Hello to all,
First let me send out thanks to all who have helped me on this forum. In the short time I have been here, I have been blown away by the knowledge given to me by various members. I just wish I could have found this site, or even new about it, when I sarted getting into collecting.
Here is the straw that has broken my back with companies like MEARS and all the others that make money for "opinions". In my profession(electrician) you don't make a dime on opinions. These people shouldn't either. As a young uneducated collector, I hit the groung running. My first objective, to get a Barry Sanders gamer. I look around and finally find that jersey of my favorite player. I'm estatic, but not stupid, I thought. I look for pics but can't find any that lock it down in a photomatch. Then the seller informs me it comes with 2(yes 2!) COA's. One from Legend Lou, and the other from MEARS. At this point, I'm convinced it must be authentic with a MEARS letter of "opinion". I trusted that these people who know more about the hobby truly did. Well, guess what? They don't. I can do the same job these guys do and save a whole lot of money. Hopefully we can spread the word and eventually put these crooks out of OUR misery. Just for funnzies, I am posting pics of the jersey, and the worthless paperwork. What can we do to put and end to these companies surviving on uneducated collectors? We sit here and watch items on Ebay get bid after bid, knowing that the person is throwing their money away on a junk. I want to help stop this when I have the chance. Share your ideas.
(Just a side note on my jersey and the LOO from MEARS. One of the Getty images they used to syle match the jersey was actually used to show me what was WRONG with my jersey. Isn't that special!!)
First let me send out thanks to all who have helped me on this forum. In the short time I have been here, I have been blown away by the knowledge given to me by various members. I just wish I could have found this site, or even new about it, when I sarted getting into collecting.
Here is the straw that has broken my back with companies like MEARS and all the others that make money for "opinions". In my profession(electrician) you don't make a dime on opinions. These people shouldn't either. As a young uneducated collector, I hit the groung running. My first objective, to get a Barry Sanders gamer. I look around and finally find that jersey of my favorite player. I'm estatic, but not stupid, I thought. I look for pics but can't find any that lock it down in a photomatch. Then the seller informs me it comes with 2(yes 2!) COA's. One from Legend Lou, and the other from MEARS. At this point, I'm convinced it must be authentic with a MEARS letter of "opinion". I trusted that these people who know more about the hobby truly did. Well, guess what? They don't. I can do the same job these guys do and save a whole lot of money. Hopefully we can spread the word and eventually put these crooks out of OUR misery. Just for funnzies, I am posting pics of the jersey, and the worthless paperwork. What can we do to put and end to these companies surviving on uneducated collectors? We sit here and watch items on Ebay get bid after bid, knowing that the person is throwing their money away on a junk. I want to help stop this when I have the chance. Share your ideas.
(Just a side note on my jersey and the LOO from MEARS. One of the Getty images they used to syle match the jersey was actually used to show me what was WRONG with my jersey. Isn't that special!!)
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