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Global Authentication Autograph Concerns [Title Edited]

[Moderator Note: This member, who is not using his actual name (which is not required), apparently has never been an authenticator for Global, which he claimed to have once been. While his opinions on the authenticity of the autographs he discusses may be correct, no consideration should be given to his other statements without verification.]

I decided to stroll through ebay and look at some autograph certified by the new Global Authentication. I don't know of any one single autograph collector that actually looks as a Global COA as worth anything. As a matter of fact, if I am looking at a higher end piece with a Global COA I double study it because I question the fact of why the seller would send it to Global instead of a real authenticator.

Here are a few forgeries with a Global COA. I know Steve Sipe is a member on this board and if this post gets me kicked off of here, than so be it. I am just about sick and tired of Global aiding these criminal forgers by giving them a pretty sicker and cert. to go along with their forgery. If you guys want to be treated like real authenticators, how about act like it.

Forger #1 ( listed on ebay for nearly 1000 dollars ) Make no mistake. This is a forgery.

What is even more confusing about this particular situation is you also authenticated this REAL TOM BRADY JERSEY BELOW. How can you authenticate the real autograph shown below and also say this obvious forgery is real?

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Permalink Reply by Steve Zarelli on August 14, 2013 at 1:07pm

It's a vast right wing conspiracy.

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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on August 14, 2013 at 1:12pm

Funny, Zipper.

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Permalink Reply by Rick Meyer on August 14, 2013 at 1:32pm

Because they are up to their ears with this heavy "exclusive" contract.

http://www.hollywoodshow.com/upcoming_shows.php

I feel much safer keeping GA busy stickering Bai Ling signatures. Maybe GA has a non-compete clause with EBAY and Craigslist that prevent him from selling at major auction houses.

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Permalink Reply by Dan Gregory on August 14, 2013 at 7:04pm

Brilliant Zipper

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Permalink Reply by Dan Gregory on August 14, 2013 at 7:06pm

When the company owner comes and admits mistakes it is quite refreshing. However, when it's almost half of the items listed being admitted as mistakes how can anyone have any confidence in GA?

Based on the stats anyone could do the same job. Authenticate everything and chances are some might be real so long as we get paid.

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Permalink Reply by Charles O'Brailey on August 14, 2013 at 7:30pm

Dan, I couldn't have said it better myself

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Permalink Reply by Carl Ryan on August 15, 2013 at 12:24am

Its just the same old story that i no longer even have to look at the replies. While Sipe coming here and admitting errors is alot better than some, i think what Dan says sums it up. Every single time the error is blamed on some staff member, which must be never ending and constantly in rotation b/c a great deal of the time we hear that the staff member who authenticated this forgery or that, has been fired. And then the next time a thread is created, the same story line is given. And then again, and again. Its just comical.

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Permalink Reply by Aaron Gerasch on August 14, 2013 at 9:34pm

Now I am bummed. I should have done my homework before hand. I purchased this EBAY LINK the other day and regardless if it is real or not, I will now always question its authenticity.

Mr. Sipe, what you are doing here is hurting people. I am currently deployed for 7 months, putting my wife through nursing school, along with providing for my family at the moment. The $120 I spent on this item was a real treat to me. I rarely get anything for myself because I put my familiy's needs before my own. Since I am deployed and make a few extra bucks I splurged.

I was so excited about it I was looking through this site for other Luck stuff just to compare and stumbled across this thread. Seeing you admit to a employee making a mistakes in one of these threads is disheartening. Did that same employee certify my football? All in all it is what it is. It's my fault, I should have done my homework first.

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Permalink Reply by Dan Gregory on August 14, 2013 at 10:26pm

Aaron you can get your money back still by opening a case and returning the item for a refund if it's already been sent. Hope you get a refund and can buy something your service deserves

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Permalink Reply by Steve Sipe on August 15, 2013 at 6:42am

Aaron,

The Andrew Luck jersey is 110% genuine. Please contact me directly at 949 701-7767.

Thank you,

Steve

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Permalink Reply by Charles O'Brailey on August 15, 2013 at 7:06am

Steve, you said the jersey is authentic????

He didn't buy a jersey, he bought a football. So what are you even talking about a jersey for?

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Permalink Reply by Rick Meyer on August 15, 2013 at 2:58pm

Don't matter what the item is. Story still going to be the same. He going to tell poor Aaron that this site is full of haters and conspiracy theorist. Then he'll try to reassure him that the crappy forgery he bought is good and that he should feel ok as Steve would if it were his. He will continue comforting the victim and reassuring him more about his purchase. Then he might try to discourage him from being a member here and that we will ruin his fun as an autograph collector.

Steve Has no problem posting PSA stuff here but heck no Steve don't want his garbage posted. Funny.