I recently saw a bundle of five monarchs on ebay for the low price of $21 and free shipping. I was taken in by the low price, I contacted the dealer and asked if they were new. The dealer confirmed that they were new and I immediately bought them. I had my concerns that it was a scam, but everything checked out. The dealer had a high rating, lived in the U.S, but the one thing that caught my attention was that there was no information on the ebay page about the cards, besides that they were Theory11 monarchs. When the cards came today I opened them and my first reaction was that none of the cards had that red seal. My concern began to deepen and I took them out of the cellophane and rubbed the boxes. The embossing seemed cheap. I have an old deck of sentinels so I expected the embossing to be the same or better. As I opened the box my heart sank. All of the cards are exactly the same as Theory11's but they feel like any cheap bicycle deck. I now realize my folly. I guess the old saying is true, "A sucker dies every minute to make room for a new one." I'm not exactly sure what to do. I know I will never get real monarchs, because I am a cheap skate, so I could keep these and just give the dealer bad feedback, or open a case against the dealer and return them. I hope others will learn from my mistake.
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