look at this

[pingpong517]

i don't look at all the hype stuff but ok i looked at the ebay open blog..

i saw this ...i have said they need or have to have a better way to have 'proof" on things so they are going with this...I'm sure seller won't all like this but ...

http://pages.ebay.com/authentication/index.html

and then this about promotion manager...and changing to this..that you opt in?? 

but i can nt make sence of it ..what a garbble of things....

http://pages.ebay.com/seller-center/grow-your-business/boost-sales/manage-promotions.html

so start learning..i will have questions...yikes

[smenkveld]

To further bolster consumer trust in this program, if a buyer receives an item following inspection and it’s found to be inauthentic, eBay will refund the buyer two times the cost of the original purchase price*.

How much do you want to bet that the refund of 2 times the price will come from the seller and the program will not include any sellers from China. If they included items from China it would end up being a easy money making opportunity for buyers.

[d-k_treasures]

Well, the first one should be amusing.

The second - you need a store and can do most of that now anyway, can't you?

[ersatz_sobriquet]

I like the first one. Once it encompasses other high end items like some antiques I have, I just might use it. Protects me as the item is inspected before going to the buyer and then the buyer can't claim snad and send me back a box of rocks. 

[relaxintowealth]

LOL, we'll give you the fee price at a later date......

[emerald40]

So does that mean if an authenticator authenticates it, then a buyer cannot file SNAD, and will have to keep the item if the seller does not take returns?

And if not, will the item be authenticated on the way back to make sure a buyer did not do a switcheroo?

[a_c_green]

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@ersatz_sobriquet wrote:

Protects me as the item is inspected before going to the buyer and then the buyer can't claim snad and send me back a box of rocks. 

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I was going to wait for the laughter to subside on this offer, but what the heck, let's get started... 

The elephant in the room here, IMHO, is that this inspection doesn't seem to do anything positive regarding a buyer claim of an empty box or shipping damage (the latter seeming more likely, since eBay will be the last ones to (re)pack it). The potential for fingerpointing between the seller, the buyer, and the "inspection" service seems mind-boggling. How do they plan to make three-way disputes any easier to resolve than two-way disputes?

[southern*sweet*tea]

So who are these expert authenticators, anyway?

[smenkveld]

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@southern*sweet*tea wrote:

So who are these expert authenticators, anyway?

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[emerald40]

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@southern*sweet*tea wrote:

So who are these expert authenticators, anyway?

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[reallynicestamps]

Fortunately, philately is well served by experts and has a long standing history of not for profit expertising.

As well as the for-profit ones.

But which of those will be accepted? I would not want a Rhodesian stamp 'expertised' by the American Philatelic Society any more than Iwould trust a certificate on a US stamp from The China Stamp Society.  (Both of which are very very good in their own fields.)

[missjen831]

They announced the authenticate program like 6 months ago, maybe longer....and they still haven't rolled it out yet.....and there is still plenty of room for buyer fraud. 

[ersatz_sobriquet]

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@a_c_green wrote:

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@ersatz_sobriquet wrote:

Protects me as the item is inspected before going to the buyer and then the buyer can't claim snad and send me back a box of rocks. 

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I was going to wait for the laughter to subside on this offer, but what the heck, let's get started... 

The elephant in the room here, IMHO, is that this inspection doesn't seem to do anything positive regarding a buyer claim of an empty box or shipping damage (the latter seeming more likely, since eBay will be the last ones to (re)pack it). The potential for fingerpointing between the seller, the buyer, and the "inspection" service seems mind-boggling. How do they plan to make three-way disputes any easier to resolve than two-way disputes?

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Where is that information? 

[omgitlightsup]

What happens when the authenticator makes a bad call?

I mean, even brain surgeons make errors from time to time.

[the_fancy_fox]

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@omgitlightsup wrote:

What happens when the authenticator makes a bad call?

I mean, even brain surgeons make errors from time to time.

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What happens when the repacker doesn't do a good job and the item is damaged from eBay to the buyer?

With more details I might be interested.