Why does eBay allow people to sell counterfeit luxury watches as the originals? | Buying

anjtim · 2024-10-16T09:13:42.816000Z

Recently I saw a listing for an Omega Seamaster Professional 300m dive watch. It was one of the mid level chinese counterfeit watches being sold on eBay as an actual Omega. These watches retail for $9,975AUD new from Omega. People are actively bidding on it and it has not been disclosed that the watch is fake. I am an Omega expert and are able to authenticate Omega watches. I also own the original watch that this fake is purporting to be. I reported the sale to eBay and after reviewing it a customer service representative has deemed the listing to not breach eBay's terms of service. Off the top of my head there were at least six points of reference that I based my judgement from where the listing deviates from the original. It is obvious to anyone who is familiar with Swiss watches that this is not what it is described as. Where is the buyer protection? Why should someone have to win this watch and later find out that it isn't real and open a case and have to jump through the hoops and wait months for their money to return to them. If eBay is going to allow these watches to be sold then they should be forced to have to be authenticated by an expert before the seller gets any money. I don't understand why they just don't care about the proliferation of counterfeit products and scams targetting eBay buyers. Can anyone enlighten me as to why eBay just doesn't care about this issue?

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