Is there anybody on here who is actually happy about success

[cleilich]

It seems like there are a ton of negative people on here. Proclaiming that everyone's success is fake or ap or pp or secretarial. Just be happy about someones success. Instead of automatically saying its not authentic.

[Doug McD]

Its the nature of internet message boards of any type really.

That being said this thread should probably be in a different forum. :razz:

[Frederik Tolstrup]

I agree with you, cleilich!

[jsanders4289]

It seems like there are a ton of negative people on here. Proclaiming that everyone's success is fake or ap or pp or secretarial. Just be happy about someones success. Instead of automatically saying its not authentic.

totally agree.

[Ryco11757]

i dont like it when someone says the authenticy of the autograph without the user even asking! every john travolta/clint eastwood. some bone head likes to yell out ITS A SEC ( )

[Johnny's Fan]

If someone asks for an opinion, then it is Ok. It's when people just appear and blunty say "it's an autopen" and then leave, that is really not fair.

I only send to people who are pretty much guaranteed to be genuine, but if I ever sent to someone who was 50/50 on the authenticity side but I believed it was real... I wouldn't post it on here, because someone would just come out with a million reasons why it is fake, and burst my bubble.

[Ryco11757]

If someone asks for an opinion, then it is Ok. It's when people just appear and blunty say "it's an autopen" and then leave, that is really not fair.

I wouldn't post it on here, because someone would just come out with a million reasons why it is fake, and burst my bubble.

i could not agree more!!! well said

[Johnny's Fan]

Thanks!

And sometimes you can also tell from the poster that they are new to autographs and maybe aren't quite as savvy, so it's doubly mean when the party poopers crash a happy thread, just to parade their "expertise".

I remember when people said James Garner's signature was a sec, and then people started getting a note back saying he could not sign anymore due to health. Either his secratary/forger retired or he really was signing all these years.

[thatguyalex]

Personally, I am happier living in a world of truth...if something is fake, I'd rather know than look like an idiot trumpeting my signed item that was really signed by an intern.

Maybe some of the negativity, on another note, would go away if people a) posted addresses instead of the numerous "I am protecting celeb X" we see or didn't have to be asked to provide the address they used b) posted in the right forum c) stopped endlessly congratulating people for getting pre-prints (as in...if you see that five people have already said "congrats" do you really need to chime in and bump the topic up to the top) etc...etc...

For those of us who take the hobby seriously, there is a lot of junk that gets posted and it's really frustrating to read/waste time with.

[musicfan]

i think it is sooooo disrespectful when i say "no comments on authenticity" and someone says "thats a PP " it really makes me wanna kill them i think it is soo rude! now if i say "commenting is welcome on the auhenticity" its kool....but YOUR RIGHT there are alot of people who TRY to bring othes down....couldnt agree more...