posted on April 21, 2000 06:32:03 PM
And now even eBAy and their association with Collectors Universe is guilty of breaking the ONE RULE in the AUTOGRAPH INDUSTRY (interesting phrase) that I know ONE SHOULD ALWAYS FOLLOW..Which is...NEVER BUY AUTOGRAPHS FROM THE SAME PEOPLE WHO DO THE AUTHENTICATION! PSA/DNA is offering "their" autographs for sale on eBay as well as their affiliate site-COLLECTORS UNIVERSe This is either a slap in the collectors face or to insult everything that we know about authentication. It is a DIRECT conflict of interest and even though we are here talking about it, or at least I AM, the future will surely show that this too will be swept under the rug and shrugged off as eBay and PSA/DNA,and Collectors Universe continue to use their incestuous business practices to gain more wealth. I mean ,dont get me wrong I dont know Mrs. E.BAY or even Mr. PSA or Doctor DNA BUT the autograph HOBBY has been through so much lately , why do we have to be subject to this type of nepotism just to sell our items? God I LOVE eBAy for its ability to reach potential customers and God I HATE EBAy for for playing this silly authentication game with the "Largest Trading Card Authenticator" so they know about trading cards.SO!?!?! .
at least Online Authentics has a list of Authenticators including Mike Guttierrez, who has a solid reputation.
The only reputation that PSA/DNA has is the one that they and eBAy are CREATING for themselves right now.
posted on May 8, 2000 02:09:12 PM
psa? that hurts because beckett is a even bigger fraud. my friend sent a perfect griffey rookie for grading. unknown was that the card came from upper deck directly in last year in a contest, has a secret mark on edge for marking purpose, card is examined locally by several then sent for grading. comes back a seven. in anger takes out card from sealed plastic, no mark. mark was not removable. i have heard people say they thought their cards were switched but this is first proof. card should have beem worth 2500. to 5000. and then beckett has their own auction of guess what gem mint hard to find griffey rc. wonder where they get them?
