How do I report non-authentic items, such as fake video game cartridges and antiquities?

[mineallmine-331]

I continually find fake video game cartridges and fake antiquities on ebay.  These listings are not always easy to pinpoint.  It is as if the listers deliberately word it so as not to 100% confirm its fake, but certainly put in an effort into making you think its real.  Then they'll say some 1000 year old artifact is "Brand New" or that a cartrdige for a game that was never released is "Brand New".  Both are blaring signs of fraud.  When I try to report the items I don't see a sequence of the pull down menues which accurately allows me to portray that, such that the complaint isn't ignored as being wrong or inaccurate due to my categorization.  Any ideas on how to properly report these things?

[mycarolinavintage]

If you need to explain all that, a phone call is the way to go. Otherwisse, click the Report this item link and choose the option that is closest to your reason for reporting it and move on.

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[missjen831]

Just use the report link on every listing but keep in mind, eBay is not going to take your word over the sellers so that is why I wouldn’t even bother calling them. They won’t remove the listings even if you use the report link, it’s your word against the sellers. 

[7606dennis]

Frankly, unless you are the buyer and file a SNAD dispute, there is very little reason why eBay should take your word that an item was not authentic, is there?  Unless you are the actual owner of the rights to an object or a recognized expert in the field, and by expert I mean one whose opinion would carry weight in court, why would eBay be inclined to take your opinion about an items authenticity?

[garmentvarmint2004]

MINE..

Ebay will  only pay attention  to reports of fakes--when those reports are filed by VERO  Members.    And that is  the way it should be handled. 

[mineallmine-331]

The auctions I"m talking about aren't definitive lies, they are manipulative listings that make you think it's real, but there are hints that they're not authentic. The wording they use seems to correlate to the logic that I can't accuse them of claiming they were authentic, only that I thought they were authentic based upon the content of their listing. Basically screwing with people to the fullest extent they can without completely lying.

[7606dennis]

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@mineallmine-331 wrote:
The auctions I"m talking about aren't definitive lies, they are manipulative listings that make you think it's real, but there are hints that they're not authentic. The wording they use seems to correlate to the logic that I can't accuse them of claiming they were authentic, only that I thought they were authentic based upon the content of their listing. Basically screwing with people to the fullest extent they can without completely lying.

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So basically you are accusing those sellers of fraud, but you've not established yet how you arrived at that conclusion based on your authoritative expertise on the subject.

[jrinam]

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@mineallmine-331 wrote:
The auctions I"m talking about aren't definitive lies, they are manipulative listings that make you think it's real, but there are hints that they're not authentic. The wording they use seems to correlate to the logic that I can't accuse them of claiming they were authentic, only that I thought they were authentic based upon the content of their listing. Basically screwing with people to the fullest extent they can without completely lying.

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that form of 'salesmanship' is fairly common here, not just on fakes. reminds me of fast talking used car salesmen or late night t.v. commercials. i avoid buying anything with even a hint of false implications. when i buy here, i read the listing looking for all the ways i could get screwed, i dont do that anywhere else!