schmoozer Posted August 31, 2021 Report Share Posted August 31, 2021 I recently visited a local antique store in Maltby, WA that I have bought marbles, and other items, from for years. He used to keep the marbles in a case in the back room, opening it for regulars to look at. He had a lot of older mibs in bags, pricing them per mib. Recently he decided to change things around, and move the marbles up front. He found a bunch of empty bags stuffed under the case, indicating people he trusted had been stealing from him. I was crushed, as he had no idea who was doing it, and suspected all of us. My wife and I have always been scrupulously honest in dealing with him on all purchases. he bagged all of them together in $10 bags, over 100 bags in total. All sealed, so no individual inspection possible. Very sad… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvrons Posted August 31, 2021 Report Share Posted August 31, 2021 There is always one bad apple. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schmoozer Posted August 31, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2021 The Seattle area has a lot of good people collecting marbles, I hope he finds out who the thief is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PittsburghMarbles Posted August 31, 2021 Report Share Posted August 31, 2021 I always tell antique stores and dealers to tape their jars shut but allow people to look through them at the front desk. I always take the jars up front and ask to look through them and talk about marbles and stuff to the clerks up front while searching the jars. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted August 31, 2021 Report Share Posted August 31, 2021 4 hours ago, wvrons said: There is always one bad apple. And they always ruin it for the rest of us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mojo Posted August 31, 2021 Report Share Posted August 31, 2021 Send the Jets The Guilty will be Punished 👊 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Posted August 31, 2021 Report Share Posted August 31, 2021 Terrible. This reminds me of back when I was collecting football cards. I would always visit the Walmart in Decorah, IA too pick up a couple of "blaster boxes", which held anywhere from 4 too 10 packs per box. The higher end cards almost always guaranteed 1 Jersey card, Autographed rookie card, or some other insert. Blaster boxes also had a good reputation for yielding the short printed, hard too pull cards of the top players. When Graded, they go for big bucks. Ever so often, I would find boxes stuffed in the back, having been ripped open and the contents gone. Sad. Walmart stopped carrying the "good stuff". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted August 31, 2021 Report Share Posted August 31, 2021 They aren't collectors. They are thieves. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad G. Posted August 31, 2021 Report Share Posted August 31, 2021 12 minutes ago, Alan said: They aren't collectors. They are thieves. x 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Posted August 31, 2021 Report Share Posted August 31, 2021 1 hour ago, Chad G. said: x 2 × infinity. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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