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> When the Guardian reached [the buyer] shortly after the broadcast ended, he said he was still “in shock”. But he noted that he still had his money. “We took e

• simias 6y ago
  They seem to imply that the seller was actually honest and thought it was genuine, so I guess somebody did get shafted in the process (although probably by a much smaller amount). It's quite a clever hustle in a way: since the wrapped box is worth so much more than an opened one it's an interesting paradox: if you don't open the box, you don't know for sure that it's genuine but if you do open it then it loses most of its value. Therefore if you manage to make a convincing fake using a clean box and some shrink wrap-fu it will probably be hard to ascertain the authenticity of the product without damaging it. It's like Schrodinger's Pikachu.
  • Zenbit_UX 6y ago
    Indeed, meaning any buyer who wants to purchase it as a speculative investment "sealed box" and not to actually open it would get fucked. It might actually change hands several times before being opened in a rising market like this one and the seller may have either been the source of the scam (and played the oblivious fool when it was opened in front of him) or was scammed himself.
    • ericcholis 6y ago
      I've defiantly seen a side by side comparison of a very good fake box and a verified real one. On their own, the fakes look VERY good. It's likely the scam came further upstream. But, at those dollars, I'd personally be reaching out to the community to help verify the validity.