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just another way fleecebay will stick their grubby hands deeper into a sellers pocket.
and of course fleecebay does not release the cost to use this service.
I don’t think they should be using terms like “Witnessed Authentication’”. Makes one think of recent arrests of ex eBay employees…………….lol.
CanBrit:
Yes it does!
There are already independent companies capable of doing this. The fact that eBay is backing a new group to do this indicates to me that at some future date, all sports memorabilia will need to have this group’s approval to be listed on eBay. And, of course, a fee would be required to gain this approval.
serious collectors will never recognize this company as a legit authentication source