All the shadow banning threads are being closed "due to age."....LOL.

[stevemartin60]

eBay, you need to stop treating your most loyal long-term sellers with such blatant disrespect.  ALL ITEMS SHOULD BE LISTED WITH THE SAME VIEWABILITY.

If items must be "promoted" by forcing sellers to give up what little profit margin they may have left in this runaway inflationary economy, you will soon have no sellers left except your favored fraudsters, cheats, scammers, drop shippers, etc.

[coolections]

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@doc-holmes wrote:

I was looking for was an explanation from him. So, this account resells items the seller has already been paid for, and is no longer the rightful owner of. Hardly sounds bogus to me. Why is it always so difficult with some people? 

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It is no different than sellers who buy pallets of returns from Amazon and other large stores and sell here on Ebay. Nothing illegal at all. The OP is just making up stories to get everyone here riled up.

[stevemartin60]

They do search for things like "original oil painting," or "signed watercolor painting," or "painting signed illegibly," that return far fewer results, and you rockstars being able to access something may be totally different than from what others see.  

My wife checked at work and found NOTHING under my username.  You had a poster here say they could only see 71 of my current 115 listings.

Again, nine painting in six weeks, and zero in the following five weeks is a statistically significant change, especially given the timing of that total reversal.

You are saying all 115 items are all showing among the first 240 results for 860,000 "paintings?".   LOL...sure they are.

Maybe they will show up "early" if you search by seller, but who is going to do that when searching for random high value paintings?  But even that makes little sense, as I've never listed 860,000 items.

[stevemartin60]

Still waiting for that example of an eBay user accout admitting they are really eBay, Inc. reselling Customs/Bowes-seized items.

tick, tock.....

[coolections]

If I am going to pay that much money on a painting, you better believe I am going to search specific artists names. Your thought process is so skewed. NO ONE is hiding anything of yours.

[stevemartin60]

Ten upvotes already on a five-hour old thread.  Hmmm....you rockstars better rock harder...lol.

[bonjourami]

"‎03-21-2023 12:00 PM

Still waiting for that example of an eBay user accout admitting they are really eBay, Inc. reselling Customs/Bowes-seized items."

You probably shouldnt keep replying to yourself. Doesnt help your credibility in here.

[stevemartin60]

Oh...I am so glad you know my business so much better than I do.

I guarantee you only a tiny majority of my sales are to people who searched for a particular artist.  If you were an astute art buyer, having a name on something would be the least of your confirmation concerns, especially here on eBay where scammers and fraudsters are not really ever dealt with without an act of Congress.

[bonjourami]

"Ten upvotes already on a five-hour old thread.  Hmmm....you rockstars better rock harder...lol."

I get it now, you are here to count your thumbs up!

[kh-cathy]

Hi everyone,

This discussion has gotten a bit heated. Please remember that, while it is fine to disagree with others, discussion should always remain friendly and respectful as required by the Community Guidelines.

Thank you for your cooperation.

[stevemartin60]

*minority*

[house*of*paws]

Hey @stevemartin60 

Just wanted to congratulate you on going from Scout to Thrill-Seeker in a single thread.

If this thread goes on long enough … you might find yourself become a mockable, Community Rockstar!!!    😃 🙄 😊

[1funkydude]

The cool kids still aren’t going to let you sit at their lunch table. 

[doc-holmes]

So, you're not alleging theft, you're alleging a bogus account is selling items falsely rejected at customs. Six of one, half dozen of the other, don't you think? 

[house*of*paws]

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@bonjourami wrote:

You probably shouldnt keep replying to yourself. Doesnt help your credibility in here.

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Especially when they reply to themself with “Still waiting”.  😉

[bonjourami]

Yes, made me wonder,waiting for what?