Why does the Bay allow so many counterfeits be sold with no challenge?

[eac5050]

I have never seen so many counterfeit coins allowed to sell on this platform as I have now. Counterfeit coins in counterfeit PCGS and NGC holders, raw coins, stolen images, etc. It is a huge and growing cesspool for bad coins and there appears to be NO oversight. The reporting function is a joke, as I constantly get told that either some lazy "Customer Service Agent" or AI (the Bay Bots) find no violation to policy. Your policy must have changed to "we support all fakes"... I am a researcher, documenter and article writer on current counterfeit coins with over 80 published articles and I now only use the Bay for research and teaching of what is wrong with this growing threat to the Hobby, with you an apparent willing participant in it. You use to have a coin policy group that could report and remove bad listings but that is apparently gone, so caveat emptor to everyone looking on the Bay for coins...

[kensgiftshop]

I reported one of the fake coins tonight and was surprised when they said they removed it and it was checked by AI.

Didn't report it for being fake, it was the location.

The location was Saint Louis, Missouri, Hong Kong.

The fake stuff being listed here from China is going crazy and it's not just coins, it's everything.

[eac5050]

Thanks for the response; eBay sent me a note to ask if this answered my question- NO!

It only suggests eBay won't remove  a counterfeit listing if reported as counterfeit (or a violation of IP, etc) but removed the one you reported because it showed the wrong seller location!

I was 0 for 20 with reports of counterfeit listings until my latest one; after 2 failed attempts, one from "AI" and the other a "Customer Service Agent" I resorted to reporting it as "fertilizer" for the POS it is and eBay removed it...