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eBay tells me...."They allow forgeries" I'm NOT JOKING GUYS.
I brought up eBay seller: this-n-thatsportscollectiblesplusmore the other day and after going through his account and calculating how much money he has made on forgeries, I decided to call eBay yesterday. After being transferred around, I finally get a hold of someone in (Fraud Resolution) and this person seemed to have knowledge of autographs.
At any rate, I firstly explained my frustration with eBay allowing forgeries to constantly be sold on their site and how it seems that eBay has a serious lack of concern in relation to the problem of forgeries being sold on their site.
HIS RESPONSE: The Fraud Department does its very best to weed out easily identifiable forgeries and those of higher valued items by using Third Party Authenticators to look at items that have been reported. However, it is the buyers responsibility to do their own research before bidding
I then asked why Global Authentication is still an eBay approved authenticator with their reputation of authenticating thousands and thousands of forgeries on a monthly basis.
HIS RESPONSE: I will have to defer on that question because I don't have an answer for you. I will pass that comment along to the fraud department.
I then brought up seller this-n-thatsportscollectiblesplusmore who has sold over 250,000 $$$ dollars in forgeries all authenticated by Global Authentication. I explained that I go in weekly to report his items, yet they never get removed.
HIS RESPONSE: In order for an item to be removed it must be reported by multiple eBay users.
SO AFTER THIS WHOLE CONVERSATION, I feel that eBay is very passive on forgeries. Based on this conversation, it honestly seemed to me that they don't give a rats tail if people sell forgeries.
LET'S DO THIS...GO TO this-n-thatsportscollectiblesplusmore and report every item you think is fake. Let's just see if we all report if eBay will do anything about him. He has sold over 1,000 Tom Brady signed Helmets and Footballs and I have reported EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM. By myself NONE OF THEM HAVE EVER BEEN REMOVED. Let us see if as a team, we can get action. So go look at the autographs you feel are fake and report them. Will it get a response out of ebay?
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Permalink Reply by Pete Bendu on
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Bear has been telling everyone to do their own research.....well looks like some of us did the research.
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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on
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One thing for sure, those are obvious Joe DiMaggio forgeries.
Typical "Florida" crap on 4X6 paper.
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Permalink Reply by Mike Shepherd on
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You beat me to it by one minute Pete.
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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on
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He should be happy that someone listened to him.
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Permalink Reply by Carl Ryan on
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Wish i could say i was surprised but im not. I have been watching for a while and knew something was up with that guy from his posts. There is also another guy on here who is pulling a similar sham in my opinion. And in my opinion he is a banned member of this site under his last user name.
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Email his name to me, Carl, and I'll look into it. Thanks
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"Rayburn's Autographs and Collectibles"...
Bear used to go by Sam Rayburn here.
Most Bear7171 listings I found were for Muhammad Ali autographs. All pathetic forgeries.
If you check Bear's contributions on this site, you'll see that most warn people to avoid PSA/DNA and JSA. Now we know why.
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"I say do your own research so you dont get burned when you buy a autograph because ebay will always let anybody sell autographed items so just do research before you buy."
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Here's a quote by FDR that I think legitimate autograph authenticators can relate to:
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Mickey Mantle "Florida" forgery sold by Ebay seller Bear7171.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Autographed-4X6-photo-matted-and-on-plaque-...
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Permalink Reply by Ian Baldock on
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Another creep exposed. Good riddance Bear!
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