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Permalink Reply by Rich on October 9, 2013 at 8:08am

This seller in question is either a forger or getting his inventory from a forger.  The signatures I recognize aren't even in the ball park, and you can start to see that these autographs are signed by the same person using the same pens again and again. 

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Permalink Reply by Null on October 9, 2013 at 8:08am

Looks like same hand sigs to me

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Permalink Reply by MrFlibble on October 9, 2013 at 10:21am

Thanks for your replies. I've posted some of the photo's in the other forum for people to have a look at.

http://live.autographmagazine.com/forum/topics/questions-of-authent...

I think I'll try and get a refund from the seller, as they only just arrived yesterday.  I wondering if I should say I've had them checked and they are not authentic and I would like a refund, the problem there is if he challenges it and asks for proof. Any advice on how to go about it?

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Permalink Reply by Tom Schwartz on October 9, 2013 at 11:17am

Without even looking at any signature I can suggest avoiding this seller.

Inventory and completed items are too good to be true at ridiculously low prices. Legitimate major cast signed items would not be getting final bids of 10-20 pounds or dollars, so that's a tipoff that serious collectors are avoiding these items like the plague.

All auctions are private so that you can't look at the feedback and see that they pump out tons of the same autographs like an assembly line. This is a very common forger technique.

Feedback doesn't mean much of anything when it comes to forgers because people who would complain about obvious forgeries wouldn't be buying from this person in the first place.

If someone does have an issue, they are also typically very quick with the refunds which helps stifle the complaints. Their customers are primarily people who don't have much experience in autographs and get swept up in the cheap prices. All those people care about is having their items sent quickly, so the feedback is good in that regard.

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Permalink Reply by Dan Gregory on October 9, 2013 at 2:08pm

Every item is a forgery and some are terrible such as the Jolie ones. A genuine Harry Potter photo signed by the 3 main cast goes for good money and those signatures are fake.

How recently did you buy as you have 45 days for a PayPal claim and 60 days for an eBay claim so can hopefully still get your money back and not be out of pocket. 

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Permalink Reply by MrFlibble on October 9, 2013 at 2:36pm

Thanks for your reply. I only bought them on Saturday and they arrived yesterday. I see Ebay have instituted a new 14 Day default returns policy, so I am hoping I can return them under that. I should have gone with my gut telling me it was too good to be true. In the process of contacting the seller now and seeing if they'll do a refund.

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Permalink Reply by Dan Gregory on October 9, 2013 at 2:45pm

Definitely contact the seller and give them 3 days to refund or sort this out. They seem to be churning out these items week after week and are cleaning up but ripping people off. 

If the seller refuses then resolve a problem and open a case and you'll get your money back.

Personally I would also leave negative feedback as a warning to others!

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Permalink Reply by MrFlibble on October 16, 2013 at 7:03am

Thanks again for the advice. Managed to get a refund without any fuss. 

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Permalink Reply by Dan Gregory on October 23, 2013 at 10:04pm

Good to know you got a refund, hope you will leave negative feedback to warn others!

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Permalink Reply by Dan Gregory on November 3, 2013 at 12:45am

More junk currently for sale by this seller and eBay don't care!

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Permalink Reply by Sara Kean on March 9, 2014 at 6:50am

Has anybody reported them though?

I've had my eye on this seller for years. I think he/she was shut down in 2010 under the name Gloss Queen. eBay used to clamp down hard on autographs around that time.

This seller has now managed to get back on eBay, selling the same inventory as they did years ago. I unfortunately purchased before out of curiosity and still have the autograph to this day. The COA was issued by GlossQueen. The email address they used was glossqueen@btinternet.com.

Also, no matter what name they reinvent themselves under, they're ALWAYS based in West Sussex. At one point, it was Gatwick. Another was Three Bridges and now it's Southgate.

I'm confident it's the same person over the years but they know how to cover their tracks...

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