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Originally Posted by jayshum
People have been saying this since they started the authentication process. Looking back through emails, it started in March 2022 so it seems like they're not in a hurry to charge for it.
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Yep, I don't think eBay would ever charge a blanket fee for the program - the benefits of the program far outweigh the costs for them. The number of fraudulent transactions and unwarranted returns happening was costing eBay way more in time handling those cases, refunds they sometimes had to issue out of pocket, and lost transaction fees.
The only fee they might start to charge would be some sort of "transaction fee" to sellers who sell items that are either mis-categorized or mis-described and fail the authenticity program. There would never be a fee for the buyer.
As a seller and a buyer, I am 100% for the AG program. Having sent over 100 cards to the program as a seller, the process typically only adds 2 to 4 days to the transaction. It is usually a pretty straight-forward process when the seller does things correct on their end. Will the AG program make mistakes - definitely - it is a human controlled process. But, is it stopping fraud and false claims from both sellers and buyers - definitely.