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P.A.A.S. / Mike Frost The Worst Authenticator Rip off Pembroke Pines, Florida
I hope this complaint helps just one person from going through what I did with this company.
I have no one to blame but myself for getting involved with P.A.A.S and its deficient guru Mike Frost. Theres an old saying in this hobby that you get what you pay for. I can tell everyone, I didnt get close to that, all I got was grief and ripped off. I have used other authenticators and was not happy with any of them. I was looking to try someone new and ultimately experienced what it is like to be in the bottom of the barrel. An authenticating HELL! I contacted PAAS/Mike Frost to have some items authenticated. By far his prices was the cheapest of all authenticators. That alone should have told me something. I did not do my homework. What I have discovered since about PAAS is simply unbelievable. How this company still exists is beyond my comprehension? Possibly they just survive hoping to find a new customer like me. PAAS has a decent looking web site, filled with names of those who appear to work for the company. I now find out from others in the hobby that those are all his family. His brother, his wife, his kid and so forth, all family members and all using different last names. Again, that should have told me something. I have also discovered others whose names are being used. From what I now learned, they have never seen an autograph from Frost. Most of them have asked multiple times to have their names removed from the PAAS web site. Frost has refused. Don't be fooled like me, PASS/Mike Frost is a one person operation. My experience with him is that he is not capable of authenticating autographs. Not even close now that I find out about his mistakes where others are exposing him on the Internet. Items I purchased from reputable dealers were turned down as not authentic and items I actually got in person were also turned down. Trying to get a refund, one dealer I purchased my item from would not accept a COA from PAAS/Frost. To justify this, the dealer also told me that I may find many others that wont accept his COA. I found this out to be true. My next problem with PAAS/Mike Frost was the time it took to get my items back. Not the few days as was promised by more then a few weeks. Trying to get hold of PAAS/Frost was a major problem and at one point I was concerned about getting my items back.
To make it worse after spending hundreds of dollars Mike Frost's COA's were kicked off eBay and all my listing's disappeared. Frost bragged about helping eBay out with Whitney Houston and then they kicked him off. Some relationship he had with eBay. Why didnt I know this before I dealt with PAAS/Frost? Why didnt I ask around the hobby to learn about PAAS/Mike Frosts reputation? Getting Frost back on the phone once he finds out you are unhappy is almost impossible. He must have caller ID. The only way to trick him into answering his phone is to call from a different number. When he answers and finds out who it is, he hangs up on you. Ijn my opinion, Frost is truly the bottom of the barrel compared to all the other authenticators. I would like to sign my name to this but was told Frost has a friend who is associated with eBay. I am told he has the capability of having items I sell on Bay removed by stating they are not genuine. What a fun hobby!
4 Updates & Rebuttals
stephen
Colorado Springs,United States
False negative items by Stephen Koschal is all False
#5REBUTTAL Owner of company
Fri, April 10, 2020
Mike Frost wrote this horrible/evil story. It sayd much about his being.. He is bitter as I discovered he stole $50,000 out of the IACC/DA treasury. He was the treasurer! I had to close down this club I founded. Frost had to close his collectible store because of his reputation. Frost claims my collcetible dirt is fake. Ask him why he sold so many of them in his store and kept the ones when he closed the store. Frost is NOT his name. It is Michael Figenbaum.
His comments about my ex-wife and children are all made up by him. In only one case he's right...I haven'tpaid child support..never had to as my children were all over 18 years of age when I was divorced.
I've closed down PAAS which I created as Mike Frost was telling some submitters that their expensive items never arrived, when they did. I watched him for many hours looking at ebay too see if an item that he got to authenticate matched one on ebay. A total fraud, because if your real item didn't match a forgery on ebay your genuine item was rejected. Their never was an authenticating team at PAAS.. He listed his brother Richard Scott (why does Richard use a different last name) and Tony Amato which is his wife who was at the time a waitress at Cracker Barrell. Everything aout Frost is ghostly. If you care about what Mike Frost really thinks about Stephen Koschal, please take a moment and go to my web site stephenkoschal.com click on the box "testimonials" and see what Frost/Fiegenbaum says in writing. Now you know the truth about Mike Frost/Fiegenbaum.
What is Mike Frost all about... he sold a $3,000 item in his store. When proven that is was a forgery, Frost claimed he never sold it. In the investigation, a photograph turned up of the framed item hanging on his store wall. This is the real Mike Frost/Fiegenbaum selling hot dogs in his "Collectible Store."
stephen
Colorado springs,United States
False negative items written by Stephen Koschal
#5REBUTTAL Owner of company
Wed, April 08, 2020
Please read the story about STEPHEN KOSCHAL. iT READS LIKE A SEVEN YEAR OLD WROTE IT. Absolutely nothing in it is true. It may have been written by Mike Frost. he is one bitter person. His reputation was so bad I had to close down the original IACC/DA because of 550,000 dollars was missing out of the club treasury. It is believed Frost used that money to open a baseball school for children, however that went bust.
Also going bust was his store which he closed overnight and kept everything that was there on consignment. There is no real IACC/DA anymore, Frost tried to reopen it using a similar name to fool those to send in fees for admission. That failed so he just uses a web site to spew hatred. This is the real Steve Koschal, once a partner with Frost until the huge amount of money disappeared. First hint of frost having money problems was when his wife tarted borrowing oney from know dealers and she couldn't pay it back. I have all the files. By the way his name is not Mike frost. it is an alias for a long time. His daughter screwed up by sending a letter to a dealer who Frost owned money. She signed her real last name as "Fiegelbaum."
P.A.A.S.
COOPER CITY,Florida,
The false negative items all were written by Stephen Koschal
#5REBUTTAL Owner of company
Thu, October 10, 2013
This false report has been issued and written by Stephen Koschal of Miami Florida in an attempt to discredit myself and P.A.A.S. Stephen Koschal is know as the creepiest and most hated man in the hobby. He has been involved in many law suites and is at this time in a libel lawsuit by 3 different companies. He is know throughout the autograph industry for selling high end forgeries and for attacking autograph authentication companies that try to expose him or turn down his fake autographed items. He has been hiding for years under different names and blog sites but he is best known for his Autograph Alert website that a Judge has ordered removed last year.
P.A.A.S.
COOPER CITY,Florida,
USA
Anonymous Kansas City, Nothing more then a fraud report against honest Authentication.
#5REBUTTAL Owner of company
Thu, December 20, 2012
It is unfortunate that I must have to spend my time to defend myself and my company P.A.A.S. against a fraud report from a Mr. "anonymous Kansas City", The report against Mike Frost and P.A.A.S. is a complete fabrication and an attempt to use Ripoff Report for the use of slander and extortion .
It is sad that "RIPOFF REPORT" has become the friend of the fraud and forgery side of the autograph business. It has become a place were sellers of forgeries and phoney's can come and claim false reports against the honest and qualified companies that have outed or exposed their fraudulent activity.
I have noticed that this has also happened in the past to the other top qualified autograph authentication companies such as PSA/DNA, JSA, and Roger Epperson. Now they are attacking Mike Frost and P.A.A.S. a company that has been one of the leaders in the autograph authentication industry for over 31 years. For additional information on P.A.A.S. please see www.paasaa.com and also see our credentials and testimonials.
This Mr. "anonymous Kansas City" has submitted several forgeries and was expecting P.A.A.S. to examine and authenticate them as genuine. One our examination was complete the signed items submitted were all deemed not authentic and returned. This seller was also reported and removed from ebay for fraudulent activities involving the sale of 100's of forged autographs. P.A.A.S. in it continuing affords along with some of the other major trusted autograph authentication companies will not allow frauds like this to sell their wares to unexpected collectors and continue to flood the autograph market with there forgeries.
I guess we will have to take the fake reports as there seems to be no way to have them removed without a $2000 fee and a hearing by Ripoff Report. P.A.A.S. and Mike Frost will not stop fighting these crimes and protecting the collectors in the hobby. Thank you for your time and for this rebuttal. We do not hide behind false or anonymous name and we are all ways available to the public. Serving the autograph community now for 31 years.
P.A.A.S. and Mike Frost can be reached at (954) 450-4283 or specialagent711@aol.com. www.paasaa.com