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Permalink Reply by Rick Meyer on July 24, 2013 at 8:55am

95% of the time you try and contact an EBAY seller about something their response is very nasty or you get blown off.

Blogging seems to get their attention much faster for the same reason you found it. Somebody will see it and notify them.

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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on July 24, 2013 at 4:59pm

Rick is absolutely correct about that.  When we try to open a dialogue with a seller of forgeries, they immediately get defensive and the first thing they write is "it comes with a COA."

The majority of sellers (bulk sellers) of autographs know ZERO about autographs and that's a fact.

And just because a seller has 100% feedback really means nothing when it comes to the authenticity of autographs.   And that's because the majority of buyers of autographs know ZERO about autographs.

Then, of course, they also reply with "I have a reputable source."  Means nothing.

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on July 24, 2013 at 9:11am

Sportshaveninc,

We're here primarily to protect collectors by alerting them to sellers of forgeries and forgeries in general. Sometimes sellers who didn't know they were selling forgeries get called out in the process. It sounds like you didn't know, and I'm sorry about that.

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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on July 24, 2013 at 5:09pm

Sportshaveninc, below is my thread from last year on the Global Authentics certed Derek Jeter forgeries:

http://live.autographmagazine.com/profiles/blogs/global-authentics-...

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Permalink Reply by Null on July 24, 2013 at 8:55am

"Professional sports authenticators" as in companies/individuals who accept money to authenticate sports autographs. NOT PSA/DNA specifically. 

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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on July 24, 2013 at 3:54pm

you also might want to reconsider the Rivera balls you have for sale.  A similar situation occurred with the Global authenticated Rivera baseballs.

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Permalink Reply by Rick Meyer on July 24, 2013 at 8:38am

What defines a professional authenticator. A bunch of Staples made cards with numbers on them and a roll of matching hologram stickers? Then an easy website made from a template with a simple database that records these numbers with brief narratives to what they were stuck on

I can be professional by the end of the week.

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