Frustrated with 3rd party authen. But not an autograph expert. Your thoughts

[packs]

I don't really get hung up on who the who is. The point I was making was that a quick opinion is going to be quick by definition and to get a thorough look at your item you would have to pay the fee for the service.

[Coralfarmer84]

packs I get your point completely but upon quick look I would think they would err on the side of "likely genuine" to get the submission and the authentication fee and then fail it when I sent it in if it was looked at deeper. My opinion was this thing looks pretty good on its own and when placed side by side to an authenticated one you have to look for nuances so how could they fail it 8 minutes after the time I hit send. I'm shocked they even opened it that fast, must be crickets over there.

[packs]

True, but if they told everyone their item was likely genuine to get the full sub fee people would be upset by that too. Maybe the person did think it wasn't genuine and is doing you a favor. Or maybe they didn't spend much time on it at all and you should disregard. It's hard to know what's going on behind the scenes. Only real way to get a full opinion is take the leap if you feel that strongly about it.

[deeg23]

Who you bought it from could say a lot about the authenticity of the sig too. That being said, I don't think it's a genuine LeBron signature. I would definitely pass and wait for a better one!

[Klrdds]

Sorry to digress a bit but if PSA can screw up a regular opinion why would anyone ever do a quick opinion from them. The QOs have messed up many collectors later after they submitted their item back to PSA or JSA for a full letter LOA after the QO said good or likely authentic/genuine.
QOs are nothing more than a quick money maker for PSA in my opinion.

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by Klrdds

Sorry to digress a bit but if PSA can screw up a regular opinion why would anyone ever do a quick opinion from them. The QOs have messed up many collectors later after they submitted their item back to PSA or JSA for a full letter LOA after the QO said good or likely authentic/genuine.
QOs are nothing more than a quick money maker for PSA in my opinion.

+1, especially when the cost of the "hired help" on QO is probably quite low.

[Lordstan]

First off, I have no idea or experience with Lebron James autographs, but if I were presented the JSA one to use as an exemplar,l I would definitely think the other was not good. That is of course only comparing these two to each other. I came to that opinion within 5 minutes of looking at it. There are enough differences to me that I would pass.

The QO is always going to err on the side of caution as they cannot hold the item and are limited to the sellers, sometimes terrible photos. I agree that either way they err, people are going to complain. You complain about failing too quick, but if they had passed it, you bought and sent it in and then it failed, you would complain about them charging you for the service when they said it was good in the QO.

BTW, JSA charged you because they did do the work of evaluating your autograph. Just because they could not offer a definitive opinion doesn't mean they didn't fulfill their part of the deal which is evaluating your item.