Frustrated with 3rd party authen. But not an autograph expert. Your thoughts

[Lordstan]

First off, I have no idea or experience with Lebron James autographs, but if I were presented the JSA one to use as an exemplar,l I would definitely think the other was not good. That is of course only comparing these two to each other. I came to that opinion within 5 minutes of looking at it. There are enough differences to me that I would pass.

The QO is always going to err on the side of caution as they cannot hold the item and are limited to the sellers, sometimes terrible photos. I agree that either way they err, people are going to complain. You complain about failing too quick, but if they had passed it, you bought and sent it in and then it failed, you would complain about them charging you for the service when they said it was good in the QO.

BTW, JSA charged you because they did do the work of evaluating your autograph. Just because they could not offer a definitive opinion doesn't mean they didn't fulfill their part of the deal which is evaluating your item.