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09-03-2013, 09:28 PM #11
I wasn't talking about someone having 15 Mike Trouts as a good thing. I was talking about a wide selection. Like a memorabilia shop and what not. For instance i make numerous purchases from a couple shops based down near Milwaukee without batting an eye. I trust them because i know most of their memorabilia comes from in person signings etc.
What is a red flag is when a person seems to be selling one kind of item in large quantities like you said. Or they don't really have a wide selection. But if someone has 5k good feedback and 100+ items up for sale i feel pretty safe.
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09-03-2013, 10:02 PM #12
I don't necessarily feel safe. There are a number of sellers on ebay who have 1,000's of feedback with 100% positive or close to it that sell forgeries. If a buyer does not have a clue as to what to look for they will never know they have bought a forgery. Informed buyers are not buying their garbage because they it's no good. On another site we have had many, many items taken down off of ebay so some unsuspecting/uninformed person does not buy it. Many times the seller is a Top Rated Plus. I don't know if the seller in fact knows it's a forgery but I've seen it happen over and over again.
...Rick
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09-03-2013, 10:14 PM #13
I want to add. The individuals I'm talking about do not sell forgeries exclusively. They have them mixed in amongst the legit ones.
...Rick
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09-05-2013, 11:38 PM #14
I've seen this too many times. Forgers usually have pretty good feedback and are selling a lot of signed items at a time. I'll never buy an autograph off eBay without first examining other items they have for sale and have sold in the past. If I feel one of those items might not be authentic, I won't touch anything from the seller.
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