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Yeah, I get where you are coming from.  I thought he may be trying the 0% Seller Fees to get some attention as some sort of new site promotion.  Same thing with the SportLots thing someone mentioned; seems like they are trying to find ways to get users from scratch which probably isn't easy.

I don't know, I tend to try to be optimistic until I see a reason not to be.  Besides the image thing (which the recent tcdb consensus seems to be was legal?), I haven't heard of anyone having a bad experience using them yet.  I really hate eBay so I would consider throwing a few cards up there and seeing what it is like; it is nice to have options and I'm sure if someone got scammed word would have gotten out by now since it appears they have a decent amount of cards for sale.

You're right though, people have questions. If someone at BSC sees this and the owner is smart, he should probably come out to answer some of these concerns if he wants people to give them a chance

OK yes they are stealling from us. There is a card I packed pulled numbered 4 of 5 auto that I uploaded and has never left my collection that has my image on there web site.

Good discussion and finds jlamberth & lakingz.

Still hard to comprehend working years on building something that bleeds $10,000-20,000+ a month and has a business model of making $0. Especially in a crowded market place that has eBay and COMC. It seems like a business model path similar to Amazon, losing money for years hoping to capture market share and put others out of business before eventually changing things up and turning a profit. I mean if you have an investor or the bankroll to do it, more power to you. But stealing all of your images and metadata from others then blatantly claiming you did it all yourself and boasting the largest this and that just undermines credibility.

Check it out 2019 Stadium Club Ichiro OBV-I. 4 of 5 Serial number.

This was probably the guy who signed up here and then was adding every single card to his collection.

Thank you just trying to get to the bottom of this!  Also, just to continue playing devil's advocate here; I read the post jlamberth sent that the owner must have posted on his social media (copy paste below).  TBH I didn't think it sounded arrogant but maybe I am missing a post? Honestly, the post seems a little sappy for my likings LOL.  Even if we assume the images and data were from TCDB, there probably was a lot of other work required to build that site by the looks of it.  Maybe comments about doing the work were in reference to that?

"This project is by far my biggest personal achievement. I began in Dec. 2020 with an idea & no idea how to bring it to fruition. I have no technical expertise & didn’t know anyone who did. This, just like many things along the way forced me to go well beyond my comfort zone and truly put myself out there to chase my dream.
I have self-funded this project with my life savings and dedicated 80+ hours a week for over a year to get to this point but it wouldn’t have been possible without the support I received from others. After sending literally 1200+ emails/messages, setting up hundreds of interviews, hiring 27 people (15 of which I had to let go), I came to have a team of 12 amazing people. Their dedication to helping bring my dream to fruition will never be forgotten. Neither will the support of my wife, mom, family & friends who have been there for me during the ups & downs. This project has given me some of the best/worst days of my life but ultimately I pushed through the adversity and have had huge personal growth. I’m a better person today because I’ve pushed myself to be by chasing my goals despite the fact it would have been easier to not."

admin should send a cease and desist letter and then turn this site into an hybrid current site/e-commerce site before anybody else steals this data again.  

I just wish Admin would step in here, in this forum, and let us know what is going on.

I think we all do, but if he's undergoing some sort of legal action and/or investigating what happened he may refrain from saying anything until it's all resolved.