at Hoody's, was reading the stories on Garcia — the man who ran Cardporn, a self-proclaimed "hobby watchdog" Instagram site that reached 112,000 followers before being deleted last week amidst the scandal.

Barnes then started to realize his company had been the latest victim. He shared his story with the Action Network.

On July 6, Garcia bought a 2007 Upper Deck Black dual patch autograph featuring Michael Jordan and Julius Erving for $7,700. Four days later, Hoody's sold him a 1997-98 Metal Universe PMG Clyde Drexler in a PSA 4 for $5,655.

Garcia then showed Hoody's a video of him opening their package on tape, which apparently revealed that they forgot to send the cards.

In the video, Garcia shows a box that doesn’t appear to be opened. He cuts through the tamper resistant tape with an X-Acto knife and opens the package to show no cards inside.

"The envelope on top isn't how I put it in there and he opened the package from the bottom," Barnes said.

eBay authenticates cards worth more than $200, so the shipping lies with them as the middle man. Garcia’s loophole is that eBay doesn’t have the authentication program outside the U.S. and Canada, so he can blame the vendor instead of eBay.

When the "I didn't get the cards" trick didn't work, Garcia tried the "I got the wrong cards" excuse. When that didn't work, he said he had a bank issue and that he never purchased the cards in the first place.

Full article here: https://www.actionnetwork.com/general/m ... -scams-too

[AbraCalabro]

wah! wah! you're being negative!

In all seriousness, I love seeing this stuff being brought to light, hopefully this train gains more steam.

Also curious if this guy has any relation to Ray / Amy from NSW Australia, they've had numerous aliases in the past going way back in the day.

[SacKingsCards]

Oh man, this guy literally made running scams in the hobby a full time job. It's a little surprising it took so long for something to come to light if you assume he's been doing this for multiple years.

[auburn35]

Dan the card man detailing another attempted BBCE scam.

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^ seeing “TO WHOM IS MAY CONCERN” on the authentification letter for a 6-figure box would definitely give me pause

[auburn35]

Yeah, shockingly (typo and all) that appears to be a fake letter and BBCE wrapped box. Same BBCE cert (different box and letter) was pictured in this 2017 Heritage listing.

https://sports.ha.com/itm/basketball-ca ... 15-80676.s