Posted By:
Bruce Dorskind
As you may or may not be aware, there are several pending major legal
actions in which E Bay is accused of knowingly allowing sellers to auction
reproductions and/or counterfeit items. Whilst there are trademark infringement
issues in some of these cases, it is clear E Bay wants to do all it can to avoid
small law suits.
It is clear the EBay wants to protect its customers from items that are
misrepresented. The company also wants to protect itself.
Many ungraded cards are inappropriately described. It is very difficult for
a potential buyer to assess condition from an e Bay scan.
Furthermore, the hobby is all about graded cards. If one looks at the top
10 auction houses (average lot value 500- 5500) more than 90%
of the cards are graded.
Without graded cards, there is no hobby and certainly without an independent
advisory/grading service, cards would loose 50-75% of their value.
E Bay, in fact has no choice in the matter.
If one wants to buy ungraded cards call the dealers that sell them or
go to a card show. But don't be surprised to see your cards have little
or no value when it is time to sell them.
Bruce Dorskind
America's Toughest Want List