Reporting Ebay Fakes Three Ways !! YAY

[lovelygarments]

Great Thread! I wish that this could be stickied somewhere so that it would always be available. Here is something that I have been doing on the Balenciaga thread. Everyday I list the url for the reporting counterfeit items, and then I list ten auctions to be reported. For example:

Here is the url: http://cgi1.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAP...expirationDate=

Here is the list:

230154940237, 180142035514, 230154634520, 120144551634, 290140332335, 190134141510, 180141746002, 150144210923, 300133075468, 230154144087

This way the guys and girls can report ten items in super fast time!

[CobaltBlu]

^^^great idea!!!

[starrchylde]

There is one more way to report fakes that I have found to be extremely effective...

email counterfeits@coach.com with every piece of information you have on the seller.

I use Outlook, so after using eBay to ASQ, (to inquire about their counterfeit source) I hit reply from Outlook and it shows their ACTUAL email address. I get their location from their My World page, and anything I can find on the supplier.

Last month I took an hour or so to do the research on an eBay counterfeiter and their online supplier, emailed everything I had to counterfeits@coach.com, and within 48 hours, the eBayer had every listing pulled and the online supplier was no longer using photos stolen from Coach.com or advertising Coach handbags for sale.

FeeBay doesn't care how many times a counterfeiter is reported, they just want their money. Coach cares... and takes action when provided with enough information to do so.

It felt soooo good after so much fruitless reporting to finally get some results.

[ninat]

Great thread!

[lovelygarments]

Originally Posted by starrchylde

There is one more way to report fakes that I have found to be extremely effective... email counterfeits@coach.com with every piece of information you have on the seller. I use Outlook, so after using eBay to ASQ, (to inquire about their counterfeit source) I hit reply from Outlook and it shows their ACTUAL email address. I get their location from their My World page, and anything I can find on the supplier. Last month I took an hour or so to do the research on an eBay counterfeiter and their online supplier, emailed everything I had to counterfeits@coach.com, and within 48 hours, the eBayer had every listing pulled and the online supplier was no longer using photos stolen from Coach.com or advertising Coach handbags for sale. FeeBay doesn't care how many times a counterfeiter is reported, they just want their money. Coach cares... and takes action when provided with enough information to do so. It felt soooo good after so much fruitless reporting to finally get some results.

Great job! You are quite the little detective there!!! And I love your name of Ebay = Feebay. If you haven't copyrighted that name, you should! You could sell t-shirts! I'm going to start using that name for Ebay to - Feebay!

[lovelygarments]

Thanks mods, for stickying the thread for all to see!

[Judge Judy 58]

Originally Posted by rothjess

Wow! I had no idea. Thanks for the info. I've just started reporting obvious fakes, so now it's time to REALLY start reporting them. I just bookmark the form and paste the numbers in while browsing. Once I hit 10, I open it back up. Makes it REALLY easy to report fakes.

You can also join us at knowknockoffs.com and report with our group. Ebay is more likely to pull a fake if several reports are sent on the same item.

[Judge Judy 58]

Originally Posted by starrchylde

There is one more way to report fakes that I have found to be extremely effective... email counterfeits@coach.com with every piece of information you have on the seller. I use Outlook, so after using eBay to ASQ, (to inquire about their counterfeit source) I hit reply from Outlook and it shows their ACTUAL email address. I get their location from their My World page, and anything I can find on the supplier. Last month I took an hour or so to do the research on an eBay counterfeiter and their online supplier, emailed everything I had to counterfeits@coach.com, and within 48 hours, the eBayer had every listing pulled and the online supplier was no longer using photos stolen from Coach.com or advertising Coach handbags for sale. FeeBay doesn't care how many times a counterfeiter is reported, they just want their money. Coach cares... and takes action when provided with enough information to do so. It felt soooo good after so much fruitless reporting to finally get some results.

I had a few conversations with one of Coaches in house lawyers a while back. You were lucky to get results that quickly as she said they are about 50,000 reports behind on the counterfeit reports.

[Judge Judy 58]

Originally Posted by CobaltBlu

Mods, feel free to move this to the correct place, maybe I should have put it in the main ebay forum??? From another board, I have to share this!!! I wish I could take credit, but alas, I never knew there was more than one way, and its great because way #3 allows you to put in your information as to why, etc... I am really happy about this, I only ever did number 1! We can do all three for one item. Its not that time consuming, and YAY, for those heinous fakes it seems a good investment of a little time. Scenario 1: Report as a counterfeit Step 1: Select "Counterfeits and copyright violations" Step 2: Select "Potential trademark infringement" Step 3: Select "Counterfeit clothing..." Click on "Continue" When next page appears, click on "Email us" When next page appears, click on "Send" After email is sent, go back to the first reporting screen. Scenario 2: Report as listing violation Step 1: Select "Listing policy violations" Step 2: Select "Misleading title" Step 3: Select "Intentionally misleading or deceptive titles" Click on "Continue" When next page appears, click on "Email us" When next page appears, click on "Send" After email is sent, go back to the first reporting screen. Scenario 3: Report as fraud Step 1: Select "Fraudulent listings" Step 2: Select "You suspect that a listing is fraudulent but you didn't bid" Step 3: This box contains a message telling you to click on "Continue". Click on Continue When the next page appears, click on "Email us". When the next page appears, you will see a box with the item number already input and a box titled ""Enter your question/concern". Write your reasons for believing that the article is fraudulent. ... I include the facts and language stating that the article is a fake, the seller is a fraudster and that eBay is complicit by allowing the seller to continue to list items.

Number 3 doesn't always work. It depends on who's manning the reports. I've gotten emails back from the fraud unit that says they don't deal with any reports that already have reporting links, like the counterfeits, and that they have no way to forward the reports to the correct department. I have to give them credit, though, I've reported 3 big counterfeit sellers to fraud this week and they have been pulled.

[CobaltBlu]

Well, true, we really dont know how they are received once we send them...but the beauty of #3 is that you get to put in your .02. Otherwise, its click click goodbye.

I always try to point out the reasons why it is a fake, and remind them it is a CRIME, etc. Its important to try....

We are seeing lots of auctions being pulled, I dont know if it is the reporting, or extra summer help...but anyway, lets all do what we can.....

[Langox510x]

Great info. I think I'm about to go use it now!

[Hummingbird]

I've had great success with CobaltBlu's method #3 to get fake Hermes bags removed. Several H lovers usually bombard them at the same time.
Thanks again, CB.

And for those who are technically challenged like me, the preliminary step before any of the three methods is to go to the bottom of the page of the fraudulent listing and click on *report this listing.* You don't have to go to the security center, and the listing number is automatically inserted in the reporting boxes.

[CobaltBlu]

^^thanks for that reminder, hBird!!

I have also begun to add something like this at the end of my rants in option 3:

I see that you have been removing a lot of fraudulent listings lately. Thank you for all your hard work in protecting buyers from counterfeit goods. bla bla bla.

yes, its sucking up a little, but I was trying to think of the poor person reading all this stuff all day, maybe catch a fly with honey????

[tish]

Hello I am Tish

I could use some help.
I just bought a gucci Boston bag off of e bay...How can I tell if it is real......... I onty have 3 days to respond.

[mamasazkitchen]

AWESOME!!!!I'm gonna spend at least an hour per day reporting those frauders
Great info thanks