Gary Hayes autograph faker.

[chris71]

Thought this might be of interest to any of you unfortunate enough to have bought signed Liverpool stuff of this shit. The statement below is directly from the UACC (Universal Autograph Collectors Club)

 

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After a very long investigation by Halton Trading Standards and ourselves the UACC, it has been found necessary to terminate the UACC membership of Mr Gary Hayes with immediate effect.

 

Both the UACC and Trading Standards had received many complaints about Hayes relating to the authenticity of his signed memorabilia. The UACC and a number of collectors, dealers and well known sportsmen have worked closely with Halton Trading Standards to bring a solid case against Hayes in the High court in March 2009 and it is expected that this case will run for ten days.

 

It should be noted that Trading Standards in an effort to ensure that Hayes did not become aware of the case that they were putting together, asked the UACC not to take any action against him, or indeed end his membership, until such time as the case was confirmed. The UACC gave this considerable thought, and it was with much reluctance that they agreed and considered this was the best way to ensure that the case did not end up in the bin, as has happened so many times before with similar fraud cases.

 

This was a very hard case to put together, requiring many witness statements including some from well known football personalities, and Halton TS should be congratulated for taking the time to take this kind of alleged fraud seriously. The monies involved are considerable, and the number of people who may have purchased these items possibly running into tens of thousands.

 

During this time, the UACC has helped a number of collectors obtain refunds from Mr Hayes, amounting to many thousands of pounds.

 

We hope now that any collector or dealer who has purchased items from Gary Hayes or any of his other outlets on eBay, or has purchased any item with a Gary Hayes COA will have them correctly checked by a recognised autograph expert, reported to Halton Trading Standards, and returned to Gary Hayes for a refund.

 

My Hayes sold mainly Liverpool signed items using the ID’s GaryHayes2005 since 2004, and G.Hayes since 1999, and also via various other IDs operated by other sellers in countries outside of the UK. He also sold via his website at Gary Hayes Football Memorabilia

 

He has made a mint from ripping of honest fans now it looks like his time is up.:yes:

[RedinSweden]

There is a certain rotund geordie they should also look into.

[bigredruss]

i'd met him at a sportsmans dinner, so not all of it was fake. just makes you wonder when that shop got done a couple of years ago as well

[chris71]

i'd met him at a sportsmans dinner, so not all of it was fake. just makes you wonder when that shop got done a couple of years ago as well

Anything fake is too much. The guy has been churning out so much stuff it's unbelievable. The players would need to be living with him 24/7 to get the amount of signed shirts,programmes,balls and anything else that would take a marker done that he sells.The club themselves are also involved in nailing this fraudster which kind of says it all really.

[ottawa_lfc]

Is it the same guy? There are 2 Hayes' - one had a store in Southport and this one didn't. I've bought a fair amount of stuff off him (mainly programmes but also some signed stuff) -- looks fine to me. I'm not an expert though... however, I did take some stuff I got from him down to Toronto when the masters were here - had a team pic with some sigs already on it and wanted to complete it - Fairclough and Molby both recognized their own autographs, so some of it at least is genuine.

[chris71]

Is it the same guy? There are 2 Hayes' - one had a store in Southport and this one didn't. I've bought a fair amount of stuff off him (mainly programmes but also some signed stuff) -- looks fine to me. I'm not an expert though... however, I did take some stuff I got from him down to Toronto when the masters were here - had a team pic with some sigs already on it and wanted to complete it - Fairclough and Molby both recognized their own autographs, so some of it at least is genuine.

 

If you go on to uk ebay there is an autographs collectors club . Take some pictures of what you have and download them on to photobucket then paste them on the fourm.There will be someone on in minutes to tell you if they are dud or good.

[sir roger]

If I find out my Dossena & Degen signed shirts from last night are fake , there'll be murder.

[chris71]

Thought it would be the Spurs fans looking for there signatures and to say thanks!