OUR ADVISE TO ANYONE LOOKING TO BUY SIGNED ITEMS ON THE INTERNET IS DON'T!!! OR BE VERY CAREFUL, APPROX. 90% OF SIGNED ITEMS ARE FAKE AND 1,000'S OF YOU NOW OWN THESE FAKES

 THEIR POLICY HAS ALWAYS BEEN AND STILL IS THAT THEY ARE JUST A THIRD PARTY LISTING SERVICE AND SINCE THEY DO NOT HAVE THE EXPERTISE OR THE ITEM IN FRONT OF THEM, THEY HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING IF THE ITEM BEING OFFERED IS AUTHENTIC.(THEREFORE THEY ARE STRONGLY STATING BUYER BEWARE) 

COA'S(CERTIFICATES OF AUTHENTICITY) BEING OFFERED BY THESE SELLERS ARE USELESS AND NOT WORTH THE PAPER THEY ARE PRINTED ON, DON'T YOU THINK IF SOMEONE IS SELLING FAKES THEY HAVE NO PROBLEM PRINTING USELESS/FAKE COA'S

YOU MAY ASK, HOW A CERTAIN SELLER HAS LOTS OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK SELLING SIGNED ITEMS, THE REASON IS MOST PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW THEY BOUGHT A FAKE AND HAVE NO WAY OF PROVING ITS A FAKE

SOME SELLERS USE THE POLICY IN THEIR AUCTIONS THAT IF YOU EVER FIND OUT THE ITEM IS FAKE SEND IT BACK AND THEY WILL REFUND YOUR MONEY, DO NOT LEAVE NEGATIVE FEEDBACK, AS THEY WILL MIRROR THAT FEEDBACK AND GIVE YOU A NEGATIVE, YOU MAY ASK ISN'T THAT BEING AN HONEST SELLER, NO NOT ALL THE TIME, IT IS HOW THEY AVOID NEGATIVES AND BUILD THEIR POSITIVE FEEDBACK. THEY ALSO KNOW 99% OFF THE PEOPLE HAVE NO WAY OF PROVING OR KNOWING IT IS A FAKE

SOME THINGS TO GIVE YOU A CLUE IT PROBABLY IS A FAKE

1) PRIVATE FEEDBACK(EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE PEOPLE SELLING FAKES WITH REGULAR FEEDBACK)

2) THEY LIST THE ITEM AS BEING AT ONE LOCATION BUT WANT YOU TO SEND PAYMENT TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION

3) USE PO BOXES FOR PAYMENTS TO BE SENT TO

4) VERY FEW PEOPLE HAVE 100'S UPON 100'S OF SIGNED ITEMS

5) NOBODY IS GOING TO CARRY A TRUNK FULL OF OLD RATTY LOOKING LP'S TO HAVE THEM SIGNED(MOST BANDS/CASTS DID SIGNINGS FOR THE RELEASE OF A NEW ALBUM HENCE THEY WERE USUALLY SIGNING THE NEW ALBUM AND IT WAS IN NEW CONDITION AND MOST PEOPLE KEPT THEM IN NEW CONDITION) 

6) THEY TRY AND GIVE THEIR ITEM AUTHENTICITY BY SHOWING PHOTOS OF CELEBRITIES IN THEIR AUCTIONS SIGNING ITEMS, MOST OF THESE ARE JUST PHOTOS TAKEN RIGHT OFF THE WEB, NOT ACTUAL PHOTOS OF THESE PEOPLE SIGNING THE ITEM IN THE AUCTION 

7) AN ITEM SIGNED BY THE WHOLE BAND OR COMPLETE CAST ALL IN DIFFERENT COLORED INK OR MARKERS, MOST PEOPLE GOING TO SIGNINGS CARRY THEIR OWN PEN/MARKER AND THEREFORE MOST OF THE TIME IT WOULD ALL BE SIGNED IN THE SAME COLOR

8) WE CAUGHT A GUY SELLING LP'S SIGNED IN MAGIC MARKER BY PEOPLE WHO HAD DIED BEFORE MAGIC MARKERS WERE INVENTED IN 1966 

9) THE SIGNATURE IS TO PERFECT LOOKING, TO SMOOTH AND FLUID, ALL THE LINES OF THE SIGNATURE ARE OF THE SAME THICKNESS(THIS IS USUALLY THE SIGN THEY ARE USING AN AUTOPEN WHICH IS USED TO COPY A SIGNATURE)

  SIGN YOUR OWN NAME AND THEN LOOK AT IT, YOU WILL SEE IT IS NOT ALL SMOOTH AND FLUID, YOU MAY HAVE LIGHTER AREAS AND THE LINES ARE NOT ALL THE SAME THICKNESS

 WE HAVE PERSONALLY HAD 4  MEMBERS KICKED OFF, BUT IT TOOK MONTHS OF E-MAILS, REPORTS, AND PROOF  BEFORE THEY ACTED AND SHUT THEM DOWN AND WITHIN A COUPLE OF MONTHS THEY WERE BACK UP LISTING UNDER NEW ID'S AND OUR JOB STARTED ALL OVER AGAIN