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Permalink Reply by Null on August 17, 2015 at 12:59pm

I value the opinions of members here and fellow knowledgeable collectors over PSA/DNA or JSA any day of the week. Especially with some of the laughable mistakes I've seen from PSA/DNA lately. If you want to throw $10 away for some random person to say "Uhh might be good", or "Uhh might be bad", go for it. Could be a baboon looking at these auctions for all we know. 

I only buy items I know are 100% authentic based on my own eye/studies, or from 100% trust-able sources.  Combine that with the opinions of those I value here, that is all I need. Otherwise I don't risk it, not worth it to worry about.

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Permalink Reply by Adam Halloran on August 17, 2015 at 1:07pm

+1

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Permalink Reply by Bruuuce ! on August 18, 2015 at 8:36am

Cheers Ryan ! Suddenly I don't feel alone anymore !

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Permalink Reply by FB on August 17, 2015 at 1:06pm

They are occasionally a hit or miss. It depends on what autograph you are interested in analyzing. If it's a music autograph, I would highly recommend Roger Epperson for a quick opinion. He charges $15 for a quick opinion.

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Permalink Reply by Randy on August 17, 2015 at 2:08pm

The "Quick Opinion" is a valuable resource for certain sports autographs especially Mantle, Williams, and Dimaggio for collectors who have NO CLUE about the legitimacy of an autograph and have NO INTENTION of studying them.  All they want is an autograph of their favorite player and they typically buy the cheapest one.

PSA/DNA "Quick Opinion" RARELY misses the boat on a lot of sports autographs including the 3 mentioned above and would save novice collectors a ton of money on Ebay transactions if they spent the $10 for an opinion before bidding on the bad autographs and then followed the opinion and did not purchase the fakes.

They do tend to opine "Not likely genuine" unless they are pretty sure about the authenticity of the autograph and of course cannot definitely determine if an autograph is original or a copy.

And as Ryan stated, we have no idea who actually looks at the scans and gives the opinion but to a novice collector it is certainly better than nothing.

In the past, Ebay automatically removed items that failed the "Quick Opinion" but that no longer is their policy.

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Permalink Reply by Joe W. on August 17, 2015 at 3:10pm

I would try this site before getting a quick opinion. The active members here are really accurate and know what they are talking about. Sometimes though no one responds to a request for opinions. Not sure why but, in that case, it's better to pay for a quick opinion than to spend a substantial amount of money if you are not sure. It's worth it and I rather get a conservative opinion than one that is too generous.

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Permalink Reply by Rich on August 17, 2015 at 5:16pm

AKA PSA "Please give us some money for zero effort."  No thanks.

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Permalink Reply by Paul on August 17, 2015 at 5:28pm

+ 1 rich

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Permalink Reply by Paul Hakimian on August 17, 2015 at 7:27pm

+2

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Permalink Reply by James on August 17, 2015 at 9:16pm

Thanks for your responses everyone. As usual, the advice, knowledge, and the experience of AML members is top-notch! The quick opinion services probably aren't really that necessary with the breadth of knowledge here, unless maybe there's uncertainty on say a music piece. Then Roger could be utilized perhaps. I guess it just depends on the item in question. Thanks again, guys.

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