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Posted By: <b>Mike Navarro</b><p>Bill,<br /><br />I am proud as well to join you on that email list, a few minutes after I made my initial post, I got an email from "lmoguspar@aol.com". I attempted to email him/her back, but it bounced so I'll just reply here. <br /><br />Imoguspar@aol.com wrote:<br />Sorry, Bub, but the only thing you got right in your post is that simple simon is a pompous ass. Remember, being a dealer/authenticator is a conlict of interest.<br /><br />I respond: <br /><br />Thanks for your opinion, but there are a lot of things that I got right in my post. Personally, I do not have an automatic problem with someone being both an authenticator AND a dealer. I also do not believe that someone has to have governmental training, IE, FBI training, etc., to be able to render an opinion as to the authenticity of an autograph. <br /> <br />Personally, I turned down an offer from the FBI early last year as they had offered me a conditional offer of employment as a Special Agent Perhaps if I had accepted the position, then once I retired, I could have touted that I was a former FBI Special Agent and therefore I should be considered an autograph authentication expert. But, it would not have been the FBI that gave me that skill, it would have been my years of experience in handling and dealing in autographs. <br /> <br />Mike "not afraid to put my real name on the internet or in emails" Navarro <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />Delicious ideas to please the pickiest eaters. Watch the video on AOL Living.