New PSA/DNA Auction House LOA's

[Lokee]

PSA/DNA is changing how they do things. If you do alot of auction buying and what not you might wanna read...

http://www.psadna.com/articles/artic...universeid=314

[buc]

In other words, not enough people were "taking advantage" of sending the items to PSA following the auctions to have the items upgraded (of course, for a fee that was not cheap, not to mention you have to pay for shipping and insurance both ways.) I hate PSA.

[sammy]

PSA/DNA are a bunch of greedy losers whose authentication expertise I often wonder about.

I'll be glad with this company folds up and becomes a distant memory.

[bigtruck260]

PSA/DNA are a bunch of greedy losers whose authentication expertise I often wonder about.

I'll be glad with this company folds up and becomes a distant memory.

Sammy - this is something I have always agreed with you about.

I have autographs that I would NEVER send to PSA because I got them in person and they vary a little from the normal athlete's signature. I've wasted so much money over the years sending stuff to the 'authenticators' only to have them send me back a letter that basically says - "We have no idea about the legitimacy of this signature"...

The conflicts of interest in many of these places is worse than nepotism in regular businesses. Is it OK to authenticate items yourself that you are planning on selling? Should another party do it instead?

I think it would be a neat undercover operation - to get a job inside PSA and see how things are determined to be authentic or fake. Something like that could blow the doors off of the way these companies do business. I still see GAI items on eBay that are obviously bad...and I heard rumors (maybe that's all they are) that at one point, certain employees were selling COA cards and stickers to some unscrupulous dealers.

Justin Priddy is the autograph guy for this website - I would be interested in what he has to say about it now that he's gone from that company. I respect him enough to hear him out.

[trsent]

A company that gives opinions on autographs that is approved by eBay would make many people jealous. I wish I had that business.

I also wish I could tell all auction houses to pay for their service or take a hike with their quick, cheap, opinion service and pay just like everyone else for a full inspection before putting the items up for auction. The auction houses don't want to pay for the certification and this makes the lots listed in their listing approved with a quick approval and not a full inspection. Now the auction houses have to pay for a full approval from PSA/DNA prior to using their service. What a great concept for PSA/DNA to make more money and the auction houses to pay to have fully inspected items in their auctions.

I approve of their staff's expertise and knowledge of autographs better than anyone else in the sports and celebrity marketplace today.

You do not have to use their service. You do not have to use any service, but the leader of the niche of this industry will always have people question their service when they try harder (Avis?) than anyone else in the same part of this industry.

[sammy]

Being as a pre-certified PSA/DNA auction item will ".......notify potential bidders that the autographed lot in question will pass PSA/DNA if they choose to submit the item for authentication.....", can you not get the same authentication on eBay with the PSA/DNA quick opinion for 7.49, or whatever they charge now?

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Just think, you can get a Mickey Mantle photo certified by PSA/DNA at their company headquarters for 100.00 plus 25.00 shipping both ways, for a grand total of 125.00.

Then place it on eBay and sell it for 200+/-.

Isn't it great when the authentication company makes more money, then the actual owner of the photo.

[Arnold]

I find it very interesting that the largest stockholder for PSA wants to dump the company, wants it sold.
Ummm! what would you think is happening?

FYI... their shipping charges are outrageous, I trust their making money on shipping as well. They can simply put it back into the package it can in, put a new label on it and save the recipient some money.

I must state other then shipping gauging, I like PSA