Are comics covered under Authenticity Guarantee?
I have a very high value CGC graded 9.8 and I was told that it should be covered under eBays Authenticity Guarantee however I have never seen that on my other high value listings and have never had the option to send it to their Authenticity Guarantee faculty address. The book is valued at about $6k and I have an interested buyer who has low feedback (positive but sparse) but has had the account open for over 6 years.
don't want to get screwed so any insight advice is welcome.
FYI -- I of course would mail fully insured, double boxed, direct signature required and only to the US ebay address on file but still don't want to take any chances. thoughts?
7 comments
1786davycrockett
·5 months ago@stellaform
As described by others, too many risks to sell a $6000 comic book on eBay.
It's safer selling locally at a comic book show, or as a consignment item through a reputable comic book retailer.
shire123
·5 months agoRisk is pretty much a personal decision as well as a category risk. There are many, many items valued for thousands of dollars sold on ebay regularly. Personally, I have sold many items for over a thousand dollars without issue (knock on wood!).
While you certainly can't discount risk, I think for the most part it is minimal. Again, largely depending on category.
For high value items I think the risk of a scam is more on the buyer's side with sellers scamming them.
dnasilver
·5 months agoMany individuals would not sell anything of high value on eBay because they worry about being scammed. Everyone has their own comfort level. We have found scammers typically do not have the funds available to scam on high value items. We have never had an issue with high value items, whereas items under a grand are another story.
pickapaper
·5 months ago@stellaform wrote: "FYI -- I of course would mail fully insured, double boxed, direct signature required and only to the US ebay address on file but still don't want to take any chances. thoughts?"
You can do all of that and the buyer can still claim "not as described". If they do that, you would have to pay the postage to get the item returned and you don't know how they would bother to package it. You also don't know if they would return a $1.00 comic to you, which they could and you would still have to refund the full $6K. eBay won't get involved because they do not know what you actually sent the buyer or what the buyer actually returns to the seller. It's all "he said, she said" and eBay tends to side with the buyer.
There is a saying on here: "Never sell anything you can't afford to lose".
Many sellers no longer sell high-dollar items on eBay because of the chance of being scammed. Each seller has their comfort level, and of course, it depends on what a seller sells. Some items are a lot more prone to being scammed than others. (No way would I sell a $6K item on eBay.)
tarotfindsandmore
·5 months agoYour own CGC grading is the authenticity guarantee. As far as I know, ebay's own internal authenticity guarantee program only covers jewelry, cards, sneakers, bags, and some other random fashion items. Each item type has a dedicated team that you send your item to for inspection before that group sends the item on to the buyer. I'm pretty sure there is no comic book team as of today.
klhmdg
·5 months agoThe listing does not have the "authenticity guarantee" on it.
I do not think comic books are available for the program.
You are taking a $6k+ chance selling it on here.
Any buyer just needs to say "not as described" and they can return anything and you will refund 100%.
Even if they return a rock you will refund 100%
That would be too risky for me but others are ok with that amount of risk.
Good Luck!
shire123
·5 months agoI would think that if the book is CGC graded THAT assures the authenticity of the book. (as long as the case is still sealed)
Over the years I have sold CGC graded books too. That has all I have ever needed for guarantees.