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Amazon.com Promoting Autographed Memorabilia....Derek Jeter Mickey Mantle Forgeries Found

I read an article yesterday about Amazon.com promoting autographed sports memorabilia.

Of course when I scanned the Amazon site for autographs I immediately found a few forgeries, but what really shocked me this morning was the Amazon.com advertisement on the NY Post website. Here's a screenshot of the first page I clicked on the NY Post website.

It's an advertisement for Amazon.com proudly displaying a Derek Jeter forgery. Nice going Amazon!!!

Here are some other forgeries I found on Amazon.com.

Tags: amazon, autographs, derek, forgeries, jeter, mantle, mickey, signed photos, sports collectibles

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Permalink Reply by DB on February 8, 2012 at 5:24pm

http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/reports is the link to use on amazon to file a report for investigative review. I have filed one with a link back to this thread.

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Permalink Reply by DB on February 8, 2012 at 5:51pm

and when it's received you will receive something like below. It's eerie but it reminds me of the "stock response" from EBAY when you Report an Item. I am not expecting a tsunami like clean-up but hope for the best;

Greetings from Amazon.com. 
 
Thank you for submitting your report. All reports are reviewed by our investigations team.

For privacy reasons, the results of our investigations cannot be disclosed, but please know

that we will take any appropriate disciplinary actions.
 
If you are a buyer and have not received a Marketplace order, please note that items shipped

using USPS Standard Rate usually arrive in 4 to 14 business days, but occasionally may take l

onger. Buyers are encouraged to contact sellers directly

with any questions related to delivery time, order details, or to arrange for a return, refund,

or exchange.
 
If you have already contacted your seller, please review the terms of our A-to-z Guarantee.

After 30 days, but no longer than 90 days, from the date of purchase, buyers may submit a claim.
 
Amazon.com A-to-z Guarantee:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=537868
 
If you have received a suspicious e-mail that appears to be from Amazon.com, or have q

uestions about safety, security and privacy on Amazon.com, please visit our Help Pages below:
 
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section at the web pages below:
 
Selling At Amazon.com:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=1161234
 
Ordering from Amazon.com Merchants
http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=537794
 
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Permalink Reply by Steve Zarelli on February 8, 2012 at 5:52pm

I think we are going to find that Amazon is not prepared to deal with issues like this.

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Permalink Reply by DB on February 9, 2012 at 4:13am

just like acorn magazine did. I did see some of those mantle items disappear though but haven't checked recently.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on February 17, 2012 at 11:53am

Chris sent me the link on the fake $125,000 Beatles signed guitar on Amazon, which we've written about before. But I spent a few minutes going through just a smidgen of one seller's stuff, Hall of Fame Memorabilia, and found these obvious forgeries:

http://www.amazon.com/Beatles-Autographed-Hand-Signed-Guitar/dp/B00...

Fake Doors signed album for $7,500.

http://www.amazon.com/Framed-Doors-Album-Signatures-Band/dp/B00678X...

4 fake Presidents signed photo

http://www.amazon.com/Presidential-Ronald-Reagan-Richard-Autographe...

Fake Legends signed guitar:

http://www.amazon.com/Guitar-Legends-Autographed-Signed-Hollow/dp/B...

16 legends guitar: fake

http://www.amazon.com/Guitar-Legends-16-Memorabilia-Autographed/dp/...

Stones guitar: fake

http://www.amazon.com/Rolling-Stones-Autographed-Signed-Hollow/dp/B...

Legends Guitar fake

http://www.amazon.com/Guitar-Legends-20-Memorabilia-Autographed/dp/...

A lot of the stuff was too small to tell or the pics were too fuzzy...which we all know is a bad sign as well. Amazon has a lot of work ahead of them.

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Permalink Reply by EjsWurhl on February 17, 2012 at 12:52pm

Steve- That seller on Amazon also has a lot of authentic items as well. Something like 140,000 items in total. Some aren't signed though, some are.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on February 17, 2012 at 1:18pm

Eli, you're right. They have lots of legit stuff, too. But tons of forgeries. And if they don't care enough, or know enough, to screen out the problem stuff, they shouldn't be on Amazon.