I bet dealers will consent to refund your authentication fees if it fails if you guarantee to give them the 30% bump in price if it passes!
No dealer in the World I know of (in any area of collectibles, not just cards/autographs) will give you fees back based on a choice of who you want to look at the item after you buy it, and they shouldn't. A guarantee of the item itself and purchase price is all that should be expected of a dealer. I have been dealing in autographs for a LONG time, sold literally thousands of signatures and do not refund authentication fees and never will. Mostly because I believe I know more than they do to begin with, but it is just a bad business practice to guarantee the quality of your item on the opinion of anothers and refund the "other guy" for his opinion about your piece.
Third party authentication is a choice, not a right. Maybe some dealers do that, but I cant think of a single one in my time in the hobby.
Rhys
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