Of all categories, it seems like this one would be the most "duh" to require authentication, but as far as I can tell it doesn't. Am I misunderstanding something? Would this quarter million dollar sale just prompt a normal shipping label directly to the buyer's address, unlike a few hundred dollar pair of sneakers?
Okay now I feel extra stupid because it looks like eBay usually DOES (normally) require authentication on precious metals/stones, presumably if the dollar amount exceeds some number. Here's one by a different seller.
I guess I just never noticed before because I don't shop for fine jewelry and rarely sell it so I have no need to look at those listings very often. But now I'm extra weirded out by that seller ^ ..... like how can they sell SUCH expensive pieces including ones allegedly "by" high-end designers, with no authentication requirement, AND getting negatives removed when a buyer cries 'fake'? Even the certificates they show on their listings are fake! The company doesn't exist!
Thank you. -Most of the information on that link is geared toward buyers so I looked in the Help section and found more details pertinent to sellers. -It looks like for jewelry it's basically any piece with certain precious metal and/or stone content, sold for $500 or more, whether as a BIN or auction winning bid.
And notably, it says such listings will AUTOMATICALLY be enrolled in authentication. So for the life of me, I cannot understand how that seller ^ in my OP doesn't have it on any of their listings. I mean they're ALL over $500 (if I recall right) and made of solid gold and gemstones, and MANY are supposedly the brands shown on that ^ link for buyers.
And look at this. Just me, or does this Tiffany maker's mark look like a straight-line photoshop, like it doesn't even appear to have curvature. I believe it's too small as well. And their certificate -google that address. There's not even a building, just a bend in that road closest to the nearest building. The OP of that other thread says the phone number is bogus too.
So how the heck does this seller get away with ALL THIS?
@gurlcat wrote:Of all categories, it seems like this one would be the most "duh" to require authentication, but as far as I can tell it doesn't. Am I misunderstanding something? Would this quarter million dollar sale just prompt a normal shipping label directly to the buyer's address, unlike a few hundred dollar pair of sneakers?
IMO, ANYBODY whether that ring is custom made or not should use the Authentication. I cannot even fathom the train wreck this seller will experience with a chargeback or nothing sent back in a return case. NEVER SELL something like this online without WHATEVER PROTECTION YOU CAN GET.
@vintagecraze50 wrote:
@gurlcat wrote:Of all categories, it seems like this one would be the most "duh" to require authentication, but as far as I can tell it doesn't. Am I misunderstanding something? Would this quarter million dollar sale just prompt a normal shipping label directly to the buyer's address, unlike a few hundred dollar pair of sneakers?
IMO, ANYBODY whether that ring is custom made or not should use the Authentication. I cannot even fathom the train wreck this seller will experience with a chargeback or nothing sent back in a return case. NEVER SELL something like this online without WHATEVER PROTECTION YOU CAN GET.
ALSO, with their kind of low feedback score I doubt this is some major jeweler selling this stuff on here. I cannot even fathom anyone buying this thing for that much from this seller online.
