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Roger Epperson not advertising on this site any longer?
I was going to ask him about checking out an item for me but now I do not see his Signed Sealed /Delivered ad any longer. Anyone know what is up with that?
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Permalink Reply by Mike T on
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Maybe he forgot to pay the bill. Doubt it tho, he hasn't commented on this site in quite some time.
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Permalink Reply by Ian Baldock on
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I think its his loss. He was spoken well of here.
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I doubt he was breaking the bank to have a small ad on this site with a few thousand members.. He stopped commenting after his Zeppelin LP failed PSA and he didn't refund the guy. I suspect it has something to do with that whole debacle, but that's just a guess.
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And MJ. I do see he occasionally is on here reading. Shame to lose him.
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Permalink Reply by Paul on
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Roger I believe would have been sick and tired of dealing with some people trying to argue and debate with items that were authentic. It would be difficult to comment without guys wanting to take you on.
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Permalink Reply by Dane on
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Mike, as has been written several times on this issue, Mr Epperson's concern was that he wanted to have some say in who would be authenticating the item. He stated that he would have been willing to accept Steve Grad's opinion on the item, but he didn't want to be subject to the opinion of someone he didn't feel was an authority on Zeppelin signatures.
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I doubt Grad would opine differently on an item his company failed, that would put him in a bad spot.. So that's kind of pointless... Plus there's nothing to say Grad didn't see it anyway, how do we know who examined it? I agree its not the best system but that's how this hobby works.
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I'm sure that if Grad's opinion of an item differed from another authenticator's, he would be honest about that. Otherwise, he'd be painting himself into a corner where all his experience gets relegated to the limited experience of the newest set of authenticators for the company.
I've had PSA reject items in the past, where I was sure they were authentic. I contacted Joe Orlando with my information, and he had Steve Grad review the pieces. Steve noted that they were authentic, and PSA issued stickers and COAs on the items. So, yes, sometimes the senior authenticator does have a different opinion than the less experienced members of the staff.
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Permalink Reply by Josh Board on
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I don't know the Zep story you guys are talking about, but here's a simple, simple solution. He should refund the money. As simple as that. If the autographs are authentic (and I'm guessing if Epperson says they are, they are)...he'd have no problem selling the piece again.
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I think, with all the negative publicity drawn to the item by Michael Johnson, that it'd be difficult to market/sell. As for refunding the money, I don't know.
My view has always been that when I buy something, it's either something I want or something I know I can make a good margin on. In the first case, if I buy the item, I would hope it's authentic, and if I trust the source, and it fails, I try to work with PSA to have the item reviewed. In the second case, I would do what Mr Johnson did. That said, I don't know how much a Zep signed album goes for, normally. I'd guess it's something in the neighborhood of $8500-$10k. The only way I could see offering the high end of the range is if I really wanted the item, as opposed to it being something I planned to resell.
I just feel that the buyer, if he really wanted the item as badly as his correspondence makes it appear, should have tried to see if there was a possibility of a mistake at the authenticator level.
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