eBay box break policy application needs changing

[tobaccoroadsportscards]

eBay needs an application process for wanting to do box breaks.  I’ve been told as of now they just send random emails to people. I see brand new accounts that are able to do box breaks.

[kensgiftshop]

Since chance listings are not allowed, I'm surprised they allow those bow breaks.

[lacemaker3]

@tobaccoroadsportscards 

Yes, eBay does allow pre-approved sellers to do box breaks ... BUT ...

only if the buyer receives the complete box. So that isn't really a box break, as the card collecting community defines it.

Basically, even pre-approved sellers are not allowed to do a box break as such, because they have to follow eBay's definition of "box break" which is not a box break at all.

https://www.ebay.com/help/policies/prohibited-restricted-items/chance-listings-policy?id=4311

[topsbre0]

there are Breakers flooded ebay with your standard pyt style breaks and personals. of course they allow box and case breaks. I started breaking 11 yrs ago in my basement and get a returned email from them. frustrating

[gurlcat]

They turn a blind eye to mystery boxes of costume jewelry too.  -The sellers use photos of piles of jewelry in the listings but it's not the same jewelry that will come in the box, just allegedly "representative"  (judging by a lot of the feedbacks, it's totally NOT representative, LOL). 

It's a really stupid, sneaky and lazy way of doing things, so I'm not the slightest bit "jealous" of them for getting away with it; I just hate how much search results page space they take up.  ESPECIALLY since some of them have an absurd number of duplicate listings, which is also against policy. 

[kh-adrian]

Hi everyone,

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Thank you for understanding.