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RhysI thought that the DNA portion of PSA/DNA was for an invisible strip of DNA that was placed on the item which could be seen under black light or something to ensure authentication and was part of the authenticating fee. If this was the technology out there as advertised at the beginning, why did they go to a sticker?
Whoever came up with the sticker idea should be charged with destruction of property. In all seriousness though, I think if the average consumer knew all the facts ahead of time, very few would have consented to the stickers. I think most people felt they could be removed if desired and that the sticker would crack and be destroyed (like a slab) and would be unable to be re-applied to another item to deceive. I really dont think very many people knew ahead of time that the item would be destroyed. I know for a fact that when I submitted 50-100 items that received stickers from the various companies it was never explained to me that the item would be destroyed if the sticker was tampered with.
As an attorney, I am pretty sure that some type of waiver or consent form should have to be signed before they apply anything to your property without express consent to do so and from experience, I have never seen or heard of an authenticator explain the potential loss of value to an item due to the sticker, they just put them on and appearantly say after the fact "you should have upgraded to a full LOA". Pretty sad and probably leaves them open to a lawsuit if the dollar amount ever got high enough.