Does EBay not care about fakes being sold?

[68Hawk]

Originally Posted by perezfan

"eBay is magnificent. Long live eBay."


My wife is magnificent too. I love her. Long live her, and long live my kids! But that doesn't mean there aren't lots of things that could be improved...

The "love/hate relationship" is a real thing. Ebay.... Can't live with it; can't live without it.

Over the last 20 years I have over 1400 ebay transactions.
They've included cards and clothes, appliances and art, tools and toys, gifts and gaming, storage systems and silver, and countless countless other things.

I've been able to find the items I want, generally the branding I've desired, the price I've been happy to pay, the facility to have it all delivered to my door, and the venue to allow me to do the same in reverse and sell off things no longer of use to me.

I've saved many many many thousands of dollars over the years doing so in comparison to paying 'store' prices.
It's generally cost only some browsing time as opposed to the efforts one would need to make to get what you're after mechanically, and allowed me to learn through comparison shopping in a way that is truly next level.

Over the 20 years, maybe 3 'bad' experiences and a dozen more that left me a little disappointed or receiving not quite what I expected.

Improvement to the platform?
Describe how, in practical and financially realistic terms?

[Jim65]

I'm not sure whether Ebay actually cares or not but they leave the judgement up to buyers. Isn't it the buyers obligation to research stuff they want to buy? Ebay isn't in the authentication business.

If Ebay pulled every auction that gets reported, whats to stop people from reporting legitimate cards because they are competition? Or someone has a beef with a seller on a different transaction?

I listed a GU Mets jersey a few years ago and someone contacted me saying the jersey was fake. The jersey was 100% authentic. It turns out the complainer had a similar jersey for sale and didn't like that my price was lower. What if Ebay pulled my auction based on this idiots say?

[irv]

Originally Posted by Jim65

I'm not sure whether Ebay actually cares or not but they leave the judgement up to buyers. Isn't it the buyers obligation to research stuff they want to buy? Ebay isn't in the authentication business.

If Ebay pulled every auction that gets reported, whats to stop people from reporting legitimate cards because they are competition? Or someone has a beef with a seller on a different transaction?

I listed a GU Mets jersey a few years ago and someone contacted me saying the jersey was fake. The jersey was 100% authentic. It turns out the complainer had a similar jersey for sale and didn't like that my price was lower. What if Ebay pulled my auction based on this idiots say?

I hear what you are saying but when multiple different people report the same issue, I'd say it is ebay's responsibility to at least look into things. In my one report, I told them to look up the cert# as they would clearly see it is an entirely different card in an obvious fake PSA slab.

I don't know the inner workings of EBay but, like I mentioned earlier, if ebay has the reporting option, shouldn't they at least follow up with it?

[Tabe]

Ebay could easily reduce fakes and counterfeits in just a few short steps:

1) Require all buyers and sellers to provide photo ID in order to keep their account(s) and legitimate full contact information. AND verify it.

2) Immediately delete any listings that disclaim knowledge of whether something is a reprint.

3) If #2 is violated a second time, ban the person - not the account (hence the reason for #1).

4) If you're caught selling fake items, you get a warning. Second time, ban the person - not the account.