new Ebay rules to protect buyer and seller

[Pronto0322]

I just bought a watch on eBay in this program. It took 2 extra days. The watch went from Brooklyn to Ohio then back to me in NY. They give you a letter of authenticity along with the piece.


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[joli160]

Simple, stay away from e-bay as a seller.

[jeff hess]

Originally Posted by Old Expat Beast

So is this only for USA deals? What happens if I'm in Hong Kong and buy a watch from Japan? Also, they must have dozens of these counterfeit checkers to keep things moving along, no?

so far i think this is just in the usa.

[jeff hess]

Originally Posted by Pronto0322

I just bought a watch on eBay in this program. It took 2 extra days. The watch went from Brooklyn to Ohio then back to me in NY. They give you a letter of authenticity along with the piece.


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Can we see the letter?

jeffrey Allan Pittman Hess

[Old Expat Beast]

Originally Posted by jeff hess

so far i think this is just in the usa.

thanks

[jeff hess]

eBay is listening! In the end this actually worked out and I now support this! The authenticator is TOP TOP TOP notch and eBay revised their hasty first press release, leaving out the rediculous "ultrasonic bath" part (duh) and the confiscation part (double duh) and with some much-needed wording as to vintage originality, acknowledging that on a vintage watch a spring bar, staff or crystal or other parts no longer manufactured by a company does not make it inauthentic. KUDOS to eBay. https://pages.ebay.com/authenticity-...ee-seller/#faq. thoughts?? (please read the FAQ and TERMS before commenting.

[jeff hess]

IT has been pointed out to me that if you do a deep dive, eBay still has the rediculous "confiscation policy". Something tells me that this is still "ok' since the authenticator is awesome. Perhaps this is something they MUST say for legal reasons and keep the serial scammers away?

[MILGAUSS88]

Originally Posted by jeff hess

IT has been pointed out to me that if you do a deep dive, eBay still has the rediculous "confiscation policy". Something tells me that this is still "ok' since the authenticator is awesome. Perhaps this is something they MUST say for legal reasons and keep the serial scammers away?

That reminds me of a story, about a violin that was sold on ebay.
If you know anything about antique violins, about 90% of them from the 1800's and early 1900's have a paper on the inside that says "Antonio Stradivari".
They are not a Stradivarius, but they are collectible.

Well some buyer wanted to return the violin for whatever reason, said it wasn't a real Stradivarius, so eBay told the buyer that he needed to DESTROY the violin since it wasn't an original Stradivarius, and provide video evidence of doing it.

That is my vision of eBay's "confiscation policy".