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Hello everyone,
I was reading one of the many "buyer beware" discussions regarding wrongfully described variety auctions. Shortly after, I made the mistake of surfing e-bay. I noticed two sellers in particular who's entire inventory was nothing but normal coins being described as major doubled dies. Of course, all provided pictures were of normal coins. I actually contacted one seller and was of course given an earful of how little I knew and how wrong I was. Big surprise!
After no help from the seller, I went through the process of reporting several of his auctions. Unfortunately, I found the reporting process to be way less than fulfilling. I never felt I could even accurately describe the problem (item not as described) given the restrictive choices on the drop down menus.
My questions to the forum are: has any of you successfully reported a fraudulent auction and had it successfully taken down? If so, did you have to do anything special aside from following the "report this item" link to achieve this? Finally, will e-bay contact me and ask for clarification or will me reporting it be enough to get it looked at? Does E-bay hire coin experts to review these reports or am I just wasting my time?
What I do know is that I am totally fed up with these types of sellers and the damage they do to our hobby. i am wanting to lend a hand to stem the tide, but am hoping for some advice from those more experienced in these matters. Thanks in advance and if this should be posted in the "going once..." Section I apologize for that.
I was reading one of the many "buyer beware" discussions regarding wrongfully described variety auctions. Shortly after, I made the mistake of surfing e-bay. I noticed two sellers in particular who's entire inventory was nothing but normal coins being described as major doubled dies. Of course, all provided pictures were of normal coins. I actually contacted one seller and was of course given an earful of how little I knew and how wrong I was. Big surprise!
After no help from the seller, I went through the process of reporting several of his auctions. Unfortunately, I found the reporting process to be way less than fulfilling. I never felt I could even accurately describe the problem (item not as described) given the restrictive choices on the drop down menus.
My questions to the forum are: has any of you successfully reported a fraudulent auction and had it successfully taken down? If so, did you have to do anything special aside from following the "report this item" link to achieve this? Finally, will e-bay contact me and ask for clarification or will me reporting it be enough to get it looked at? Does E-bay hire coin experts to review these reports or am I just wasting my time?
What I do know is that I am totally fed up with these types of sellers and the damage they do to our hobby. i am wanting to lend a hand to stem the tide, but am hoping for some advice from those more experienced in these matters. Thanks in advance and if this should be posted in the "going once..." Section I apologize for that.
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