r/StarWarsArmada • u/RhysOSD • Feb 22 '26

Discussion Does anyone know if Coliseum is legit?

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some of these prices seem too good to be true, but the site doesn't seem illegitimate. they link their Better Business Bureau on their site, and it seems legit to my tech illiterate ass.

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u/Wild_Space Feb 22 '26

An advanced scam.

From their Facebook:
The Coliseum Cards & Collectibles's Pos

Just so everyone is aware this is a SCAM!

Using our address is ridiculous, the only way to buy online from us is TCGplayer. It’s MEmagic

If anyone knows how to report these guys and get them removed let me know!

Sweet girl from California got scammed, and had a customer ask the other day if it was us. Luckily replied in time so he didn’t order anything.

~~~

So yes it's a real location. The phone number and email could even be real. The BBB profile, etc. But it's a fake storefront to a real business.

It's super advanced tho. They have MSRP prices (vs 90% OFF BLOWOUTS1) and even have stuff out of stock. Impressive. But another giveaway for me was they have some Magic stuff available even though it's not out until next week. Every other online store has the items listed as Preorder. Except this one.

Good scam tho.

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u/RhysOSD Feb 22 '26

Damn, that's devious. I was looking them up and just kept seeing actual stuff, so I was honestly tempted to buy the upgrade box for a bit.

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u/Wild_Space Feb 22 '26

Yea dude. Scams are getting clever. Were having a wedding soon and my fiance wanted QR codes on the invites. So I found a QR code generator online. Tested it. It worked. Ordered a bunch of invites with the QR code. It still worked. Mailed it out to almost 200 of our closest friends and family. Then after awhile the QR code flipped to a phishing site. A bunch of my relatives fell for it (even after i I warned them not to use the code, but that's another story).

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u/RhysOSD Feb 22 '26

Ouch. Well, I hope no one got screwed over too hard. Thanks for the help, and happy wedding.

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u/Mtsouth13 Feb 22 '26

Can report them to their domain registrar

Name TUCOWS.COM, CO. IANA ID 69 Abuse Contact Email domainabuse@tucows.com Abuse Contact Phone tel:+1.4165350123

May not lead anywhere but if enough reports come in especially scam ones I think they legally have to do something

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u/Dangerous-Desk-1961 Feb 22 '26

I am a bit confused, So the website is fake, but the store is real, and the website isn’t related to the actual store?

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u/BananaVenom Feb 22 '26

If it seems too good to be true, it is. New-in-box Armada minis are not going for anywhere near MSRP from any legitimate seller

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u/Kelspa Feb 22 '26

I have a ton of armada stuff to sell at 40% price or less. But I'm in MN.

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u/RhysOSD Feb 22 '26

I have the unfortunate curse of being a perpetually poor Californian.

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u/Dndplz Feb 22 '26

40% MSRP?

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u/aiasthetall Feb 22 '26

I've been looking for a decent lot, sending a pm.

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u/Biobooster_40k Feb 22 '26

Idk about them but I do know one website that might still have a SSD in stock for that price. Its where I recently got mine, with shipping since its so big along with taxes it came out to be $280 something which is expensive but possibly cheaper NIB that on Ebay.

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u/RhysOSD Feb 22 '26

Given its size, under 300 is a blessing.

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u/Biobooster_40k Feb 22 '26

That's what I figured. The state of official Armada is so depressing so I had to snag it while I could, who knows how many will be available at a decent price

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u/ShiftyGER Feb 25 '26

If you see an online shop selling unopened stuff at OG retail prices it is 100% a scam.
Any online shop has been picked clean to the bones by us during the fall of Armada and even the bones have been devoured by the vultures that are scalpers. They even bought the dial packs nobody wanted to resell them for 100$ a pack.