my item was removed due to a trade violation and ebay are asking to authenticate my item.
Summary: saqif86 reported that their item was removed due to a trade violation and eBay is requesting authentication for the item. The discussion includes several participants, but none of the responses provide additional information or context on the situation.
my item was removed due to a trade violation and ebay are asking to authenticate my item.
I am re-selling a pair of ray-ban sunglasses which i bought from another ebay user. Ebay is asking whether the item is geniune or fake and to verify that the product is original.
I am enquiring with the original ebay user where i bought it from, however i don't recall at the time when i bought it (2012) that the product was counterfeit or a replica and i assumed that its an original product (looks genuine to me).
How does ebay allow one user to sell an item where they havent specificed whether the product is authentic or not, however when i happened to re-sell that same item that was sold to me, i am in breach?
retailtherapist_8
·13 years agoI know it seems harsh, that you are the one being caught out here. Yes ray ban may have done a sweep but more than likely another user has reported your item as fake.
I can help you with authenticators for just about every designer BUT ray ban, the only thing I can suggest is that you contact ray ban themselves or maybe a really good ray ban retailer. Or try the US boards as there are some great users who can steer you in the right direction for authentication.
Unfortunately this is one of the major bug bears of selling/buying on ebay, the sale of counterfeit items is rife and occassionally there is a crack down, more of it I say.
Good luck.
davewil1964
·13 years agoAccording to many posters, eBay will not accept a member report as acceptable proof of an item's authenticity. Only Vero members are allowed to report fakes.
Allegedly...
giftsnbargainsoz
·5 months agoThis is true, I as a seller have reported numerous numerous instances of fake items being sold on ebay (its rampant and is in millions if not trillions). When reported on their system online, ebay's AI automatically comes back with a message saying it found "nothing" wrong with them even after you have attached proof. If I do get a LIVE agent and give them the item ids of their fake listings they will take it down and act very contrite and state that they will investigate it etc etc but they will never let you know the outcome of it as per their "policy". Its a big scam, I think ebay is making trillions on these counterfeit market and that's why it's not taken as seriously when we report it to them. It has frustrated me no end and now I stopped selling some of the licensed goods because its impossible to sell genuine goods at the higher price when these chinese rip-offs are being sold for the price of a cup of tea or coffee. Its absoloutely disgusting and immoral of an organisation which has so much clout not to be able to enforce these things giving lame excuses and hiding behind an AI which seems to have been programmed to overlook all the fakes. I have reported some of these illicit sellers to Australian Border Security (Customs agents who will investigate these and get it removed). But to do all of them will need a team with a full time job to target these criminals on ebay. I dont have that time or energy sadly.
kopenhagen5
·5 months agoYou have responded to someone posting here 13 years ago.
Policies change so you are better to start a new thread with info that is recent.
kh_safal
·5 months agoHi giftsnbargainsoz,
This topic has been locked because the thread has become a bit dated. If you’d like to keep the conversation going or have additional questions, we encourage you to start a new topic.
Thanks!
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