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Permalink Reply by Derek Gardner on February 17, 2019 at 8:33am

So, I don’t see an MLB sticker on the ball, are they just piggybacking an existing authentic ball?

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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on February 17, 2019 at 8:35am

Derek, I've added the photo with the so-called MLB hologram.

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Permalink Reply by Derek Gardner on February 17, 2019 at 9:17am

Thanks 

So what would happen in this instance? Is the seller contacted/confronted on the matter? Is Ebay? I’m just curious, obviously a lot of people if not most, would look at that and it would check off all the boxes to say it looks legit.

I’m guessing the telltale signs that would send up flags are:

- the price?

- the signature itself?

- the quality of the MLB or Steiner stickers?

im genuinely curious for the reasons for the novices.

 Thanks again 

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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on February 17, 2019 at 9:22am

To put it bluntly, that forgery is a train wreck.

The majority of people who buy autographs on Ebay, purchase forgeries, and the sellers of forgeries know that.

Those people buy the hologram, not the autograph.

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Permalink Reply by Steve on February 17, 2019 at 10:59am

You can even see how the MLB holo is coming up on the bottom and was obviously transferred from another product.  You are right, the buyers confidence has shifted to a hologram and the name of a company instead of all the tell tale signs and a little knowledge.

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Permalink Reply by Derek Gardner on February 17, 2019 at 11:53am

I’m no expert by any stretch and I understand that a lot of people are and they know what to look for. But in many cases, not everyone knows what they are looking at and blindly trust what’s being offered. Say my girlfriend knows on a Jeter fan, clicks on this, looks good to her, buys it for my birthday. She doesn’t know any better. Doesn’t have to be your hobby to buy this stuff.

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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on February 17, 2019 at 11:57am

Derek, sellers of forgeries are well aware that Ebay is heavily-populated with impulse buyers and delusional autograph collectors.

Ebay does not, in any way, protect the aforementioned people.

But, at the same time, those same aforementioned people, keep the sellers of forgeries and the flip-scammers in business.

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Permalink Reply by marc e on February 17, 2019 at 5:36pm

what would help if mlb and stiener had lawyers dealing with ebay like the band phish and dave Mathews does for copywright infringment

I won a 800$ charge back from a ebay seller once he admitted he reproduce the artwork himself. and I was able to keep the itiem

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