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Gary B.This article has nothing to do with vintage baseball cards per se, it's about people auctioning off Britney Spears' (allegedly) used gum on ebay, but the principle is the same:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Music/09/03/britney.trash.ap/index.html
This to me is the crucial statement in the article:
Chris Donlay, a publicist for eBay, says the veracity of the gum claims isn't the business of the Web site. "As long as it doesn't violate our policies, then it's really between the buyer and the seller."
Obviously eBay cares about making money, not making sure people aren't getting ripped off and that there website is being used by criminals stealing from people in plain view all the time. No wonder vintage card collecting has become such a tenuous activity on ebay, and here's proof that it ain't stopping anytime soon...