I can't belive what ebay did to me!

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#46
w.y.h said:
Hi Costa,

So sorry to hear about the problem with ebay. I have a bad experience with them too. Up until a few days ago, my ebay account was also limited for no reason. I could not list my designer bags at all. I can not use the word "Hermes" "Chanel" "Louis Vuitton" and so on and it was so frustrating. I wrote to them twice asking them to lift the limitation and they answered saying they are protecting buyer experience and so put limits on some accounts, they also mentioned something about my location being in Asia. I have explained that I have sold a number of designer items before and have a 100% positive feedback but it was no use. They asked me too keep selling other things and told me I can request again (for the limit to be lifted in 30 days time) but it will still up to them to decide each time....

It sucks big time. Here we have authentic items to sell but we can't and yet so many many fraud users out there are out to scam people with their fake goodies... =(
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I have the EXACT same restrictions, the thing is this seems to have come into effect in only the last month or so as I used to be able to list several designer items and then it all changed......I was told the same patronising rubbish that everyone else has.....be a good girl and we might let you use the site as you wish. In the meantime I see sellers with a plethora of counterfeit items for sale......:cursing:
 
#47
Costa, you aren't a bad person - they are doing this to everybody who is trying to sell any luxury goods. There are a few brands, including H, that they are limiting. The same thing is happening with people who have sold dozens and dozens of authentic H scarves without complaint and now suddenly they can only list 3 scarves every 90 days. Meantime, the blatant fakes are still being listed and sold.

This is part of eBay's ineffective attempt to deal with fakes and frauds in light of lawsuits worldwide. The record on the suits is mixed - Hermes and LVMH won in France; eBay defeated Tiffany's claim in the US in round one (round two just got filed) and there is one pending in Belgium. There may be others too that I simply don't know about. I think that a lot of what you are seeing is them posturing for use in the appeals and subsequent lawsuits.

Everyone I know if getting the useless boilerplate em responses. I know it is insanely frustrating for sellers. It is for buyers, too (my speciality!) as the amount of nice, authentic luxury goods is drying up on eBay because people can't get their listings up.

I'm sorry this is happening to you - and to everyone else for that matter!:crybaby:


costa said:
Than's interesting. How did you write them?

I try and try but they answer always with a pre-written letter. So I got the live help I wrote to the link the lady on live help gave .. me and now they wrote me I have restrictions for 90 days.

Now, if I am such a bad person, whay I can buy? I would assume I use fake money to pay too.... right?
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#48
I think we will never be able to sell again... here is what they wrote me today after I wrote them several email.
"Thank you for writing eBay in regard to your ended listing.

Since we do not handle or inspect the items offered for sale, we are not
in a position to approve or endorse listings. We do encourage you to
take the steps you feel are necessary to satisfy your concerns regarding
the legitimacy of the item. You may wish to contact the trademark owner
for further clarification and to obtain written permission to sell your
item, if it is available"

So if Hermes doesn't give me the permission, I will not be able to sell my bags. It's not a matter of 90 days...

I am just wondering why the resellers can sell? Did they got the permission?
 
#49
oh costa, I am sorry to hear that ebay did this to you too. This happened to my listing 2 months ago, I listed a few LV & Gucci items, things from my own closet that I no longer use. Most of the items sold very fast, I didn't even notice that they had removed one listing, it was a LV toiletry bag. I wasn't really keeping track & only when I read their message did I realise that my genuine item was removed due to some listing violation. I wrote them many :cursing: emails but only received standardised replies, I wanted an explanation but have been made to feel like I have done something wrong.
 
#50
I am really sorry for you since I have encountered the same problem with ebay. Now I think ebay is only for the reseller to sell the bags for the individual or private collector who seldom selling in bulk quantity of brand name products.
 
#51
Wow! Sounds terrible, I'm so sorry for you costa! :sad:

At least I will think again before listing anything there... I was already thinking about selling my old Chloé bags but I'll pass after hearing this!
 
#52
This seems like such personal bullying. I recently listed an item and had the listing pulled because someone reported that the shipping was excessive. I relisted it and changed my shipping price by one dollar and it went fine. BTW, when I sold I had underpriced shipping by $50 so it was NOT excessive to begin with. Then I listed another item and had an offer via email for a lower price than my BIN so I tried to lower the BIN price so that everything would be handled on ebay (per ebay rules) and ebay refused to allow me to lower the BIN price. I ended up losing the buyer in the interim and they lost their fees on it. There doesn't seem to be any logic in their pulling of items.

I wish someone would come up with an alternate to ebay. It would be a fantastic business opportunity if handled with logic and class.
 
#54
costa, your problem is not ebay but the established resellers. If you try to sell anything less than their "premium" price on eBay - they will send a message to eBay claiming that you are selling fakes. They then get other people to write in to tell eBay that you are selling fakes.

I have tried on this forum to recommend someone start a handbag exchange and validation service, but have met with a lot of negative comments... now, given that established resellers are ruling eBay, buyers lose out having to pay HUGE premuims and sellers lose out becuase the resellers want 50% commission!
 
#55
costa, just keep trying to relist and ignore all the nonsense. This happens to everyone these days, because ebay is now run by bots and not by human beings. I listed my bag that was 100% authentic and my personal, non-commercial property. They removed my listing and declared I was either selling a fake or I'm not allowed to sell brand items. I relisted it later and nothing happened after that. It makes no sense. Don't waste your time on those stupid warnings. They mean nothing. Keep relisting.
 
#56
All this sounds SO ridiculous! I mean, eBay started as a place where people could buy and sell their stuff, right? And now it's become a reseller's monopoly!!!!! And if it is a brand problem, then why do they have over 4,100 Rolex watch listings!!!!!:wtf:
 
#57
LondonSoho7 said:
costa, your problem is not ebay but the established resellers. If you try to sell anything less than their "premium" price on eBay - they will send a message to eBay claiming that you are selling fakes. They then get other people to write in to tell eBay that you are selling fakes.

I have tried on this forum to recommend someone start a handbag exchange and validation service, but have met with a lot of negative comments... now, given that established resellers are ruling eBay, buyers lose out having to pay HUGE premuims and sellers lose out becuase the resellers want 50% commission!
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I thought you were going to start this service??
 
#59
duna said:
All this sounds SO ridiculous! I mean, eBay started as a place where people could buy and sell their stuff, right? And now it's become a reseller's monopoly!!!!! And if it is a brand problem, then why do they have over 4,100 Rolex watch listings!!!!!:wtf:
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It's so sad..

4100 rolex!!??:wtf:
 
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