Replica / copy = counterfeit. Illegal to import, buy, sell, or even own (in Australia at least).

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@letscleanupmycupboards wrote:
How can they dictate what can be sold secondhand just because its a brand name?

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You can sell it, they just don't want you using their copyrighted brand name to sell it. They own the name, they don't want others to use it.

 

It is a way to keep the exclusivity of their product.

 

They only want authorixed resellers to sell their product so that when people buy their products they know they are getting the real deal. It's all about buyer confidence.

It would seem what 'appeared' to violate policy was the nature of the item.

 

It is a 'knockoff' - meaning the rightful owner of the name & design is being ripped off.

 

Just as DVD copying ( which of course none of us do ) is considered 'piracy'.

 

Can't be the word 'replica' - look at listings with REPLICA FIGURES, FAUX PEARLS, REPLICA CARS etc.etc.

 

Not to forget the listings of REAL IVORY being sold as FAUX (IMITATION) - not difficult to pick - the price is a dead giveaway.

I got hammered on 1 item 5 times. Constantly delisted for category and a couple of other things. Just keep replying back to Ebay. I found I was target by another person who just kept reporting. Maybe its wasnt now I read this but Ebay themselves doing something or testing a new system?! 

All my other ones were fine. In the end the 5th delisting of the same item was advised it should belong back in a particular category (It was in fact the same category it was first delisted from !) Talk about frustration. I started a thread like you.

 

Persist and keep replying back to them.

But the OP has said it was genuine. I understand pulling a fake but stopping me selling a used item because its a certain brand.

We'd all be annoyed if Holden or ford decided to do it too.

It may well have been genuine.  It probably got reported by someone that doubted it.  If the receipt was shown in the listing as the sellers other items do then that should have been enough, but in this case the sellers receipts come from different states and possibly countries.  One is a foreign language from what I can see.

 

If you look at the feedback that is a hell of a lot of designer bags for a private collection.  

 

Also, if you have a replica (fake) you can't  sell it on ebay even without naming the supposed brand.  If the item is badged with a name. then it can't be sold here and shouldn't be sold anywhere in Australia although markets and stalls get away with it for a while.