hitting the report button on a seller

[def.a.posting.id]

After I hit the report button on a seller with a $1000+ fake handbag for sale ebay sent me the listing 

and suggested I make an offer. 

I guess that report button means NOTHING.

[dhbookds]

lol, it just means that AI hasn't "refined" the reasons a possible buyer interacts with a listing. 

[jpcustomsonline]

of course it means nothing. Gotta have a lot of reports for them to do anything. Or one of their special verified reporters..... Invite only...

[floridainjection]

I've wanted to report sellers occasionally. I gave up because the reason isn't listed. The drill down limits you to things that never apply.

[def.a.posting.id]

yes I guess all of these are true.

I've never reported a seller before but a $1300 handbag with one dark picture ?

and there are 3 people watching this auction. ( not me, I just reported it) 

new seller, her other auction as 12 pictures so that item is authentic. 

[the*dog*ate*my*tablecloth]

Computer programs are not like brains. They cannot consider all the possible implications about human behavior. To extend that to think the reporting means nothing is irrational. To assume that it means nothing because the listing is still up makes sense, but why would reporting have any affect on a totally separate set of programs?

Anyway, they cannot just pull a seller's listing because someone else reports it. Ebay would be total chaos.

[def.a.posting.id]

why bother with a report button at all then

this $1300 bag is fake.

[def.a.posting.id]

dog 

I know that computers are not like brains. I really do.

its not irrational to expect ebay to look at a seller that is selling a fake $1300 bag.

they get in big trouble over this kind of carp every single day X 1000+

[castlemagicmemories]

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@def.a.posting.idwrote:

After I hit the report button on a seller with a $1000+ fake handbag for sale ebay sent me the listing 

and suggested I make an offer. 

I guess that report button means NOTHING.

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The system saw interest.  It didn't know why that interest was there.

I can see why you are upset.

[emerald40]

Reported a seller selling fake diamond rings as real.

7 negatives in a row.

feedback at 83%

And he is still there except now it is 8 negatives.

Only the latest example of reporting that must have gone right to the circular file.

Another selling fake Cartier diamond jewelry.  Many of the listings are being bid up to the thousands.  

I have it in my watched list, but to be honest I have no incentive to report it.

And before someone asks, while I do not know a fake Coach bag from a real one, I do have a handle on fine dimond jewelry.

[city*satins]

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@def.a.posting.idwrote:

why bother with a report button at all then

this $1300 bag is fake.

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Reports of fake bags tend to be removed only if

1. the report is made by someone eBay considers qualified to judge whether it's counterfeit based on the pic(s) and description  (that's a short list of people)

2. the owner of the counterfeited trademark is a VERO member and tells eBay to remove the listing (which they might or might not get around to doing before it sells nowadays - they seem to get backlogged)  If the brand is a "VERO" brand, you can contact the company and notify them of the listing.

[def.a.posting.id]

sounds like ebay needs to hire some more people in the fakes department. 

[luckythewinner]

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@def.a.posting.idwrote:

After I hit the report button on a seller with a $1000+ fake handbag for sale ebay sent me the listing and suggested I make an offer. 

I guess that report button means NOTHING.

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If you look at a listing, eBay will show it to you again. And not just here - when I go to facebook, I always see ads for the items I recently viewed on eBay.I doubt the system is sophisticated to connect the dots and check to see whether you reported that listing, or hide it because it has been reported by someone else. 

As for your guessing that report button "means nothing" - What were you expecting? Were you expecting eBay to immediately remove the listing just because you said they should?

I suspect that community reports are "triaged" the same way most company handle bug reports or complaints or suggestions. They keep an incident count and assign a severity level, and these two values are used to priority the work list. Some items jump right to the top and are dealt with immediately, and some sit at the bottom and are never addressed.

[def.a.posting.id]

I really didn't expect anything from eBay...

not sure they value their community when they don't listen to a 10 year member in perfect standing

who pretty much never reports all of the zillions of fake bags on here....

bags that RUIN the reputation of this site...

[thallidguy]

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@def.a.posting.idwrote:

I really didn't expect anything from eBay...

not sure they value their community when they don't listen to a 10 year member in perfect standing

who pretty much never reports all of the zillions of fake bags on here....

bags that RUIN the reputation of this site...

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Sorry, but I think this has to be said: Don't kid yourself about your own importance. I've been a member in good standing for almost twice as long as you, had my own store for over a decade. And I don't expect eBay to give that any sort of importance at all.

What they do know is that people submit specious complaints for any of a million different reasons, many of them misguided, some out and out crazy, some purely malicious. They learned long ago that some sellers report listings just to harrass their competitors. VeRO complaints they take very seriously because they come from the trademark and copyright holders themselves. But you or me? Do they really know who we really are or how much we really know?

Heck, I've seen posts here by people who claim to have been active on eBay for as long as me, and they just make me wonder how anyone could spend that long with their head stuck up their backside.