Alert: a tale of two 51B Mantles

[pokerplyr80]

Originally Posted by botn

For the last couple of years eBay has aggressively enforced their guarantee for buyers. If the seller does not offer a refund then eBay will for up to 30 days after the sale and paypal has a similar guarantee that is good up to 180 days.

http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/...guarantee.html

https://www.paypal.com/webapps/mpp/u...ale.x=en_US#13

As long as both companies offer this type of indemnification I am not sure how many sales of counterfeit goods would actually create an opportunity for a lawsuit.

What do you think the chances are that the buyer realizes this is a fake within 30 days? Or even 180? Unless something obviously looks off in hand, this could end up on a shelf, in a box, or even a bank vault and could be left there for months, or even years.

He may have a case against ebay but I don't think many collectors would be likely to pursue that course of action. And unless Peter or Joe are willing to testify it might be hard to prove they were aware of the fraud. I don't know if that's necessary, but it doesn't sound that easy to me any way.