WARNING---Fake Autographs.............

[theproudestmonkey]

well he is no longer a registered user so maybe ebay ACTUALLY grew a spine!! as stated before, ebay could care less, just like all the other billion dollar corporations out there, about the well being of its customers as long as the $$ is rolling in!! i have seen more sellers with like 10000 transactions and only 96% positive (hundreds of negatives) and they dont care, because that guy has single handedly brought in thousands of dollars for them

loopdog - you would be surprised the number of people who really dont know...people who maybe buying a gift for someone, or someone who is just getting into the hobby....not everyone is as educated on this kinda thing as you and i may be....if someone rips off your identity, but you dont know about it....wouldnt you want a person who may know to do something about it?? it is wrong and ILLEGAL...its called forgery

[Gkeenan]

well he is no longer a registered user so maybe ebay ACTUALLY grew a spine!! as stated before, ebay could care less, just like all the other billion dollar corporations out there, about the well being of its customers as long as the $$ is rolling in!! i have seen more sellers with like 10000 transactions and only 96% positive (hundreds of negatives) and they dont care, because that guy has single handedly brought in thousands of dollars for them

loopdog - you would be surprised the number of people who really dont know...people who maybe buying a gift for someone, or someone who is just getting into the hobby....not everyone is as educated on this kinda thing as you and i may be....if someone rips off your identity, but you dont know about it....wouldnt you want a person who may know to do something about it?? it is wrong and ILLEGAL...its called forgery

I totally agree. I've only been collecting for a short time and would have been fooled. I don't think I deserve it because I've not been in the hobby for a long time. I'm glad there are boards like this...I've decided not to purchase any autos from Ebay now because there really is no way for me to know. When I see 95-100% positive with very high numbers of sells I have to figure the person is on the up and up. I will read the negatives and if I see anything that has to do with forgery I won't purchase...but most times you don't see anything like that, it is that the item got there too slow or was lost in the mail...so what is a person to do?

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[Bonderman FANatic]

i dont see why people care about this
if you are dumb enough to blow $450 on a muhammad ali auto without knowing for sure if its real or not, then you are a complete moron and deserve to be ripped off

seriously, EVERYONE knows about Ebay and fake autographs
ebay even gives you a warning BEFORE YOU CAN BID
autographs are so tricky because i can sign my name different 99/100 times. i mean i know this guy is selling fakes, but thats why ebay doesnt put the kabosh on fellas like this

Loopdog it really isn't fair to classify someone who gets taken on Ebay by a fake autograph a "complete moron". What about those folks who are new to collecting, what about people who are buying a gift for a collector, what about the kids, etc.. I'd personally classify the people doing the taking the "complete morons"