New Ebay Authentication service

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So what should have happened? The authenticator should have identified it as a 1934-36 Diamond Stars card, entered that into their database, and then contacted the buyer to see if that's what they wanted when they purchased the item. To declare it to be an authentic 1951 card, which it clearly is not, is against the mission of the authenticator. And they are making the assumption that the item is what the buyer intended to buy, by sending it through automatically. Because once it gets to the buyer, he cannot return it for not being authentic.

Another question is whether or not they removed it from the screwdown holder. Because the card may actually be skinned and both parts are shown. Without removing the card from the original holder, they can't readily make that determination, right? Maybe they can? But I doubt it.