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eta: and let me be as perfectly frank as i can be here. your husband has an amazing wife.
it’s cool as hell that you would think about doing something of this magnitude and support his hobby endeavors in this fashion. and if i werent married already, this is where i would be asking you if you had a sister...but heres the gods honest truth here, even us veteran collectors have to stay on our toes here. everyday the swindlers find new ways to cheat, steal and cut corners. literally.
and while we are on the subject of SSI and cutting corners, its alleged that the man (robert block) does just that. just google “ssi robert block trimming” and read for yourself.
again, youre amazing to even want to go down that road with your gesture. but i can see some serious frustrations on both of your parts, especially your husbands when he possibly finds out you were duped into buying an altered card. not saying you would, but why even take that risk.
and not sure what he actually collects and i usually frown upon “gift certificates” as gifts, but in this scenario i would think about doing one from comc.com, bbce, blowout or something of this fashion to support his hobby.
Maybe vastly more detail than you have time or interest for, but a thread on the blowout cards forum goes into great detail about SSI's shady practices. So much so that the SSI guy got all huffy and threatened to sue!
However I have bought cards from them before, and may do so in the future if they have something I want and the price isn't outrageous. But their prices are often outrageous. I'm also not interested in any graded cards...but if I was I wouldn't buy from them.