Help With Authenticity

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Posted By: warshawlaw

A seller who sells high end fakes doesn't last for long without getting slammed hard in feedbacks and NARU'ed, which is why these guys change names more frequently than their underwear. Low feedback, lack of expertise, private auction, private feedback and authenticity disclaimers are key factors. So is a raw item being sold with a sob story or with an admission that the item would be worth a lot more graded. I agree I cannot see it in the scans many times, but combine that with the other factors above. There are sellers who offer quality items that they do not understand. Frequently, these sellers are out of their expertise and throw the item up there without reserve to see what it gets.

I make it a rule not to deal with low feedback people unless I know them and to treat most raw cards as fakes. I've been burned only a few times.