Typical Ebay...

[edtiques]

I bought a hat supposedly signed and inscribed by Bill Belichick. Just for the hell of it, I did a PSA/DNA quick opinion on it. The results were "Not likely genuine". I'm not an autograph expert by any means. The opinion made me change my mind about buying it. I asked for a refund and sent a copy of the PSA/DNA email. He refunded me right away, so he did what he was supposed to do.
This morning I was browsing Ebay and saw that he had relisted it knowing the PSA/DNA opinion. I reported it to Ebay and told them about the opinion. This is the email I received:

Thanks again for reporting the listing(s) you found.

What happened:
We looked into your report and didn’t find the listing to be in violation of our policy. This determination was made by a customer service agent..

If you reported content that isn’t listed below, we’ll send a separate email once we’ve made a decision.

Your reference ID:
2-185327832426

Here are the listings you reported that are included in this decision:
Item: 315742011141 Coach Bill Signed Autographed New England Patriots Hat NFL Authentic Merch


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[Snapolit1]

Interesting issue . . . .

Many people post on the board often that the "opinion sellers" don't know what they are doing and how often they are wrong. There was a post recently about people complaining that autographs they got in person of HOFs came back unverified.

Why should a seller have to take the word of PSA that something is "not likely genuine"?

Not trying to pick a fight, and I am glad you got your refund.

[edtiques]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

Interesting issue . . . .

Many people post on the board often that the "opinion sellers" don't know what they are doing and how often they are wrong. There was a post recently about people complaining that autographs they got in person of HOFs came back unverified.

Why should a seller have to take the word of PSA that something is "not likely genuine"?

Not trying to pick a fight, and I am glad you got your refund.

I understand what you're saying. I'm 100% sure PSA makes mistakes. I'm not a autograph guy so I figured their opinion was probably better than mine. That's the reason I used them.
I was under the impression that if an item was deemed "Not Likely" by PSA that you couldn't list it. If that's the case, they should have removed the listing.
I could be wrong about that though.

[SyrNy1960]

Years ago, I used PSA’s Quick Opinion service, where the item came back “likely not genuine.” Bought it, submitted it to PSA, came back authentic.

[gonefishin]

The quick opinion from authenticators is just a simple way to make $10 to $20 bucks without doing anything except looking at your item. Easy money.

[SyrNy1960]

Originally Posted by gonefishin

The quick opinion from authenticators is just a simple way to make $10 to $20 bucks without doing anything except looking at your item. Easy money.

Bingo! 🤑🤑🤑