Did all see my last post... Well, ok I went a bit overboard on my soapbox, but ya got to agree with me if you have used paypal as a seller much.. This is not just my opinion nor is it a rarely agreed with statement that "PAYPAL is terrible and almost a scam"... And there is always that person that has never understood the internet market that says "then don't use it....."... WELL that would work if everyone did it and switched to a alternative, however even with it's scam-like and everchanging policies, paypal is endorsed by ebay (it's a wonder... ebay owns it...) and buyers don't know the issues and problems paypal has caused many people.. And it has lost class action suits as well as other legal issues ex.. had to pay fines.. But in the end we currently have paypal until google gets this google checkout going strong.. And believe me google is not perfect, but I guarantee you that it's downfalls are nothing compared to paypals arrogant non-consumer attitude.. .until next time.... stay safe and hope paypal doesn't limit your funds for 180 days to gain interest on the cash in the bank for themselves... Autograph and more BLog: best ebay auto's

• Google Checkout helps you increase sales. And process them for free when you advertise with Google.
• Every online merchant has two goals: sell more and spend less.
• Google Checkout™ is a new way to process transactions that helps you achieve both.
• Checkout works with Google's search advertising program, AdWords, to increase your sales and minimize your expenses throughout the online sales and marketing process.
• Attract more leads.
• Shoppers who see the Google Checkout™ badge on your AdWords ads will more easily find you when they search.
• Convert more leads into sales.
• A fast, secure checkout process helps persuade shoppers to buy on your site and buy more often.
• Process sales for free.
• For every $1 you spend on AdWords, you can process $10 in sales for free.
• For sales that exceed this amount or if you don't use AdWords, you can process them at a low 2% and $0.20 per transaction.
• WELL LOWER THAN PAYPAL's % and per TRansaction FEE!!!!
• Protect yourself from fraud. Protect yourself from PAYPAL...
• Also fraud prevention tools stop invalid orders from reaching you.
• And our Payment Guarantee policy helps protect you from chargebacks

Information obtained from Google CHeckout Seller's Benefits Site

I posted this a little after I signed up and read about the features, as many of the "help" categories were coming up as it was being implemented, BUT just like google-it was up and going within seconds. I am sure they didn't want to leak it out prior to presenting it on their site!!!! IT IS AWESOME AND ALLOWS YOU SO MANY OPTIONS and You have control over how it works.. Google CHeckout:The Paypal Alternative?

Well, I can guarantee you paypal/ebay are a little nervous, as they have had a monopoly and could do as they pleased to customers and when trouble arose just pay it off.... And all the competitors either were not prepared to run a system like this and/or did not have the financial backing and GOOD TRUSTWORTHY NAME... GOOGLE HAS THAT NAME WE TRUST & PAYPAL HAS LOST A LOT OF TRUST...

FYI if you are unaware of paypal's illegal/unethical practices and several lawsuits they lost including: Class Action suit (but continued to break law), small claims court (YES SMALL CLAIMS COURT, Paid off Government ( I believe on state level), and I know FBI investigated them and found that when they held the money the buyer was not at fault but PAYPAL was i believe... Check out Paypal horror stories and from what i have heard the origional site PaypalWarning.com And I believe the small claims court case was won by this individual who hosts this site Rebel: Fight the system when they're wrong Now i know that there are some disgruntled employees etc... But the shear #'s of complaints shows you that this is a MAJOR issue.. or hopefully WAS a major issue... Google Checkout aka GBUY Google Wallet... I also forsee a GBUY and Wallet coming in some form... GBUY EBAY... Look similar WOW that would be a tough fight for google, but I would be there with all I had... Google checkout paypal alternative.... GET IT NOW

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If you have not been keeping tabs on what PSA and EBAY are doing with authentication then you need to do so ASAP!!! Ebay endorses PSA and basically states that if you don't pay PSA to say that your item is "likely genuine" by looking at a photograph--- WHICH PSA EVEN STATES ON THEIR SITE IN ONE PLACE THAT THERE IS NO WAY THEY CAN AUTHENTICATE ANYTHING VIA PHOTO---Not like they have any credentials to authenticate items in person, but WOW now by a picture on the internet??? hmmmm.... just another way to pocket more money while they have the share of the market(PRETTY MUCH THE WHOLE MARKET). Very similar to PAYPAL, as they took it over and it continued to steal money from customers. check out nopaypal.com-A GREAT SITE THAT ACTUALLY EXPOSES PAYPAL or paypalwarning.com-ONE OF THE ORIGINALS. While there are deadbeats out there that are just looking to rip people off and they should be dealt with- but paypal has themselves turned into the CRIMINAL, but unfortunately they have the money to just buy their way out of it when they "GET CAUGHT"... MY THOUGHTS
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Autographs & More: The Good, The Bad, and The Autograph Terror Alert

This blog is dedicated to collectors, investors, and just about anyone interested in autographed items and other related collectibles.

Hello and thank you for joining us with our newest blog and soon to come web-site. We actually are a wholesale distributor of autographed memorabilia and are moving a lot of our business on-line to bring the average collector wholesale prices so he/she can obtain the auto's such as Mantle, Dimaggio, Jordan, Woods, Ali, Rolling Stones, Jagger, Presidential autographs, McGwire, Sosa, Pujols etc... We are seeing a movement by a lot of the large companies to push their product on the consumer with a type of "Autograph Terror" by using the "fake" autograph scare.

What is this so called "Autograph Terror"?

The best way we can describe what we have come to know as autograph terrorism is not heading towards the counterfeit items, but it is an unfortunate event that has been seen by many, yet realized by just a small percentage.

While "fake" autographs are (in my opinion) one of the worst rip-offs someone can ever be a victim of due to many reasons, we have found that authentication rip-off has even become a larger epidemic. The obvious route here is PSA/DNA and of course JSA now and it seems GAI are following their ground work. We have dealt in the industry for decades and this is one of those things that just becomes mind boggling. PSA/DNA will charge a collector approx. $7.50 to give them an opinion of wheather an autograph is authentic or not (they use "likely" in their little letter), but at the same time they admit that it means basically NOTHING../??? SO why do we do this? one answer: EBAY... Ebay teamed up with PSA/DNA to offer the on-line opinion service some time ago when forgeries had begun to rise. Now if this was done to help collectors keep from spending hard earned money on "fake" auto'd signed items it would have been wonderful, but it was for one and very obvious now reason: MONEY... Now we do not know how much ebay and PSA split on this deal, but you can bet they are keeping a tight lid on this....

Am I saying that I have never purchased a PSA/DNA, JSA or other authenticated piece of memorabilia? NO, I have and will in the future if the price is right, but I HAVE NEVER purchased it due to the fact that I felt any assurance that the auto was any more authentic... Some people are yelling right now and I have listened, and actually researched both sides very closely as this impacts my business and life daily, so to me this was not just for the collecting but to ensure I could continue to run the business I love so much... TERROR? where does this come from? Well, these big money companies and corporations have released "their" figures of forgeries and pushed them onto government agencies- remember that everyone gets elected, appointed then hired by someone.... Think of it like a lobbyist. These companies want collectors to live in fear or "terror" that the auto is fake unless it has their seal of approval, yet there is little to none formal training by the PSA staff. Why? their answer: basically that they have dealt in auto'd items for so long that they know what is a good sig and what is not by comparing to "known authentic" items (not sure how they distinguish this for each one- some from checks but my wife signs mine a lot or even my brother). Am i saying they are wrong in their assumptions- notice the word assumptions- Not always, but I can guarantee that if you send PSA 100 signed Photos of the same person they will turn down around 40-60% of them as not genuine, but if you send the same group in or actually just the "not authentic" ones they returned you will get about the same results.. Be careful now you must send these in from different states and ensure they are not coded. How do I know this? IT HAS BEEN DONE!!!

Now how does this hurt the collector? well, first the enormous fee they charge (not $7.50) average about $50-$100 on an item is passed on to the collector plus the fee paid to get 40-60% turned down. Let's use a 50% pass rate and $100 charge basically each collector is paying $200 per item more due to the recovery of charges to get it so called authenticated...

UDA- Upper Deck Authenticate is a different story as they atleast send a rep to see the items signed and this is the way to go as long as the rep does his/her job.

my solution: know your dealer is the best way and know the auto you are buying. Most high end and even lower end items have the "tell-tell" signs of a forgery, and you need to be an informed buyer not just a buyer.

I am not to say PSA/DNA was not a good idea when well IF it was ever established to HELP THE COLLECTOR AND HOBBY, which it's not looking good. Their BBB-Better Business Bureau- rating is an F... THE LOWEST SCORE POSSIBLE and the California BBB suggests strongly that consumers do not do business with these individuals... I have actually spoke with the BBB and it is on-line as well, but PSA/DNA does a good job covering it up through using many different names and not making their parent company known to all: "Collector's Universe".

Let me know your opinion and I am open minded, and all we ask is for all to be that way as things change but right now it is changing towards larger companies getting rich off scaring collectors...

ONE LAST THING.... EBAY---- please come on first you have this paypal thing that is beginning to become the scandal of the 21st century see sitehttp://www.nopaypal.com and http://www.paypalwarning.com for some information about how you can end up with out your cash and no resolution!!!

But now ebay supporting and promoting this PSA/DNA thing-and they are actually pulling sellers auto's that PSA/DNA say are "likely not authentic". However, do this if you would like some proof... Find an actual PSA/DNA picture of Mantle or someone and then list it but do not tell them it is PSA/DNA but say it comes with a Scoreboard COA- by the way they were the only authenticator in the 1980's and were chosen over Upper Deck at one time before they quit the business- and they will say it is "likely not authentic" EVERY TIME... I have done this over 25 times and it never fails!!!

Until next time.... good day