Scammers are in full force and they are hitting up people’s memorabilia, toys and anything else of value. About two years ago my friend’s grandmother, who lives in Green Bay, a junk man come to her home.

She let him in, and to my friend’s dismay, bought all of her antique sports collectibles. She probably had a few thousand dollars worth of programs, yearbooks and autographs from the Packers’ championship teams of the 1960s.
She wouldn’t tell my friend how much she sold the items for, probably because she knew she got ripped off.

Now I know it ultimately was her choice, but she was totally taken advantage of and she was way too trusting… Most elderly people are.
Another story of a scammer taking advantage of elderly people happened to my friend’s mother this past weekend.

She is in her 60s and beginning to forget things etc, so she is becoming an easy target.
My friend always told her not to sell any of his childhood toys. She vowed she never would.
Then, over the weekend she had a rummage sale and advertised it in her local newspaper. A man who must have seen the ad came to her home a day early and asked if she had anything else for sale. She said she had some furniture and invited the man inside.

According to my friend, she said the man showed a lot of interest in his childhood toys. She told him that the toys weren’t for sale.

My buddy arrived to his mom’s house the next day and some of his favorite toys were missing. The man who came in the house stole the toys!

My buddy was so upset over the fact that part of his childhood was stolen, and I don’t blame him.
Now to the unfortunate story of hobby pioneer Lionel Carter. Listen to this interview. Very sad that there are horrible people there doing this to innocent people.