GarkoCollector
Banned User
In 2001 I had pulled a redemption card from Fleer genuine Football for a complete set uncut sheet /100 signed by Donovan McNabb. These were selling for ridiculous prices on ebay...150-200.00 or more. I sold mine to a kid in Canada, but because of the rules, Canada wasnt permitted for shipping. I offered to redeem it myself and have it sent to me and I would cover the shipping costs to him.
I got the payment about a week after I sent in the card for redemption. After 2 months of no redemption coming in, the kid starts emailing me 2-3 times a day. I told him that I couldnt control how fast they redeemed it, but since I sent with return reciept, I would email him a copy of the card that said it had been delivered and signed for.
This kid was a nutcase...he made threats to me about calling the police and coming after me (I didnt know it was a kid at the time) if I didnt send his money back. I told him to give it another couple weeks since redemptions take up to 12 weeks accoring to the card back.
After 12 weeks, I got a call from the police in his hometown requesting information. I gave them everything I had including a copy of the card showing it had been delivered to Fleer and had been signed for. I talked to a constable that suggested that since I wasnt out anything for the product as it hadnt arrived that I simply refund the money I was paid. Unfortunately, I didnt have 200.00 to spare to send. I offered to make a payment arrangement but the person refused, so they filed a complaint against me. It was in process for a month and by the end of the investigation, I had cash availalble to refund...which is what I planned to do in the first place. I refunded the money and never ended up getting the redemption back from Fleer.
Last week, things took an interesting turn of events...I got the sheet from UD as part of the process of making good on unfulfilled redemptions. I was happy to get it and had honestly forgotten about it. Then this morning I get a letter in the mail with my old address on it and a forwarding sticker to my current address. I open it and its a letter from the father of this person (whom I now know was a kid) that had caused these problems. In the envelope was a note saying that his son was running scams on people for years using credit cards and checks that he was stealing out of mailboxes. The money he sent me wasnt even his and I had refunded it to him. Also in the envelope was a money order for 300.00. 200.00 refund and 10% interest for the last 5 years. He also stated that he has contacted the police in their town to notify them that the fault in this instance was that of his son and not me.
Its amazing how some things come full circle when you least expect it. I now have the money and the sheet, which I am donating to the local Fire Department for their 9/11 raffle going on tonight.
Sorry for the long read.
Tom
I got the payment about a week after I sent in the card for redemption. After 2 months of no redemption coming in, the kid starts emailing me 2-3 times a day. I told him that I couldnt control how fast they redeemed it, but since I sent with return reciept, I would email him a copy of the card that said it had been delivered and signed for.
This kid was a nutcase...he made threats to me about calling the police and coming after me (I didnt know it was a kid at the time) if I didnt send his money back. I told him to give it another couple weeks since redemptions take up to 12 weeks accoring to the card back.
After 12 weeks, I got a call from the police in his hometown requesting information. I gave them everything I had including a copy of the card showing it had been delivered to Fleer and had been signed for. I talked to a constable that suggested that since I wasnt out anything for the product as it hadnt arrived that I simply refund the money I was paid. Unfortunately, I didnt have 200.00 to spare to send. I offered to make a payment arrangement but the person refused, so they filed a complaint against me. It was in process for a month and by the end of the investigation, I had cash availalble to refund...which is what I planned to do in the first place. I refunded the money and never ended up getting the redemption back from Fleer.
Last week, things took an interesting turn of events...I got the sheet from UD as part of the process of making good on unfulfilled redemptions. I was happy to get it and had honestly forgotten about it. Then this morning I get a letter in the mail with my old address on it and a forwarding sticker to my current address. I open it and its a letter from the father of this person (whom I now know was a kid) that had caused these problems. In the envelope was a note saying that his son was running scams on people for years using credit cards and checks that he was stealing out of mailboxes. The money he sent me wasnt even his and I had refunded it to him. Also in the envelope was a money order for 300.00. 200.00 refund and 10% interest for the last 5 years. He also stated that he has contacted the police in their town to notify them that the fault in this instance was that of his son and not me.
Its amazing how some things come full circle when you least expect it. I now have the money and the sheet, which I am donating to the local Fire Department for their 9/11 raffle going on tonight.
Sorry for the long read.
Tom
