albertabrightalberta | Volunteer Community Mentor
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You can but I'm not sure it's worth it based on selling prices of Coach.
Yikes, this is a tough one. Because ebay is so inconsistent in its actions, it's hard to say why or what listings trigger a removal so prevention is also inconsistent.
For a basic authentication, you can pay $7.50 to authenticate4u and get a PDF doc attesting to authenticity. You can also state in your listing that the bag was "professionally authenticated by (name of company). You can verify by contacting them with a link to this listing."
Often that's all that's needed to reassure buyers what they see is what they'll get and it's authentic and it's also helpful to you as the seller because you can rest easy knowing that your listing complies with federal trademark law.
As for authentic listings being removed and accounts sanctioned, it's helpful when posters come here and post about it. Then there's black-and white evidence of what happened and when made aware, ebay can look in to it. But I think it's something that can't be completely prevented, just as the sale of fakes can't be prevented even if we do our best to report as many counterfeit items as possible.
IMO, posting here to verify that your items are indeed authentic is probably enough to feel comfortable enough to list your items. There are cases where items have exceptions to "rules," or missing parts that might make it a good idea to talk to a pro, but generally, for Coach pricepoint, I wouldn't pay for a professional.
Others might have other insight to offer.
Yikes, this is a tough one. Because ebay is so inconsistent in its actions, it's hard to say why or what listings trigger a removal so prevention is also inconsistent.
For a basic authentication, you can pay $7.50 to authenticate4u and get a PDF doc attesting to authenticity. You can also state in your listing that the bag was "professionally authenticated by (name of company). You can verify by contacting them with a link to this listing."
Often that's all that's needed to reassure buyers what they see is what they'll get and it's authentic and it's also helpful to you as the seller because you can rest easy knowing that your listing complies with federal trademark law.
As for authentic listings being removed and accounts sanctioned, it's helpful when posters come here and post about it. Then there's black-and white evidence of what happened and when made aware, ebay can look in to it. But I think it's something that can't be completely prevented, just as the sale of fakes can't be prevented even if we do our best to report as many counterfeit items as possible.
IMO, posting here to verify that your items are indeed authentic is probably enough to feel comfortable enough to list your items. There are cases where items have exceptions to "rules," or missing parts that might make it a good idea to talk to a pro, but generally, for Coach pricepoint, I wouldn't pay for a professional.
Others might have other insight to offer.
