Fake autographed memorabilia

[stockton-no.1]

It's clear there's a lot of scammers on Ebay selling fake autographed memorabilia but I've noticed one person in particular who sells at least 150 items a time then disappears, then reappears under a new account selling the same (but different) items all over again. I've reported these items many times, even messaged the person but nothing happens. He's robbing hundreds if not thousands of pounds off innocent people. What can I do to stop this cause Ebay are clearly not bothered?

[red_magpie]

Have you read eBay's policy on autographed items? If not, see: https://www.ebay.co.uk/help/policies/prohibited-restricted-items/autographed-items?id=4283&st=12&pos...

This is one of the very few cases where even eBay admits that autographs are easily faked, and urges buyers to be careful.

The mistake you're making is to imagine that it's your role to protecting other buyers. It isn't. EBay is famously reluctant to remove items just on the say-so of other members. However, they do give very clear guidance to buyers about buying autographs, and if an item isn't as described the buyer can use eBay's money back guarantee.

[stockton-no.1]

And this makes it all ok??. It might not be my role but it breaks my heart when innocent people are paying their hard earned money for **bleep**. Ebay should have more in place to stop this.

[*vyolla*]

Just to play Devil's Advocate here, if the buyer thinks that they've got the autograph they wanted, what does it matter?

If anyone buys an autograph and they've not seen the person sign it or there's no provenance, it's a chance they take. Anyone with a sharpie can forge a signature. There must be over thousand Bowie signatures out there that myself and various other record label personnel hastily scribbled for a competition that went a bit wrong.