posted on November 25, 2000 06:49:38 PM
What would be a good alternative to Ebay for an item that I'm not certain if its authentic or not, and I don't want to spend $50 to find out? I'm not certain its even worth $50. I listed it on Ebay with the disclamer, then Ebay closed the auction saying I must be 100% positive about the authenticity of what I'm selling - sort of a catch 22 in my situation. FYI - I checked and found dozens of other Ebay auctions for similar items where the sellers used a similar (or exactly the same) disclaimer (strangely, most of these were "PowerSellers" whatever that means). So should I just have a garage sale and throw it in or is there another good auction site to try? I just want to be able to lay out the facts as know them, includes lots of good photos, then sell it with a money-back guarantee if the buyer does not like it. Suggestions?
posted on November 25, 2000 07:44:24 PM
What is a "VeRo" complaint? And why would it only be directed towards me and not the dozens of others selling the same brand of item with the same disclaimers? In fact I basically copied my listing word-for-word from a PowerSeller who sells tons of these things all the time (you would think he would know if they were authentic after selling so many!)
posted on November 25, 2000 07:54:42 PM
I seriously doubt it. The same wording (or slight variations) is used in virtually all the auctions Ebay allows to continue. Here's an actual example:
"I cannot guarantee the authenticity of this item, so please do not overbid"
All the auctions use some variation of this sentence.
