Through this post i'd like to tell a story and post a warning for those who live in Europe. Because this week i've had a real eye opener and an awesome case of: "Faith in humanity restored".
Last wednesday, i suddenly got a message from a seller from whom i just recieved a Modern Masters 17 Scalding Tarn last weekend.
He asked me to check up on mine because he had been having complaints about fake cards. He told me he bought a collection and some of the more expensive cards turned out to be fakes. Mine was from that same collection.
Later that evening i took out the Scalding Tarn from my binder, where i stored it from saturday. Due to time constraints i didn't give it a second look after recieving it. I must admid, i've gotten pretty trusted with the cardmarket.eu system and never expected modern bordered reprint cards with hologram to be a fake. Which makes the story all the more interesting.
Long story short, My Modern Masters 2017 Scalding Tarn turns out to be a fake. Though it must be said, it's a very very nice one and only upon closer inspection one could see differences between it and an Original.
Things of note:
-The fake card looks and feels like the real deal.
-The printing quality is pretty good, from black blacks to rosette patterns all look extremely good and real. Only thing you'll notice when you compare with an original is that blues seem somewhat purplish and the text "Scalding Tarn" is printed slightly lower in the bar that the Original.
-The card fails the light test, not showing the blue glue between the layers and blocking most of the light. Though the card is made up of two layers like it should.
-The WotC hologram is cut pretty rough and is put on double
After informing the seller of these facts and presenting the proof trough pictures, i've recieved a full refund agreeing to let me keep the card to warn friends in my playgroup.
See my pictures attached to this post for reference. The card on the left is real, the one on the right is fake.
I'm very happy to know there are still people in the community who help others out by being this honest. He is a true example of how the world should work and i hope he can somehow get his money's worth back from the original seller.
Last wednesday, i suddenly got a message from a seller from whom i just recieved a Modern Masters 17 Scalding Tarn last weekend.
He asked me to check up on mine because he had been having complaints about fake cards. He told me he bought a collection and some of the more expensive cards turned out to be fakes. Mine was from that same collection.
Later that evening i took out the Scalding Tarn from my binder, where i stored it from saturday. Due to time constraints i didn't give it a second look after recieving it. I must admid, i've gotten pretty trusted with the cardmarket.eu system and never expected modern bordered reprint cards with hologram to be a fake. Which makes the story all the more interesting.
Long story short, My Modern Masters 2017 Scalding Tarn turns out to be a fake. Though it must be said, it's a very very nice one and only upon closer inspection one could see differences between it and an Original.
Things of note:
-The fake card looks and feels like the real deal.
-The printing quality is pretty good, from black blacks to rosette patterns all look extremely good and real. Only thing you'll notice when you compare with an original is that blues seem somewhat purplish and the text "Scalding Tarn" is printed slightly lower in the bar that the Original.
-The card fails the light test, not showing the blue glue between the layers and blocking most of the light. Though the card is made up of two layers like it should.
-The WotC hologram is cut pretty rough and is put on double
After informing the seller of these facts and presenting the proof trough pictures, i've recieved a full refund agreeing to let me keep the card to warn friends in my playgroup.
See my pictures attached to this post for reference. The card on the left is real, the one on the right is fake.
I'm very happy to know there are still people in the community who help others out by being this honest. He is a true example of how the world should work and i hope he can somehow get his money's worth back from the original seller.
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