New Ebay Authentication service

[Kris19]

I will be the “official” Net54 test case
I bought a card this morning with the Authenticity Guarantee. I am 99.9% sure the card is fake. I will post updates here as things unfold. This should be interesting!

[rand1com]

Originally Posted by Kris19

I will be the “official” Net54 test case
I bought a card this morning with the Authenticity Guarantee. I am 99.9% sure the card is fake. I will post updates here as things unfold. This should be interesting!

I also bought a card which is definitely authentic but had a grade assigned. The pictures seem to match the assigned grade but just interested to see how the authenticator views the grade since they do not actually grade the card.

I'm assuming they will authenticate it and it certainly looks to be a very reasonable price for the assigned raw grade but could certainly fall a grade lower by one of the major authentication companies.

I'm more interested in how long it takes to get the card in my hands.

Based on Ebay's 1-2 day time frame stipulated for authentication once in the company's hands, it should be less than 2 weeks to get it into the buyer's hands. I highly doubt that will happen but we shall see.

The clock is ticking!

[Dead-Ball-Hitter]

Originally Posted by Kris19

I will be the “official” Net54 test case
I bought a card this morning with the Authenticity Guarantee. I am 99.9% sure the card is fake. I will post updates here as things unfold. This should be interesting!

Kris thanks for being the guinea pig!

[swarmee]

I am curious whether or not your sales tax will be refunded if the card is deemed fake.

[BobC]

Originally Posted by swarmee

I am curious whether or not your sales tax will be refunded if the card is deemed fake.

It sure as hell should be. If the card is deemed fake, that should result in a cancellation of the original sale. And if there was no sale, there never should have been sales tax collected. States have provisions for Ebay to file and report such instances where they return sales tax to a customer and can then receive a sales tax refund or credit. But it is up to Ebay to refund the sales tax and then file for the refund/credit. The states will likely not go after Ebay and force them to do that. As customer friendly as Ebay is, I cannot see them keeping sales tax money from a sale that is effectively cancelled, and the sales proceeds are returned to the unsuccessful buyer.

[Ray Van]

Just when I thought eBay couldn’t make any more stupid decisions (Global Shipping Program, Category Reclassifications), they go ahead and do this. Wow this is really going to drive buyers off their platform. I understand some of the potential benefits, but this is wrought with pitfalls. I sure hope they keep it at $750 level so I don’t have to worry about this service since I’m not a big spender.

That aside, I wonder how this works for non-US sellers.
Edited to add: the FAQ’s indicate this service is applicable only if both buyer and seller are located in the US, with potential to expand in the future.

[icurnmedic]

I have actually used this service for another item.
My wife wanted a certain Louis Vuitton for Christmas. Problem is, they no longer make the specific one .
So I found one on eBay, made sure I thought it was authentic and bought it. Shipping was a normal rate,can’t recall exactly, but was not out of the ordinary.
The seller shipped to a third party, no clue as to who they were, then after 3-4 days, I received notice it was on its way.
Came with an authenticity tag attached and said something to the effect of authenticity guarantee voided once removed.
I rechecked the bag and it was real . Tag removed and she loves it.

Now, not all bags have this “ authenticity guarantee” when you search.
You can actually add a authenticity guarantee to your search parameters..

Going to be a disaster with cards though. If I can’t get an order for 25 cards for 8 weeks,that I paid their grading prices for, how can I expect to get a single card I purchased authenticated and sent back to me in a timely fashion for what I can only presume is a heavily discounted rate? Just imagine the volume of shipping CSG will deal with on a daily basis.
Idea is solid but bet the rollout won’t be.
Thomas

[bobbyw8469]

I am sick at the turn this hobby has taken. It is no longer fun anymore.