Anatomy of an SS Visor Fraud

**stonemint** · 03-30-2021, 10:11 PM

Sold on Ebay, December 2019:

**Espenlaub Militaria** · 03-30-2021 10:11 PM

We also buy and trade your items and full collections!

**stonemint** · 03-30-2021, 10:13 PM

1 year and 3 months later, now for sale as an "Attic Find" SS visor for 2,995.00:

**stonemint** · 03-31-2021, 12:47 AM

Just in case the original webpage disappears:

**TWS** · 03-31-2021, 01:08 AM

"I am a private collector who sell a part of my 25 years collection to finance the purchase of a house.

since the late 80s, i was going each year to Europe (Poland and Germany) to go to flea markets and antiques stores and also to visit lot of contacts (private collectors, dealers) i met during all those trips...

I bought mostly all my items from these contacts.

Since i have been doing this for a long time, lot of items i got for a very decent price (in the 90s prices were lower than today !!)

i priced my items for fast sale."

What a crock of $h*t

And it gets better...

"All sales are final. I am not walmart, i am not a dealer, i am a private collector.
I can exchange item upon my discretion though."

**Dos** · 03-31-2021, 01:16 AM

I've been watching this website for a year now regularly just to get some insight in what kind and how many fakes are being sold by him. This is criminal...

Makes me think of the ebay seller Porre81... Although he sells some more high end reproductions / fakes. Very scary!

Thank you for sharing this Stonemint.

-Dos

**SimonSorenKam** · 03-31-2021, 01:21 AM

Water stains are like snowflakes and finger prints. No two are alike, but maybe JUST MAYBE this guy ran into a once in a lifet......... Radio Edit!

**TWS** · 03-31-2021, 05:21 AM

by Dos

I've been watching this website for a year now regularly just to get some insight in what kind and how many fakes are being sold by him. This is criminal...

-Dos

I'd never heard of this joker, but I found his website by Googling the description of the cap Chris provided. I just looked around for a few more minutes because the amount of disgusting fakes was making me nauseous.

I didn't see any identifying information during my brief visit to the site, which was unsurprising because that's typical of the worst crooks, but if someone knows his identity he should be outed here. Some may disagree, but we have a duty to younger/newer collectors to steer them away from dirt bags like this guy.

**MAP** · 03-31-2021, 05:56 AM

He says it is "1,000%" original, which is an impossibility. Now, if he claimed it was 100% original, well, then he would be lying

**Vocht** · 03-31-2021, 09:35 AM

That is some great detective work Stonemint! I never knew of this website and I do not like several items he sells. What an absolute criminal!
I agree with the above that they should be named and shamed.