Common knowledge scam selling too good to be true for cheap.
If its too low in price to be true, you know what your mother told you. I didn't listen, while there was a band whose full signatures run $2000 and up, Autographs network Aka Autographs America AKA 5 other aliases sells these impossible albums fully signed or $70. Drumheads fully signed same ridiculously low prices. I got suckered I bit. Before it was even shipped, within hours I asked to cancel because after further review
1. the signatures were off. I won't say how and make it easier for him to forge more.
2. As soon as I bought one impossible to find item, another one popped up into it's place.
3. One of the items as signed by someone who wasn't even in the band at the time!
Like everyone else, I was threatened with $500 tacked on too teach me a lesson. While I wasn't worried, I could always reverse charges the cost to do that is $36, and Chris, or Brian, or Franklin or whatever his name, counts on that, he will take $20 restocking fee even if never shipped. He knows it costs more for a credit card reversal that his $20 restocking fee he hits everyone with that balks. Of course some people actually don't know the difference and he turns a $5 album into $80 which is even better.
Lesson learned, 1. Nothing cheap is valuable. 2. folks a COA is worthless, even if PSA/DNA, or Spence, or Autographs Network. Use your own eyes and check all know signatures against what you are buying. Look at not just the writing but the time of life the signor wrote it. Was he an alcoholic and the signature is perfectly straight? That's a bogus one then. While these fraudsters can copy almost exactly line spacing and curves, it really helps if it come from a known collection associated with the artist, or you know the artists signatures better than the con artists. Then if it meets YOUR EYE, it's what you will pay. COA's are worthless in my opinion and COA's from this place are automatically bogus. Autographs in general are probably 90% frauds, so you better know your subject, or get it from a known person who knew the subject. Everything else is a crap shoot even with a COA.
Same unauthorised charges scam from Christopher Franklin
I too ordered and paid for a Autographed Drum skin that came to $45.90 with freight. I was advised I would receive a tracking number, but that didn't come. Instead two further changes unauthorised charges were made to my card. After reading a few bad reports on the web I emailed Christopher Franklin asking where the tracking number is, was the item posted, was Autograph genuine and what is going on with the unauthorised charges. As I didn't want to chance it, the Bank was advised and their investigation started.
Ordered a $17 autograph from these jokers, after paying this amount they charged me an unauthorized second charge of $8.75. I complained via email to one ""Cristopher Franklin"" at Autographs Network, stating that I will dispute the erroneous charge if it is not removed promptly. In a reply email, Christopher Franklin threatend to report me to credit agencies for ""receiving merchandise and then doing a chargeback"".
This did not make sense until a few minutes later Autograph Network charged my credit card another $500. Needless to say, unless this company has some sort of experimental teleporter technology they will have a tough time proving their case of how I ordered and received $500 + in merchandise then turned around and did a chargeback all within 24 hours from initial order. Credit card fraud division notified, police report is being filed later today in Reseda CA. I love email, an instant paper trail to support one's case against thiefs.
Included the last response via email, please note that I at that point nothing was received, I am being called a thief as he charges my credit card an extra $500 to ""teach me a lesson"". By the way, the autographs showed up and they are the worst fakes ever. The crooks didn't even bother to try and mask their fraud. The signature of one of the members will never be seen except on these folks' website, they also are selling a guitar with the same ""IMPOSSIBLE"" autograph.
On Mar 25, 2014, at 1:05 PM, ""Christopher Franklin"" wrote:
Thanks for writing This will be turned over to collections, and appear on your credit report. That's what happens when you place an order, get it, keep it, and then act like a thief by doing a chargeback and getting your money back.
Next time read the messages that appear 3 times before you enter your credit card information. The terms and costs were clearly shown, and we paid these costs to ship your order.
It's simple. I was initially interested in purchasing this item: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Old-Bass-Guitar-found-in-storage-unit-with-signatures-on-body-/171291233971?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item27e1c0ceb3. The guitar was claimed to be one of many found in a storage unit after the original buyer had passed away and the Ebay seller was beginning the auction at only $49.99 and similar previous guitar auctions this wk from that individual had sold for around $500. I couldn't help but be interested, but I also wanted to research whether the guitar might be legit before bidding.
While researching the authenticity, I found out that this exact same guitar had sold approximately 2 yrs ago for $5,9750.00. You can view the archived Autographs Network web page here:
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Common knowledge scam selling too good to be true for cheap.
If its too low in price to be true, you know what your mother told you. I didn't listen, while there was a band whose full signatures run $2000 and up, Autographs network Aka Autographs America AKA 5 other aliases sells these impossible albums fully signed or $70. Drumheads fully signed same ridiculously low prices. I got suckered I bit. Before it was even shipped, within hours I asked to cancel because after further review
1. the signatures were off. I won't say how and make it easier for him to forge more.
2. As soon as I bought one impossible to find item, another one popped up into it's place.
3. One of the items as signed by someone who wasn't even in the band at the time!
Like everyone else, I was threatened with $500 tacked on too teach me a lesson. While I wasn't worried, I could always reverse charges the cost to do that is $36, and Chris, or Brian, or Franklin or whatever his name, counts on that, he will take $20 restocking fee even if never shipped. He knows it costs more for a credit card reversal that his $20 restocking fee he hits everyone with that balks. Of course some people actually don't know the difference and he turns a $5 album into $80 which is even better.
Lesson learned, 1. Nothing cheap is valuable. 2. folks a COA is worthless, even if PSA/DNA, or Spence, or Autographs Network. Use your own eyes and check all know signatures against what you are buying. Look at not just the writing but the time of life the signor wrote it. Was he an alcoholic and the signature is perfectly straight? That's a bogus one then. While these fraudsters can copy almost exactly line spacing and curves, it really helps if it come from a known collection associated with the artist, or you know the artists signatures better than the con artists. Then if it meets YOUR EYE, it's what you will pay. COA's are worthless in my opinion and COA's from this place are automatically bogus. Autographs in general are probably 90% frauds, so you better know your subject, or get it from a known person who knew the subject. Everything else is a crap shoot even with a COA.
Same unauthorised charges scam from Christopher Franklin
I too ordered and paid for a Autographed Drum skin that came to $45.90 with freight. I was advised I would receive a tracking number, but that didn't come. Instead two further changes unauthorised charges were made to my card. After reading a few bad reports on the web I emailed Christopher Franklin asking where the tracking number is, was the item posted, was Autograph genuine and what is going on with the unauthorised charges. As I didn't want to chance it, the Bank was advised and their investigation started.
Ordered a $17 autograph from these jokers, after paying this amount they charged me an unauthorized second charge of $8.75. I complained via email to one ""Cristopher Franklin"" at Autographs Network, stating that I will dispute the erroneous charge if it is not removed promptly. In a reply email, Christopher Franklin threatend to report me to credit agencies for ""receiving merchandise and then doing a chargeback"".
This did not make sense until a few minutes later Autograph Network charged my credit card another $500. Needless to say, unless this company has some sort of experimental teleporter technology they will have a tough time proving their case of how I ordered and received $500 + in merchandise then turned around and did a chargeback all within 24 hours from initial order. Credit card fraud division notified, police report is being filed later today in Reseda CA. I love email, an instant paper trail to support one's case against thiefs.
Included the last response via email, please note that I at that point nothing was received, I am being called a thief as he charges my credit card an extra $500 to ""teach me a lesson"". By the way, the autographs showed up and they are the worst fakes ever. The crooks didn't even bother to try and mask their fraud. The signature of one of the members will never be seen except on these folks' website, they also are selling a guitar with the same ""IMPOSSIBLE"" autograph.
On Mar 25, 2014, at 1:05 PM, ""Christopher Franklin"" wrote:
Thanks for writing This will be turned over to collections, and appear on your credit report. That's what happens when you place an order, get it, keep it, and then act like a thief by doing a chargeback and getting your money back.
Next time read the messages that appear 3 times before you enter your credit card information. The terms and costs were clearly shown, and we paid these costs to ship your order.
Best regards,
Christopher Franklin
Autographs Network
Customer Service
autographsnetwork.com
It's simple. I was initially interested in purchasing this item: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Old-Bass-Guitar-found-in-storage-unit-with-signatures-on-body-/171291233971?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item27e1c0ceb3. The guitar was claimed to be one of many found in a storage unit after the original buyer had passed away and the Ebay seller was beginning the auction at only $49.99 and similar previous guitar auctions this wk from that individual had sold for around $500. I couldn't help but be interested, but I also wanted to research whether the guitar might be legit before bidding.
While researching the authenticity, I found out that this exact same guitar had sold approximately 2 yrs ago for $5,9750.00. You can view the archived Autographs Network web page here: