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eBay tells me...."They allow forgeries" I'm NOT JOKING GUYS.

I brought up eBay seller: this-n-thatsportscollectiblesplusmore the other day and after going through his account and calculating how much money he has made on forgeries, I decided to call eBay yesterday. After being transferred around, I finally get a hold of someone in (Fraud Resolution) and this person seemed to have knowledge of autographs.

At any rate, I firstly explained my frustration with eBay allowing forgeries to constantly be sold on their site and how it seems that eBay has a serious lack of concern in relation to the problem of forgeries being sold on their site.

HIS RESPONSE: The Fraud Department does its very best to weed out easily identifiable forgeries and those of higher valued items by using Third Party Authenticators to look at items that have been reported. However, it is the buyers responsibility to do their own research before bidding

I then asked why Global Authentication is still an eBay approved authenticator with their reputation of authenticating thousands and thousands of forgeries on a monthly basis.

HIS RESPONSE: I will have to defer on that question because I don't have an answer for you. I will pass that comment along to the fraud department.

I then brought up seller this-n-thatsportscollectiblesplusmore who has sold over 250,000 $$$ dollars in forgeries all authenticated by Global Authentication. I explained that I go in weekly to report his items, yet they never get removed.

HIS RESPONSE: In order for an item to be removed it must be reported by multiple eBay users.

SO AFTER THIS WHOLE CONVERSATION, I feel that eBay is very passive on forgeries. Based on this conversation, it honestly seemed to me that they don't give a rats tail if people sell forgeries.

LET'S DO THIS...GO TO this-n-thatsportscollectiblesplusmore and report every item you think is fake. Let's just see if we all report if eBay will do anything about him. He has sold over 1,000 Tom Brady signed Helmets and Footballs and I have reported EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM. By myself NONE OF THEM HAVE EVER BEEN REMOVED. Let us see if as a team, we can get action. So go look at the autographs you feel are fake and report them. Will it get a response out of ebay?

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Permalink Reply by Mike Shepherd on October 27, 2014 at 2:26am

That is funny Jason.

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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on October 27, 2014 at 3:32pm

He's definitely not forging them.

They are "produced" in "Florida."

I think it's time I gave Ebay seller Bear7171 his own thread.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on October 27, 2014 at 5:48pm

Yup.

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Permalink Reply by Patrick's Autographs on October 27, 2014 at 3:57pm

Thanks for posting this. There is one big problem. If every item is removed the person will simply do something that a lot of eBay forgers do. They will simply make another eBay account easily.

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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on October 27, 2014 at 4:15pm

Looks like Ebay has removed all of the "Florida" forgeries listed by EBay seller Bear7171.

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Permalink Reply by Jason Poulos on October 27, 2014 at 4:24pm

He may not be forging them but he knows what he is selling.

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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on October 27, 2014 at 4:25pm

I have no doubt he knows exactly the crap he (Ebay seller Bear7171) is selling.

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Permalink Reply by Jason Poulos on October 27, 2014 at 4:28pm

oddly enough Steve posted up all of his comments and 99.99% were about why people shouldn't trust PSA and JSA.

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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on October 27, 2014 at 4:29pm

While at the same time selling dozens of "Florida" forgeries.

It also looks like Ebay "Voided" numerous completed and sold auctions.

Ebay seller Bear7171 may be issuing refunds in the very near future.

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Permalink Reply by steve nash on October 27, 2014 at 7:53pm

You have to much time on your hands must live in your moms basement and don't work. I checked the guys account you see $250,000 your stupid and have no life because its not even close. You kinda sound sad this guy has stuff you don't have or try to win before and couldn't do so. If I was this guy I would find you turn you in for slander and sue you that's for sure. I messaged the guy to let him know you are slandering him on this site so hope he finds who you are to shut your trap.