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Gold coins being sold 30% below what most are selling for?
Report option not working? E-bay not policing their own site?
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Report option not working? E-bay not policing their own site?
eburtonlab
Mentor1 year agoThere is a report item link in the body of every listing.
eBay is unlikely to remove a listing just because you report it, though. Particularly if there are no obvious policy violations apparent to someone who is not a coin expert. Selling a gold coin for less than the spot price is certainly highly suspicious, but it is not necessarily a policy violation all by itself. eBay's procedural bar that must be met in order to take disciplinary action against a seller or to remove a listing will always be much higher than that of a buyer deciding whether to spend money or not. eBay must be able to justify any actions taken against a seller, while a potential buyer can simply walk away from a potential sale based on a gut feeling without having to justify anything.
Buyers can avoid many potential issues by choosing to purchase items like coins or precious metals from experienced sellers that have sold such items previously and that have a demonstrated history of delivering what was advertised as shown in the seller's feedback, and by avoiding purchasing such items from new or inexperienced sellers that lack a track record, sellers that have feedback indicating a pattern of problems or that are registered overseas, or any sellers offering deals that are obviously "too good to be true".