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Why didn't the sellers in this deal do why the buyer did and examine the cards before handing over the payment? That seems to be an extreme failure of due diligence. Can you imagine buying a house without looking inside first? They must have a lot less respect for that kind of money than most of us do.

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The box was (supposedly) sealed and a sealed box is worth more than an opened box. Opening the box to check its contents might significantly decrease the box's value.

Opening collectors' items would be more akin to a museum trying to run a pristine old engine to test if it's genuine instead of letting it sit for display. It's the untouched nature of the objects that's making these little bits of cardboard worth more than half a dollar.

I actually just sold my house to a buyer that can't travel due to covid lockdowns but they are desperate to move to the countryside.

Sight unseen house sales are becoming popular at the moment. Big city budgets can buy very nice houses where I live, the buyer just paid for a licensed house inspector to compile a report for them to make sure the place isn't about to collapse.

So their agent looked inside, and their agent was a professional inspector.

Yeah... if I had to pick between me or a professional inspector looking at a house before I buy it, I'm picking the pro every single time.

No, I've never heard of a buyer having an agent.

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