on 06-20-2020 01:17 PM
I recently came across one of my service listings on a 3rd party website. It is a verbatim, plagiarized cut and paste of my listing, offering Jefferson Mystery Clock Repair and Restoration services, here on eBay. The particular ad shown on that website had my previous price of $85, that I increased on my current listing as $110 plus shipping of $25. My current active eBay listing is here: Jefferson Golden Hour Mystery Clock Service and Repair
Their listing can be viewed here: https://www.top-clocks.com/view-1349-14613042.html
I have NO CLUE to who the operators of this website are and have had NO contact of any kind with them, prior to use of my eBay listing. They provided hyperlinks to "Buy on eBay" and "Make an offer on eBay", neither of which, would work as the linked listing is no longer active and even if so, the "Make an Offer" would be rejected by the "Make an Offer" I have on the current listing that would be rejected by the automated offer configuration, I use on my listings.
My question to the Community here is:
1) Is the plagiarized listing legal?
2) If a customer actually used their links to offer or purchase the service, and it somehow became diverted to scam the customer, what liability would I have for it, in light of the fact that it was expressly NOT authorized by me?
3) I am preemptively asking eBay what steps can be taken, by myself or preferably eBay, in order for me to avoid any Terms of Service agreement violations, that I scrupulously adhere to as an eBay seller with a perfect feedback score? I've carefully built my service to provide outstanding customer service and value and would be extremely angry with anything affecting that reputation in a negative manner.
Thanks for an expedient response, so I can address this issue as soon as possible. I intend to refrain from contacting this website administrators until I receive official guidance from eBay.