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Permalink Reply by Steve Zarelli on May 12, 2014 at 10:55am

LOL. So true.

Let's take a look at the tried and true favorites from sellers of suspect material. Anyone care to rank them in order of most popular?

• It has a COA (not pictured or from some unknown/shady source)
• From Grandpa's attic... and he NEVER bought any fakes
• Estate sale find (with brand new COA from one of the usual "forensic examiners")
• "Why don't you losers mind your own business?"
• "You are all unemployed losers in your Mom's basement... get a life!"
• "Why should I believe you? You are no expert."
• "I made [insert eye-popping sum] last year selling autographs and you are a loser."
• "Remove my name from this site immediately. My attorneys have been notified."
• "You are libel (sic) for slander (sic)."
• Examined by a local dealer and he said it was real.
• No item details, but a 30,000 word biography copied and pasted from Wikipedia.
• "My [insert name of unknown and alleged authority] said it was good. No refunds excepted (sic)."

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Permalink Reply by Rich on May 12, 2014 at 11:30am

Don't forget typing everything in caps and making excessive use of "LOL" when it's apparent that you've been outed as a crook.

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Permalink Reply by Bradford on May 12, 2014 at 12:49pm

Yeah he just patronized me by saying, "you're the expert, why should I give you the verification number?" 

...and then he asked if I needed a diaper. At that point I realized even more what I was dealing with. 

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Permalink Reply by Steve Zarelli on May 12, 2014 at 12:59pm

LOL

The diaper insult is a new one, but quite original. Keep an eye on it... It could catch on with proper use, e.g., "You're no autograph big daddy. In fact, you sound like you need a diaper."

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Permalink Reply by Carl Ryan on May 12, 2014 at 3:14pm

Does he have up a picture of the JSA cert? It sounds like he doesnt, and that is a violation of ebays policy. Or at least i am fairly certain of it, and his auction can be yanked for it. When i used to sell on ebay, i had a few items taken down that had PSA or JSA certs. When i called to ask why, i was told that i needed to have the actual COA pictured, if i advertised it had one. Otherwise they would be taken down. Maybe that can be used to get this guys items removed. 

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Permalink Reply by Bradford on May 12, 2014 at 3:21pm

Who do I make that complaint to at eBay and how?

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Permalink Reply by Carl Ryan on May 12, 2014 at 3:38pm

Hi Bradford, hope your doing well. And thanks for sticking your throat out to expose this. The only way that i know to report items on ebay is a tired process that doesnt seem to get responses anymore, but its better than nothing.

Once you pull up the sellers auction, before the item description, look in the right corner of the page. In blue letters you will see the options of Print, or Report item. These are located right above the ebay item number. Once you click on report item you can report if for various reasons depending on the infraction. I always use the counterfeit item complaint box. 

You may already know how to do this, but its the only way i am aware of to report a listing infraction. Ebay used to actually be fairly good about taking action against things like this. Nowadays though, it hardly is worth the time. In my opinion, there is an EMR member who dislikes this site and targets its members on purpose.

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Permalink Reply by Bradford on May 12, 2014 at 3:41pm

Anything to protect the integrity of the hobby Carl. Thanks for the helpful infor. I didn't know how to do that . However , the listing miraculously ended. I can't tell from my phone if anyone bought it. If you check the link you'll see. It was suppose to end in a couple of days.

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Permalink Reply by Bradford on May 12, 2014 at 3:41pm

EMR?

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Permalink Reply by Bradford on May 21, 2014 at 8:48pm

How bout this on an eBay description: "Please note- we do not send COAs as they are meaningless, but everything we sell is guaranteed authentic forever."

Hahaha

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Permalink Reply by Dan Gregory on May 12, 2014 at 4:08pm

Seller ended it, I think he saw your article and realised that claiming he had a COA would expose his lies, nice work!

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Permalink Reply by Bradford on May 12, 2014 at 4:17pm

Thanks Dan! Let me ask: how would he have found this article?

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