indeed that is a fair question - it should pass hands only once - from the maker to the buyer and the buyer to confirm with the maker the bar is received.
It is well documented that many people never reached out after receiving their items. I did reach out and had issues with my 20 pokerchips with double funding, missed funding and one with a different than published address - he did fund fix it though. and I made out sorta as 2 coins were double funded.
I am not attacking or defending anyone here - simply asking if the original buyers ever reached out upon receiving their items - if they did, then it is easy to show/prove that they did and that the coins/items were not funded. Keeps it simple and clear cut.
This i a nice excuse for him no to load the coins.
Then he say i am busy for the next 7 years and will be back 2031, and what you going to do? i mean common we arent that naive. if someone sold loaded coin - LOAD IT. thats it.
i scanned 0.0005 value chips that are OLD chips and 0.0005 btc back then were not much, but he still haven't loaded 72 from 210. it says a lot.
i would highly recommend to check your every MrHodlClub coins/bars.
There is no excuse to not fund the coins - unless the buyer never reached out. He was clear back then that to get your coins funded, you needed to let him know they were safely received - this was done to avoid losing the funding amount if the coin was lost or stolen - this makes sense.
Many people instead received their coins - never reached out and never confirmed if they were loaded.
There is no excuse to delay in funding once a customer reaches out though - that I fully do agree with you on.
also as stated previously and by him - the majority of "unfunded" are ones reported lost/never received and ones that were never sold.
I also agree and recommend to check every coin/bar one has - not just the MrHodlClub ones.
and if someone has one that is not funded, then he should fund it upon confirmation of the coins authenticity - ie the address matches his list and shows as never funded - he should then fund immediately.
and if buying on secondary market - due diligence is necessary on behalf of the seller and the secondary buyer.
This is Bitcoin - Verify always.
Again - I am on your side here - if your coins/bars are valid and are matching to his sales lists - and have never been funded, he should fund them immediately.