STORY IN S.F. PAPER REGARDING EBAY & AUTOGRAPHED MDSE! READ!

[thesonics@earthlink.net (Jay Siekierski)]

Hi Jay here: PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO READ THIS. I thought I'd bring this to
your attention. Today 2-24-99 there was a BIG story in the S.F. paper
regarding FRAUD ON EBAY. YAHOO was not discussed. It appears EBAYS
complaints from customers  BUYING have TRIPLED in 2 years or less. One of
the problems discussed effects every buyer of AUTOGRAPHED MDSE, both
MUSIC/MOVIE & SPORTS related. Toys were discussed also 'SUPPOSEDLY'
authenic real G.I. JOES, BARBIE DOLLS, BEANIES ETC...

One thing they mentioned was to BE CAREFUL OF AUTOGRAPHED MDSE EVEN WITH A COA.
COA certificates can easily BE BOUGHT and then signed AUTHENTIC.
Many complaints came from customers who bought this stuff and the MDSE
never arrived/seller vanished or the MDSE was not the REAL SIGNATURES.

I for one know of 2 cases on EBAY where AUTO'd MDSE were removed from the
auctions by EBAY. I had bid on a signed Moody Blues LP and all this
seller's auctions VANISHED days before the auction ended. EBAY yanked it. I
was confused! Till i wrote the seller and he said HE WAS BEING ACCUSED OF
FRAUD! Another case...I was recently going to bid on a signed Moody Blues
LP by Justin Hayward, know what? I saw the signature scan and it was fake.
How do I know? I have met many artists in the business FACE TO FACE and
have seen them sign stuff to me or friends FACE TO FACE including Justin
Hayward/The Kinks/Grand Funk, Tull etc etc... This sig was so STRANGE and
all the rest of these AUTO'D LP's sig's he had, I wrote him. I said you
know...I met some of these artists FACE TO FACE and these SIG's DO NOT
MATCH MY AUTO'D LP's. I'm somewhat in the biz. Next day THE AUCTION WAS
REMOVED. EVERY AUCTION THIS PERSON HAD UP VANISHED. Ebay has removed a
number of AUCTION relating to all the above MDSE due to complaints, and NOT
complaints from me. They received almost 7,000 complaints since '97!

All I'm saying is it was in the paper LARGE AS LIGHT and I'm just passing
it on...

Peace Jay



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