Question about new Ebay Authenticity Program???

[EddieP]

Originally Posted by bobbyw8469

It has the white strip...

If you’re transparent in the description ( e.g.state SGC listed as Topps but because of the white strip it’s actually a Milton Bradley), you should be fine. But if you want to avoid all this you could do what Peter Spaeth says: write “ Set Break” in the title which bypasses the Authenticity Guarantee program.

[jayshum]

A raw card I recently bought from Greg Morris that had set-break in the listing title went through the authentication process which surprised me. I thought having set-break in the title was one way to avoid it, and I also thought I had seen a while ago that Greg Morris was somehow exempted from the authentication process. Apparently not anymore if they ever were.

[CardPadre]

Originally Posted by jayshum

A raw card I recently bought from Greg Morris that had set-break in the listing title went through the authentication process which surprised me. I thought having set-break in the title was one way to avoid it, and I also thought I had seen a while ago that Greg Morris was somehow exempted from the authentication process. Apparently not anymore if they ever were.

Yeah, I just bought a raw card from GM Cards with both set-break in title and it's a 1980's Star basketball card...and still is going to the CSG authenticator just to be delayed and not ultimately authenticated. Greg Morris lists the set correctly (in the Item Specifics section) as 1984-85 Star, so I don't know how that gets tagged for authentication.

[savedfrommyspokes]

Originally Posted by CardPadre

Yeah, I just bought a raw card from GM Cards with both set-break in title and it's a 1980's Star basketball card...and still is going to the CSG authenticator just to be delayed and not ultimately authenticated. Greg Morris lists the set correctly (in the Item Specifics section) as 1984-85 Star, so I don't know how that gets tagged for authentication.

I also had a GM PSA card win go through PSA to authenticate. Since I live on the east coast this caused only a 3 day delay in my receiving it. I won a $500+ PSA card from an east coast seller and after being shipped to PSA and then back east it was almost 10 days (five days on 2 day PM).

I just won a PSA card for $499.99 from a seller 4 hours away from me. Somehow this card also now needs to be sent to PSA to be authenitcated....instead of arriving in 2 days, it will likely now be 8-10 days to receive due to 2 cross country trips. I intentionally offered this amount to AVOID this time-consuming process.

The card was a best offer option (originally priced over $500), the sale price w/o s/h was less than $500. Per ebay's t/c, $500 is the floor. Any ideas as to why a card with a sale price less than $500 now has to be authenticated??

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by savedfrommyspokes

I also had a GM PSA card win go through PSA to authenticate. Since I live on the east coast this caused only a 3 day delay in my receiving it. I won a $500+ PSA card from an east coast seller and after being shipped to PSA and then back east it was almost 10 days (five days on 2 day PM).

I just won a PSA card for $499.99 from a seller 4 hours away from me. Somehow this card also now needs to be sent to PSA to be authenitcated....instead of arriving in 2 days, it will likely now be 8-10 days to receive due to 2 cross country trips. I intentionally offered this amount to AVOID this time-consuming process.

The card was a best offer option (originally priced over $500), the sale price w/o s/h was less than $500. Per ebay's t/c, $500 is the floor. Any ideas as to why a card with a sale price less than $500 now has to be authenticated??

My guess is because it will still show the over $500 price in sold listings.

[bobbyw8469]

Originally Posted by bnorth

My guess is because it will still show the over $500 price in sold listings.

Look at the bright side. You get a fancy box and a card saying that Ebay approves of the card!

[nwobhm]

Wouldn’t it be best to let SGC correct their error before selling?

[savedfrommyspokes]

Originally Posted by bobbyw8469

Look at the bright side. You get a fancy box and a card saying that Ebay approves of the card!

You're right, the box is quite fancy and certainly makes up for the "lost time" with my new card. BTW, I am amassing a stack of these fancy boxes lately, are they recyclable or should I just pitch them in the trash?

Ben and Jim, I agree that either the amount shown on the screen or the total with s/h being over $500 are the reason(s) why this $499.99 card get's to go through this process. Seems like ebay's T/C should be more specific in regard to exactly how the $500 is calculated.

[Republicaninmass]

Originally Posted by bobbyw8469

Look at the bright side. You get a fancy box and a card saying that Ebay approves of the card!

Unlike the pwcc sticker which has been found 99% of the time to also mean the card had been conserved!

[Deertick]

Originally Posted by bnorth

My guess is because it will still show the over $500 price in sold listings.

Yes, they apparently base it off the total the customer paid, including shipping and tax.

[EddieP]

Originally Posted by jayshum

A raw card I recently bought from Greg Morris that had set-break in the listing title went through the authentication process which surprised me. I thought having set-break in the title was one way to avoid it, and I also thought I had seen a while ago that Greg Morris was somehow exempted from the authentication process. Apparently not anymore if they ever were.

My guess is because Greg Morris is now putting a hyphen between set-break which doesn’t throw off the algorithm ( I bought several cards from him in which the title had Set Break and it bypassed the authenticity guarantee program). I know for a fact that one particular seller is putting “Set Break” ( minus the hypen) in his titles to avoid going through the authenticity guarantee program.

[jayshum]

Originally Posted by EddieP

My guess is because Greg Morris is now putting a hyphen between set-break which doesn’t throw off the algorithm ( I bought several cards from him in which the title had Set Break and it bypassed the authenticity guarantee program). I know for a fact that one particular seller is putting “Set Break” ( minus the hypen) in his titles to avoid going through the authenticity guarantee program.

I noticed there was a hyphen as well. I was wondering if that was what made the difference.

[steve B]

No plans on buying an expensive card soon.
And I don't mind a bit of delay.

But I do mind the risk of shipping a card twice instead of once.

The other thing is that some of my better buys have come from wildly mis listed cards. (and other items)
So if someone lists a really nice George C Miller as "old baseball card" and it sells for 500+ ...... how would they handle that?

[savedfrommyspokes]

Yesterday, the price floor for graded cards being authenticated was $500, today the price floor is down to $350.