I’m happy to announce that we’ve just launched an improvement to the iPhone buying and selling experience on eBay.
Network Technology (GSM/CDMA):
Apple creates multiple models of their iPhones that support different network technologies like GSM or CDMA. These network technologies determine which network carriers are supported on the phone.
e.g. The iPhone X Model A1901 supports GSM only. This means that you cannot use Verizon or Sprint as the network carrier on that phone.
To help sellers and buyers navigate through this complexity, we have updated our experience as follows:
Selling Experience:
During the iPhone selling experience on ebay.com, we now ask sellers to choose the Model Number of the phone they are trying to sell:
You can find the Model Number of your phone on the back of your phone or box. Alternatively you can also get it from general settings on your phone, by tapping once on the “Model” value.
Buying Experience:
The iPhone product pages (PRPs) now show which “Model Number” you are buying. You can also select the available “Model Numbers” from a drop down.
Please note that the available “Model Number” values is dependent on the supported network. So please select “Unlocked” Network to be able to select all the “Model Numbers”.
https://www.ebay.com/p/Apple-iPhone-X-256GB-Space-Gray-Unlocked-A1901-GSM/239160993
If you are unsure which model or network type to buy, please check with your carrier for compatibility.
If you have any comments/questions/feedback about these updates. Please comment below.
Thank you!
@sockmonkeydave wrote:Dude... I just can't help myself.... this is tounge in cheek, don't hit me with a can of beans.
You do understand that starting multiple threads about the same topic is a board violation...
Off topic.. did you guys see the "Super Moon" last night, that was wicked cool. Wife got pics.
She is turning into quite the artist.
That's awesome! Compliments to your Mrs.
@ittybitnot wrote:@> syedmhaq wrote:
> Thank you everyone for the feedback.
> Clearly the overwhelming majority here is deeply concerned about some iPhone buyers
> involved in fraudulent activity.
Sort of appears that way. I do appreciate your update, and it made good sense. I as well appreciate your good sense of humor.
Likewise. As I said in a message to Trinton last week, if things seem to be getting a little heated in a face-to-face business confrontation (not necessarily here), sometimes it's good to tell the other party, "I'm not mad at you; I'm mad at the company." I guess that's another way of saying to not take it personally.
@ittybitnot wrote:We know you are not involved with 'fraud on ebay', and are doing a wonderful job regarding your assignments. Don't stay away because the thread went on a side road.
Thus my ping here, just in case: @syedmhaq, one angle you might take, as you seem to be involved in areas for accurately describing the products and such, would be a Seller Education project. We know you're not in the post-sale, scammer-chasing department (if there is one), but perhaps there's some way to expand on the detailed process that you're currently describing for product attributes when listing, to work in some useful seller education somehow.
For example, if this is the first smartphone or laptop listing that a given seller account has attempted, give them one or two popup screens that they have to acknowledge regarding... I don't know, "Best Practices" for selling those high-tech items, something like that.
I know if you call them Scam Warnings or Fraud Warnings or similar, the Marketing people will have an attack of the vapors and need to go lie down for a while. If you can figure out a way to put a positive spin on it, you can sneak it past the Marketing filters and also make it interesting enough that your newbie sellers will want to read it. In there, you can give them insights into how to verify that payment was actually received by PayPal before they ship, how to recognize what's a valid buyer request and what isn't, and what to do vs. what not to do when shipping.
I know it's a writing challenge, because there is a sometimes-absurd need to portray everything in a positive light here or not at all, but the fact of the matter is that newbie sellers are both being enticed to sell high-priced items here that even experienced sellers would not attempt, and being hung out to dry when their first sales subsequently go sideways on them, on the basis of situations that could have been avoided in the first place with even the most basic user education.
So although you are not able to go after the wolves, maybe you can at least educate the sheep. Good luck. 
