I spend my free time looking at vintage jewelry: gold, platinum, precious gems, the whole nine. I am also a seller on ebay, so while most of the items I sell don't meet the threshold or criteria, I am aware that jewelry is now included in eBay's authenticity guarantee. This resulted in a rate increase in the category for everyone by the way, and since part of my sales are paying for this service I want to make sure I am getting my money worth. Also I want to make sure that as customer, if I am buying something that should qualify for the authenticity guarantee since it is intrinsically something that I am paying for (sellers have to increase prices when fees increase), it qualifies for the additional service. I follow several high end sellers where their items definitely meet criteria, but a lot of items (especially if they are older listings) seem to be missing the authenticity guarantee flag. While I like to assume good intentions, I have seen one relisted item some how lose it's guarantee flags (off hand I can think of one but I may have seen a couple where this has happened). It is not just those relisted, but newer listings definitely meet criteria but aren't getting the authenticity flags. Has anyone else noticed that a lot of items that should qualify for the authenticity guarantee in the jewelry category some how aren't? Just curious.
