
Stark Trading Co.
I’ve seen this shop and its owners in action before they ever opened here, so nothing about my experience came as a surprise. Back in Jasper, they were clearing out stock from our local store even though they already had their own distribution by sending their daughter to grab as much as possible under the guise of “it’s for the kids.” Once people connected the dots that it was going straight into their own inventory, the trust was gone. When I stopped by their shop, I was hoping maybe the actual store would show a different side. Instead, it felt like exactly what we had already seen: a bare minimum setup designed to profit off the current hype with no real connection to the community. In Jasper, we let them cut in line thinking we were doing a good deed for a family, only to watch a kid trained to sweep every product in sight while the parents smiled and misled people about why they were there. That is not just bad etiquette, it is the opposite of the integrity you would want from anyone in this hobby, especially someone trying to run a grading company. And by the way, Hayden is one of the people who you are saying is “harassing” you? But he was there that day, and there were at least five others you personally interacted with. So pretending you do not know us now is just laughable.
