I've been a fan of Team Japan before and after the World Cup win, so after the team won the World Cup this year I decided to look for memorabilia. I was looking on EBay and found what is listed as a signed ball by the team for $400. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230650742279&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT#ht_3424wt_945 I thought about it for a week and decided to get the ball, maybe I shouldn't of done this because getting items like this online could be risky. During the time that my ball was being shipped I noticed the seller had a few other group sales of the same item which was just around 15 balls. The first balls started selling before Japan won the World Cup which was a bit more credible sense I know they weren't jumping on the WIN bandwagon. I called EBay once and before I opened the box to let them know that I'm a bit suspicious of the package and of the authenticity, then again it might be legit but I couldn't figure out how a seller could get such an item and sell them in different groups. They told me to contact him and and try to figure it out with the seller and to get back with EBay afterwords if I figure out that the item is less authentic. The seller told me the balls were signed at a hotel during a pre cup game VS. USA here in the states and that the team had no problem with signing a group of balls "over 20" for them and others. Question, do international or other soccer/football teams do signings like this? HAH! Maybe I need to go to a Boston Breakers game and ask Aya Sameshima. Please let me know if you think this is legit or not, if so I gladly paid $400 and if not then i need to figure this out with EBay as they said is possible. Because the forum won't let me up the same picture on different posts. The other pictures of the Ball and response continues on the bottom of page 30 on the Japan forum https://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1800953&page=30 https://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1800953&page=31 Thank You Big Soccer readers for any intel.....