How to know Legit signed items from counterfiet ones?

[Gameshark]

My advise is to avoid items that have been signed.

1. Sellers nowadays are getting smarter and are selling fake signature games for high amounts of money

2. There is no way to verify if any signature on any item is legit. Unless you were there in person to witness the signing.

3. Over priced signatures...

[questate]

Originally Posted by Gameshark

My advise is to avoid items that have been signed.

1. Sellers nowadays are getting smarter and are selling fake signature games for high amounts of money

2. There is no way to verify if any signature on any item is legit. Unless you were there in person to witness the signing.

3. Over priced signatures...

In my case shall ask for a refund then and request cancelling the transaction?

[Mike1888]

Originally Posted by questate

In my case shall ask for a refund then and request cancelling the transaction?

No, you got a great item for a great price that not only looks very legit, but someone already confirmed that the seller of it is legit.

Just because its possible to forge signatures, doesn't mean everything is a fake.

You can tell they're real signatures if people have photos of them getting it signed + it looks the same when you compare it to other signatures. I don't think fake video game signatures are a major problem, at all yet.

[Gameshark]

Originally Posted by questate

In my case shall ask for a refund then and request cancelling the transaction?

It really depends if you plan on selling the item in the future. If you are then you should request a cancellation because hard core collectors will want an authenticity letter or else the value of the item will drop significantly.


But... If you are a big fan of the game and don't plan on selling it and also plan on passing it down to your future generations' children. Then keep it

[Mike1888]

Originally Posted by Gameshark

hard core collectors will want an authenticity letter or else the value of the item will drop significantly.

I disagree.

This is not sports collecting, if "hardcore collectors" only buy signed items w/ a COA then they're collection (of autographed items) is probably almost non existent.

Obviously authentication would raise the value but I don't think not having a COA would ruin the value.