Ebay's new authenticity guarantee. Coming to autographs soon? - Autograph Live2024-03-29T11:48:09Zhttps://live.autographmagazine.com/forum/topics/ebay-s-new-authenticity-guarantee-coming-to-autographs-soon?commentId=3524372%3AComment%3A1507043&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noCheers Joe, thanks for the en…tag:live.autographmagazine.com,2020-09-18:3524372:Comment:15070432020-09-18T14:27:40.030ZOwen Smithhttps://live.autographmagazine.com/profile/OwenSmith780
<p>Cheers Joe, thanks for the encouragement. </p>
<p>Cheers Joe, thanks for the encouragement. </p> Owen, keep doing what you are…tag:live.autographmagazine.com,2020-09-12:3524372:Comment:15058382020-09-12T11:48:06.552ZJoe W.https://live.autographmagazine.com/profile/JoeWasson
<p>Owen, keep doing what you are doing. Fight the good fight. EBay is making many changes right now. I believe something will come down the pike eventually.</p>
<p>Owen, keep doing what you are doing. Fight the good fight. EBay is making many changes right now. I believe something will come down the pike eventually.</p> Thanks for the response Joe. tag:live.autographmagazine.com,2020-09-12:3524372:Comment:15057572020-09-12T08:50:40.255ZOwen Smithhttps://live.autographmagazine.com/profile/OwenSmith780
<p>Thanks for the response Joe. </p>
<p>Thanks for the response Joe. </p> Owen, I understand your frust…tag:live.autographmagazine.com,2020-09-10:3524372:Comment:15054912020-09-10T11:47:40.157ZJoe W.https://live.autographmagazine.com/profile/JoeWasson
<p>Owen, I understand your frustration. It is annoying to see fake autographs being so openly exchanged without retribution. It's not fair to the consumer nor it is fair to the honest sellers. But, it is what it is.</p>
<p>As long as there are buyers of bad material there will be unscrupulous people taking advantage of the situation. As long as uninformed people feed money to the pig the pig will continue to eat and thrive.</p>
<p>Sometimes the only thing an honest person can do is just keep…</p>
<p>Owen, I understand your frustration. It is annoying to see fake autographs being so openly exchanged without retribution. It's not fair to the consumer nor it is fair to the honest sellers. But, it is what it is.</p>
<p>As long as there are buyers of bad material there will be unscrupulous people taking advantage of the situation. As long as uninformed people feed money to the pig the pig will continue to eat and thrive.</p>
<p>Sometimes the only thing an honest person can do is just keep doing the best they can. I believe there will always be honest people out there and they will eventually reach a certain level of success. Eventually the wheat does get separated from the chaff. </p>
<p>The one thing I have learned in life is it is still up to the individual to do the threshing and not count on others to do it for them.</p>
<p>As this discussion clearly has shown. There is no clear cut solution except personal responsibility. People need to be more careful how they spend their money.</p>
<p></p> I've been reading this thread…tag:live.autographmagazine.com,2020-09-10:3524372:Comment:15054902020-09-10T10:03:09.563ZOwen Smithhttps://live.autographmagazine.com/profile/OwenSmith780
<p>I've been reading this thread with much interest because I conducted research over a year, on all the fraudsters who I clearly see selling fakes on Ebay in the UK. My findings are currently with The UK Trading Standards at the moment. Not that anything will change. </p>
<p>It would indeed be hard to find all, because many of the same fraudsters operate under multiple accounts such as the list that follows: </p>
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<li>this_is_cal2012 (103 Feedback score: 103) - currently…</li>
</ul>
<p>I've been reading this thread with much interest because I conducted research over a year, on all the fraudsters who I clearly see selling fakes on Ebay in the UK. My findings are currently with The UK Trading Standards at the moment. Not that anything will change. </p>
<p>It would indeed be hard to find all, because many of the same fraudsters operate under multiple accounts such as the list that follows: </p>
<ul>
<li>this_is_cal2012 (103 Feedback score: 103) - currently active</li>
<li>autfarren (211 Feedback score: 211) alfianthon_0 (1305 Feedback score: 1305) - currently active</li>
<li>darkblue1223 (1241 Feedback score: 1241) – currently active</li>
<li>unique-memorabilia-100 (212 Feedback score: 212) - currently active UPDATE ON FEEDBACK: unique-memorabilia-100 (302 Feedback score: 302)</li>
<li>Unique Autographs – account sitting idle</li>
<li>Tullulah and Dixie (Teressa something) - account sitting idle</li>
<li>Pink and Purple Shop (Carylynne Hutchins) - account sitting idle</li>
<li>Tweedyread (Stephen Reed) – account sitting idle</li>
<li>Lukeva – account sitting idle</li>
<li>Jodencia – account sitting idle</li>
<li>Jlpriest14 – account sitting idle</li>
<li>happyhooves3 (1118 Feedback score: 1118) currently active</li>
</ul>
<p>The above bull pointed career fraudsters who operate in Withernsea Yorkshire in the UK, have up 50 (maybe 100s of) accounts and have been selling multiple worthless fakes for many years, without any trouble. When complaints are made to EBay with evidence. Ebay simply ignore everything. </p>
<p>It is easy to spot the above fakes that these guys sell because their items are appalling, but it is not so easy to the untrained eye. Also, this particular fraudster above uses the same traits that many other fraudsters use and they manipulate the Ebay algorithms with ease, garnering large amounts of positive feedback to unsuspecting buyers who think they have the real thing - then they eventually drop the accounts that receive bad Feedback and start up new ones. They make an easy living from Ebay and unfortunately Ebay support and literally protect these people who continue with their daily business of selling worthless fakes weekly. </p>
<p>I have stacks of further evidence that I wont post because sadly there is simply too much of it and there are 1000s (maybe more) of fake accounts operating daily, simply because Ebay continue to allow this practice to continue. </p> It appears that no one likes…tag:live.autographmagazine.com,2020-09-09:3524372:Comment:15053852020-09-09T15:07:14.590ZJoe W.https://live.autographmagazine.com/profile/JoeWasson
<p>It appears that no one likes the current autograph selling environment on eBay. Although it also seems that no one foresees any agreement on an effective solution. Perhaps that is the reality of autograph collecting in general. There is no perfect solution but change is inevitable. Hopefully for the better.</p>
<p>It appears that no one likes the current autograph selling environment on eBay. Although it also seems that no one foresees any agreement on an effective solution. Perhaps that is the reality of autograph collecting in general. There is no perfect solution but change is inevitable. Hopefully for the better.</p> watches i understand as they…tag:live.autographmagazine.com,2020-09-09:3524372:Comment:15053062020-09-09T15:02:02.714Zmarc ehttps://live.autographmagazine.com/profile/johnshaw
<p>watches i understand as they have a copywright and fruad deptment so not a big stretch for watches.</p>
<p>watches i understand as they have a copywright and fruad deptment so not a big stretch for watches.</p> the big auction houses dont u…tag:live.autographmagazine.com,2020-09-09:3524372:Comment:15053812020-09-09T15:00:46.974Zmarc ehttps://live.autographmagazine.com/profile/johnshaw
<p>the big auction houses dont use tpa they use in house specilst for bonhams heritage sothebys and place that high calibur</p>
<p>the big auction houses dont use tpa they use in house specilst for bonhams heritage sothebys and place that high calibur</p> yup
imagine stuff being pull…tag:live.autographmagazine.com,2020-09-09:3524372:Comment:15053802020-09-09T14:59:35.404Zmarc ehttps://live.autographmagazine.com/profile/johnshaw
<p>yup</p>
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<p>imagine stuff being pulled all the time also some tpas have a conflict of interest</p>
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<p>that means anyone who lists a graph can have it pulled for any reason and will they tell u what tps said its bad so u can go to there competition and get it aproved. i mean u can get 3 differnt answers</p>
<p>yup</p>
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<p>imagine stuff being pulled all the time also some tpas have a conflict of interest</p>
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<p>that means anyone who lists a graph can have it pulled for any reason and will they tell u what tps said its bad so u can go to there competition and get it aproved. i mean u can get 3 differnt answers</p> now thats scarytag:live.autographmagazine.com,2020-09-09:3524372:Comment:15053772020-09-09T14:56:35.467Zmarc ehttps://live.autographmagazine.com/profile/johnshaw
<p>now thats scary</p>
<p>now thats scary</p>