Game Used vs Game Ready ... what is MLB Authenticator thinking when they comes up with this tittle?

[allstarsplus]

So what do you and every one who read this thread think when you see this item on eB...


http://cgi.ebay.com/ALEX-RODRIGUEZ-S...item33589e7e72

These authenticated as GAME-READY.


Alex signed these as GAME USED and the item currently being advertised as so.


I ask the seller about the authenticity of the item - there is no doubt that it is Alex's signature, but Game Used? Really?


Who's at fault for creating this ambiguous.... and very misleading item...

Wow, you posted 2 minutes before I finished so you answered my question. thanks.

[yankees.stub]

Wow, you posted 2 minutes before I finished so you answered my question. thanks.

Good customer services, no?

[allstarsplus]

Good customer services, no?

Amazing, like reading my mind!

[allstarsplus]

That looks like game use on the ball. Could it be that the authenticator didn't have any history on the ball so they put it in a "Game Ready" database?

Also, I noticed the auction has "Best Offer". Again, not for me, but my guess is these will all sell at prices over $1,000.

[yankees.stub]

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That looks like game use on the ball. Could it be that the authenticator didn't have any history on the ball so they put it in a "Game Ready" database?

Also, I noticed the auction has "Best Offer". Again, not for me, but my guess is these will all sell at prices over $1,000.

You hit the nail on the head there!

It looks like game used with the grass stain and dirt - @ first reaction. But those can be created!

Since MLB Authenticated Program is so STRICT, I dont think the AUTHENTICATOR is that naive.... not noticing the dirt and grass stain on the ball ... even if he/she is one-eye-cyclops-with-stigmatism, those things can be felt by touch.


What make this item desirable to me - since it looks like game used and Alex signed it as game used, BUT MLB database says otherwise... then it is otherwise to me (I am one of those guine pigs who trust MLB authentication process faithfully but damn it, sometime you just want to scream out....expletive and all.... what the hell!)