"We never had any from 2005. We have them from 2006. We purchased them all at the same time. When we contacted Topps about it, they said they were replacement cards that were made by Topps. How exactly they got into circulation, I don't know. That is a question for Topps that they would not answer. The cards are 100% real and we at one time had many graded by Beckett."
edit: Darn it, still working on the multi-quote stuff on this new board!
I know they are unnumbered replacements. There have been many threads here and other boards about them.
My question is, since you know the legit ones are numbered, and you know these are "replacements," why do you specifically word your auctions that way?
If there are 25 black refractors that are numbered, and you're selling unnumbered ones, then you should know that those are in addition to the numbered ones.
By stating that Beckett (a pretty highly regarded source in the card world) states that there is a print run of only 25, and you know that these unnumbered ones can only add to that number, you are purposely misleading people.
You say you talked to Topps about them, and they told you these were the replacement ones that got out somehow, so you obviously know they are extras that inflate the print run.
