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Originally Posted by Econteachert205
As a buyer, ebay is ok. When I sell, and I don't sell a ton, I constantly feel like something awful is bound to happen.
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My sentiments, exactly. We have sold occasionally on eBay since 1998 and full-time (in my retirement) since 2008. Most years we receive a 100% rating and handle any complaints and/or errors promptly. Still, the "rules" are becoming increasingly restrictive on sellers and the eBay representatives range from very helpful (a few) down to very un-helpful and quite ignorant.
Several years ago we listed a 1982 Mickey Mantle Story set which includes a card with Mickey's facsimile autograph. We specifically mentioned "facsimile" in the listing, yet some eBayer (who did not buy the set) complained to eBay that the autograph was not authentic!
In our back-and-forth email "conversation" with eBay, we pointed out that the card in question was no different from various years of Topps baseball cards which are listed by the thousands on eBay: that is,
the autographs are printed on the cards by the printer. Final disposition: a red flag stayed on our account for one year.
It is such unthinking responses to solid eBay sellers that causes me to wonder what will be next.