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Authenticity is Everything
Does eBay REALLY guarantee the authenticity of all items sold on its site?
I just saw a TV ad proudly proclaiming that eBay guarantees the authenticity of the products sold on its site. Then, how do they explain the blatant forgeries that daily pollute their site?
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Permalink Reply by BallroomDays67 on
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That doesn’t include autographs. It’s only available for watches, sneakers, trading cards, jewelry, handbags and wallets.
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Permalink Reply by Garrett Meadows on
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Thanks for the clarification.
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Permalink Reply by crazyrabbits23 on
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Yeah, I've never seen EBay even attempt to try to authenticate signatures. They don't have an in-house division for that sort of thing (Beckett/PSA/JSA seems to have cornered the high-end market), and there are rampant fraud rings running constantly on there, for just about every major presence you can think of.
That being said, I've been burned more times off Abebooks (I just had to get a refund a month or so back for an alleged signed book that turned out to be faked) than EBay, and that's even with knowledge of certain authors/personalities whose "wheat is separated from the chaff" in terms of legit autos vs. fakes.
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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on
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There was a point in time about ten years ago when ebay actually had a team monitoring the authenticity of autographs, and would pull items when reported by this team. Apparently the power sellers complained because it was cutting into their profits so it was terminated.
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I stand corrected! Their decision doesn't surprise me at all.
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Thanks for the warning about Abebooks. I've seen a few items I would like to have had, but my intuition wasn't good about their authenticity.
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Permalink Reply by Eddy on
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I don't think ABE is necessarily a bad venue. Many sellers on there are top notch. Like every site, there will be some clunkers amidst the good stuff.
It's good to see other offerings a particular dealer has listed to get a more full picture. I recently purchased a personal "grail piece" from an ABE dealer. I did a bit of research to see what else they were offering and it looked solid. Some sellers on there also have their own independent websites to browse.
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How could they guarantee authenticity of autographs? Nobody can guarantee that. COAs do not guarantee authenticity, they are only providing an opinion. Plus they get faked these days as well. And some autograph fakes in live ink are extremely well done these days, using computer autopen…
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I agree 100%.
Also I didn't know about "computer autopen." Boy, technology further complicates an extremely difficult process of authentication.
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Sometimes it really is depressing (and anger generating) to scroll through eBay listings. There are certain signer's names that I browse regularly to see what might be offered. So much of it is bad.
My focus is on more vintage entertainment and historical. I'd imagine current entertainment is even much worse.
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They apparently aren’t even interested in removing reprints that are being offered as original. I hadn’t reported an eBay item in quite some time, but recently tried with a $2K+ OBO reprint in which I have an image of the original. Nothing happened.
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