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To my mind, their whole "guarantee" hinges on that one factor. If they use a reputable 3rd party authenticator for disputed certs and actually follow through on their guarantee, then they darn sure better not make any high-profile mistakes as it would only take 1 bad Ruth settlement to wipe out a whole pile of those $10 authentications. (Which, incidentally, is the kind of hard-line self-imposed regulation/penalty system many have been wishing for from other companies). If, however, their authorized 3rd party authenticator is Chris M, well, that's a loophole big enough to drive a truckload of bad certs through... |
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Their claim is that a forensic authenticator will reexamine the item. The whole thing then comes down to who will that be. One simple statement of fact, who is their forensic/alternate? Right now the forensic field, in the autograph hobby, is very limited. And if they submit the item to a forensic, where do the exemplars come from? What type of forensic exam does it then get? An elaborate real forensic exam, or a $10-$30 exam? I look forward to seeing their work, let us hope they do a good job.
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FYI, I wrote an email today to Mr. Rocchi voicing my concerns and suggestions for GFA and tried to send the email to the email address listed for him and also the generic info email address that was listed, and both emails bounced as an unknown email address. I eventually used the contact form on the Contact Us page and cut and pasted my email into it, but I am still not sure if it will ever reach them.
Just an FYI to anyone else that thought about writing them. Thanks, Matt Last edited by mschwade; 01-27-2012 at 05:06 PM. |
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