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Permalink Reply by Rizwan Elahi on September 5, 2012 at 10:10am

Another by ascharityfundraising.com anyone please help

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on September 5, 2012 at 11:22am

I have never seen anything from them that was genuine besides some Steiner Sports memorabilia once, years ago (Steiner is very reputable). AutographStore.com and their charity division is a massive seller of forgeries. Stay away.

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Permalink Reply by Rizwan Elahi on September 5, 2012 at 10:00pm

you mentioned AutographStore.com but above are from ascharityfundraising,com

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on September 5, 2012 at 10:04pm

Sorry...the AS in the beginning of the domain name ascharityfundraising.com stands for Autograph Store. They're the same company.

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Permalink Reply by Rizwan Elahi on September 5, 2012 at 10:21pm

how can they get away with this? people are bidding on them thinking they are real and they are helping charity/

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Permalink Reply by Sidney Fields on September 5, 2012 at 11:42pm

That's exactly what happens.

I don't know about this company...I'll leave that to Steve and others.  

But I do know of other companies. In one case, a company exposed for wholesaling fakes boasted of doing tens of millions of dollars in charity sales. In another, a company proudly touted the item it auctioned off to benefit a children's hospital. Fake as could be.  Both companies still in business.

The business model is absolutely diabolical.  The provider of the fake items is happy because he's made a nice piece of cash.  The charity is happy because it's raising money and never even thinks to question authenticity..  And the purchaser is happy because he thinks he's purchased something he likes and helps out a worthy cause in the process.

So everyone is happy and no one has any incentive to complain or even investigate....until perhaps the purchaser tries to sell the item (if that ever occurs).

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Permalink Reply by Grant Davis on September 6, 2012 at 1:00am

Yep - took a while to identify but it is Autograph Store again - well picked up Steve.

Steve (special thanks) and the site helped me get back a motza that i had outlayed on their items

Stay WELL AWAY

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