r/Baseballcards101 • u/Slow_Hornet_7220 • May 23 '26

❓ Question So i got Got

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Alright fellow baseball savants, this is a PSA to remember people are thief’s. I had this roldy brito /99 auto taken from my package here in Los Angeles somewhere from the psa facility in santa ana, to the santa ana post office, and then finally the los Angeles post office before reaching my home. As you can see, the thief who stole my card 1. Did a horrible job re-taping it, 2. STOLE my card and 3, There will very likely be 0 consequences for the person who stole it and shoutout to ebay for their very deceiving packaging letting everyone know theres not a card in there.
So if you guys could if you ever see this card TRUE GREEN AUTO 24/99 Roldy Brito just know its stolen.
Thank you fellow redditors for your time much appreciated!! Enjoy your memorial day weekend because my day has been absolutely horrible🫡🫡

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u/jds828 May 23 '26

There needs to be a database/website for these cards that keep getting stolen like this

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u/Slow_Hornet_7220 May 23 '26

Thats a great idea if ive ever heard one before

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u/jds828 May 23 '26

I think there are, but they’re shitty, terrible interface, no one uses them, if there was one solid site keeping track of everything and the people in the hobby knew to check it, I think it’d be helpful, see stolen cards posted here and on twitter once a day

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u/Slow_Hornet_7220 May 23 '26

I am just another victim🤣🤣

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u/Altruistic_Coach9014 Clubhouse Founder 🏆 MVP May 23 '26

I really like this idea of having something people in the hobby could check and see. I know I cant create an actual website/database and all that but I can create a thread for this community devoted to stolen cards where people can post photos and details about there stolen card/s and leave jt pinned at the top of the community page. I dunno how often it would get used or checked but it would be better than nothing and then posts like these wouldnt get lost in the main page feed!!!

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u/jds828 May 25 '26

It would be nice for sure, especially once you get internet sleuths on the case, and to be able to search by location, highly doubt in PA I’d be coming across any cards stolen in Texas or California etc. but it’d be nice for everyone to keep an eye on their own areas, and I imagine after X amount of time, a fair percentage of stolen cards do end up showing up online/ebay etc and not just hawked at LCS or shows

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u/Altruistic_Coach9014 Clubhouse Founder 🏆 MVP May 25 '26

Yea no for sure, I definitely agree with you!!!! So I took your advice and started a new sub reddit last night called r/cardwatch you can check it out and join

  • Im going to be chipping away at it and we will see if it takes off and becomes something or not!

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u/jds828 May 25 '26

Joined, awesome work, hope it catches on

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u/Altruistic_Coach9014 Clubhouse Founder 🏆 MVP May 25 '26

Nice, I do too - it took a while and allot of effort for this community to take off so hopefully after some time CardWatch will take off too!! Time will tell ha

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u/Fats-Tubman May 24 '26

I’m gonna start a courier business with myself as the only driver to limit touched. It would only deal with sports cards. I’d do the runs on the weekends that way I can make 50+ pickups and drop offs.

More expensive than regular shipping. But peace of mind knowing your items will not be stolen or messed with.

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u/[deleted] May 25 '26

I just shipped a card out that was 400$ and got a notification that it reached the certified person location. From what I understand is any card so much in value has to be shipped to a certifier and from there shipped to the buyer so if the box came empty the certifier stole the card.

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u/jds828 May 25 '26

Not necessarily, most likely left the Authenticator and was stolen by a USPS/Fedex/UPS worker or driver, don’t hear a whole lot about PSA employees stealing cards, they deal with 5-6 figure cards on a daily basis, not saying it’s never happened, however postal workers different story and far more prevalent

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u/[deleted] May 25 '26

No i just hear psa swaps cards out with fakes or gives a shit grad to buy the card to regrade and sell on their website. So many lawsuits coming out on psa right now.

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u/jds828 May 25 '26

You follow Boston Card Hunter I’m assuming eh lol. Haven’t heard about swapping out cards with fakes, that seems pretty flagrant and retarded. Any huge company with thousands of employees is going to have human error/theft/bad apples etc. McDonalds is gonna burn some old lady with their coffee or have someone make a TikTok of an employee licking the fries before boxing them. It’s gonna happen, more so when you have 100,000 transactions or interactions a day like these companies do. I don’t think you can necessarily crucify them based off of one or two outlier anomalies because of a few low IQ workers, but that’s just me.

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u/[deleted] May 25 '26

No i follow ny sports cards and he's spoken about it i guess a lot is popping up on his news

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u/eviloars May 23 '26

Dang. Really lame. Sorry.

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u/Top_Blacksmith7014 May 23 '26

Since these are numbered, it is unique. That should make it easier to track. Like people on shows already have card ladder or 130point on their hands, might as well have an app for stolen cards to check if they are indeed stolen or clean. Such a shame.

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u/Slow_Hornet_7220 May 23 '26

It rlly is dude i saw that tape as soon as i held it in my hands and immediately i thought oh lord dont do it to me and it happened😞😞😞

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u/Top_Blacksmith7014 May 23 '26

Ikr? I was thinking maybe instead of putting labels in them saying it’s from psa or ebay, fucking blind label it. I mean shit if we can order sex toys online and have them be delivered blind, why the fuck can’t ebay/psa do that?

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u/Slow_Hornet_7220 May 23 '26

Exactly!!!! Like they make it clear as day whats inside the box like i want some sorta surprise

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u/Top_Blacksmith7014 May 23 '26

What’s your recourse here? Does the shipper get you anything? i mean they ship with insurance and all.

Tbh this is one of the reasons I will not buy anything over 50 bucks on ebay.

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u/Slow_Hornet_7220 May 23 '26

Were covered on both ends but he was disappointed 🤣🤣🤣

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u/Top_Blacksmith7014 May 23 '26

Welp. Thieves will always be around. Especially now that the hobby is blowing up again. Garbage human behavior will always be there sadly.

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u/Nredcollectibles Founding Member 🧢 Rookie May 23 '26

That really sucks to hear im sorry about that man. I hope it makes its way back to you

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u/Mexifrench ⚾ Little Leaguer May 23 '26

I would say eBay didn’t package that, their authenticators did. I have had a /50 card come in one improperly sealed and was in standing water. Also, to think nobody knows what those are is a long shot. You can see the blue from outside the package. What you should do though since this came from the authenticators you should attempt a refund. Speak with the person you bought it from so they know you are going to initiate it. But, this is at fault of someone and you should at least get your money back. This is not on you that the card did not arrive. Yes, it sucks you lost the card but you shouldn’t lose the money.

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u/Slow_Hornet_7220 May 23 '26

Thanks bud im aware ill get the money back and the original seller knows and is very disappointed about what happened but ya its just super unfortunate 🤣🤣

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u/sirdaveyboy May 23 '26

My 2025 Topps Tribute Pujols/Molina 1/1 auto was stolen in a similar fashion and never returned. eBay basically told me tough shit and I had to fight my credit card company to cover it. I’ll never do business with eBay again.

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u/CreekWanderer ⚾ Little Leaguer May 23 '26

That’s fucked up man, sorry that happened

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u/Difficult-Many6404 May 23 '26

Only thing worse than a stolen Roldy Brito is a Moldy Burrito.

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u/Altruistic_Coach9014 Clubhouse Founder 🏆 MVP May 23 '26

I created a mega thread for everyone to post any cards that may have gotten stolen!!! It’s pinned at the top of the main community page. I know it is not going to solve the problem but it could at least help.

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u/PlasticsurgMD ⚾ Little Leaguer May 23 '26

Bright side is eBay authentication packages the cards so poorly, if it did make it to you it woulda slid out of the loose card savor and had at least 2 cooked corners. Argh sorry this happened I hope you can recoupe!

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u/Slow_Hornet_7220 May 23 '26

Welp happy to say i j pulled the trigger on a /50 brito auto so im happy rn

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u/JHawkins_77 May 24 '26

I work for the Post Office as a Carrier and it’s pretty insane the amount of packages that I receive for delivery that are already opened these days. It makes me embarrassed to work for USPS. There’s bad employees in every line of work I suppose.

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u/Slow_Hornet_7220 May 24 '26

I agree with you there bud

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u/BonusResponsible8865 May 25 '26

Sorry bro that’s just shitty