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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on February 24, 2015 at 11:50am

Keith, you're link leads to an error code for me. Could you repost it? Thanks.

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Permalink Reply by Keith Smith on February 24, 2015 at 11:57am

http://www.tsn.ca/video/faking-it-the-name-game-1.200794

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Permalink Reply by Chad B on February 24, 2015 at 12:01pm

I just posted a similar thread with a link to the full video. http://live.autographmagazine.com/forum/topics/jsa-ksa-canada-and-a...

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Permalink Reply by Brian Soberg on February 24, 2015 at 12:36pm

This video is awesome. 

Quick personal story.

Got a ric flair autograph at a show. PSA DNA wasn't there so I walked away with no cert. He signed it in front of me. But was disappointed no PSA to sticker it. Flash forward 6 months. PSA is at a show ric flair is signing at. I brought my item and jumped in line and got the "signed in the presense" COA.  They don't check at all. It couldv'e been signed RIck (with a K) Flair and they wouldv'e stickered it.

Even though they did authenticate a real auto you get my point it wasn't signed there and it was easy to get a PSA COA that says it was.

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Permalink Reply by Null on February 24, 2015 at 12:42pm

I've seen investigators pull this off with forgeries and still get them certed... These "authenticatation tables" are laughable. To think someone can authenticate ANY autograph at a show in less than an hour is hilarious. 

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Permalink Reply by Rich on February 24, 2015 at 1:03pm

I noticed it too.  I got two things PSA certed at a show once, and both of them took many weeks to upload and had the wrong signing date info when they did.  Two guys doing a halfass job of scribbling stuff in a notebook.  Top notch record keeping for sure.  They barely have to do anything in these situations except collect cash, and they can't even be bothered with the simplest record keeping.

But back to the topic - from what I saw, it's easy to pull a fast one one them at these shows.

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Permalink Reply by Dan Gregory on February 24, 2015 at 1:24pm

I have been involved with trying to shut down a forger here in New Zealand. He got a lot of items with PSA Certs at these type of shows where PSA were present yet his signatures never look like those signed on the same day. 

PSA admitted to me on the phone but not in writing that people may be able to switch items or add their own but they don't believe this is a serious problem. 

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