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      abaynh
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      How to protect yourself from buying fake gold on eBay?
                                                                                                                               

      The community has seen multiple discussions about purchasing fake gold, often at significant loss. With counterfeit items increasingly sophisticated and sellers often disappearing before detection, what steps can buyers take to protect themselves from scams? Should eBay implement stricter verification processes for sellers or offer better support for buyers who fall victims to counterfeit sales? Share your thoughts and experiences, and discuss potential solutions to this growing problem. We have purchased multiple bars of so called "gold" on Ebay. Ebay has taken in significant amounts of money in fees for these sales and then leaves the buyers high and dry when they find out the gold is fake. They changed their return policy recently, unknown to me to only 3 days to report a counterfeit piece of gold. I am wondering how many other people are having this issue? I am unable to escalate returns, report to keep others from being scammed or complete the return processes they do not have in place. I am thinking of contacting a lawyer and was wondering if anyone else would like to join? I have reports to the FBI and to USPS as the selling of counterfeit bouillon is a federal offense for anyone who profits from it.

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      'See photos for condition' scam
                                                       

      Ebay really needs to require that sellers disclose, in the item description, the true condition of their items, instead of letting them get away with the 'see photos for condition' scam. I buy vintage tools (to use, not to hang on the wall) and IMO the majority of sellers know nothing about the tools they are selling, or are trying to get away with selling items with missing parts, or who mis-identify them. Photos are not enough, sellers should be required to describe completely the condition of their items. Photos don't show everything, a lot of sellers post bad pics, and photos are useless to anyone who relies on a screen reader. The majority of the time I don't get a reply when I ask about missing or damaged parts. Those sellers go on my blocklist.

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      MX Master 4 mislisting nightmare , what do I do?
                                                                                                                                                                               

      I had recently purchased an MX master 4 logitech ebay, after much issue with shipping -seller sent package under wrong name of Erin Corbin leaving me unable to pick up from FedEx pick up and leaving my item in Fed Ex package for two weeks- during which that seller pulled their listing and is arguing about refdunding me even thought the item I was sent does not match the original listing. To add more oddity to the situation I am unable to find anyone I can contact regarding this disput now that it has been resolved. What do I do? Is their someone I can regarding this purchase out of staples store next state over or I am just screwed? I have been using this site for years and I am somewhat savy with the ins/outs of its operations but am unable to get any results on this issue, what do I do next?

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      Important Boot Measurement Usually Left Out
                                       

      I am a fashion collector.   This is for anyone that sells boots.   Please provide the top and calf circumference of the boots. It only takes a minute for you to provide the information, but asking 200 sellers "what is the calf circumference?" gets time consuming. It's an important measurement. I've pretty much given up asking. I'm lucky to get s response anyway. I just move on to the next.   

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