"Mike, *nothing* that eBay seller has is authentic. It is *all* fake. He has now changed his username on eBay to "srhugo" and his feedback is down to 88%. If you didn't already get a refund, make sure you get one. He's one of the…"
"Regarding the Ebay feedback: if a seller hides their feedback, it means that they cannot list anything for sale on the site, as long as the feedback remains hidden. My guess is that he is trying to get his feedback score back up again, by fair means…"
"I am replying to your comment about his feeback somehow continuing to rise. I suspect that he has fake ebay accounts that he is "selling" to and using those accounts to artificially inflate his feedback. "
"Any updates Mike? I see the seller has now removed all listings and even deleted his bio information and has three rather scathing negative feedback reviews. "
"Really desperate stuff from the seller. That’s pretty similar to the language he used with me initially when I contacted asking for a refund after the items failed authentication. "
"I can't prove this, but I think he possible already has another eBay account. There was one item that sold recently and literally the following day, there was feedback saying thank you, excellent packaging, fast shipping etc.......the next day."
"Looks like someone else has figured out what's going on with this guy......look at the feedback.
https://www.ebay.com/usr/abigfile?_tab=1
He's been found out. My guess is he will show up on eBay under another username."
"He’s also adding “signed in my presence” to the descriptions of all the listings, which apart from anything else, is simply not believable for the volume of items. "
"He’s back already. New listing looks just as fake as the others, the Johnny signature looks like “Joby Ramone”, just like the one at the start of this thread. In all my years collecting, I have never seen Johnny signatures that…"
"Thank you. In all my years of collecting this is only the second time I have had this issue on eBay; I am careful and have been doing this a long time, but this has been a timely reminder that you can still get scammed. Lesson learned."