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Ebay Removed My Mickey Mantle Authentic, No-Brainer Autographed Baseball.
Yes guys, Ebay has done it to me again.
Ebay has once again removed an auction of mine that contained an authentic autographed baseball from Mickey Mantle.
First, just below, my authentic Mickey Mantle autographed baseball that Ebay removed two day ago.
As you can see, it is a no-brainer, authentic Mickey Mantle autograph on a baseball.
Below is the Message Of Removal that I received from a moron representative from Ebay.
After reviewing your eBay account, we've taken the following action:
- Listings have been removed. A list of items that were removed can be viewed at the bottom of this message.
- We have credited all associated fees except for the final value fee for your listing(s).
The listing that was removed appeared to violate eBay policy or a rights owner's trademark. Please remember that you are responsible for the quality and authenticity of the products that you offer on eBay. It is against eBay policy to list any counterfeit items.
For more information please see our Replica, counterfeit items, and unauthorized copies policy:
http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/replica-counterfeit.html
If you have more questions, contact our policy experts:
http://ocsnext.ebay.com/ocs/cusr?query=3049&=PTB1208
Please be sure your current and future listings follow these guidelines, keeping in mind that additional violations could result in the suspension of your account.
Here are the listings that were removed:
331411167616 - MICKEY MANTLE AUTOGRAPHED BASEBALL SIGNED BOBBY BROWN BEAUTIFUL AUTO
We appreciate your cooperation.
Thanks,
eBay
Please don't reply to this message. It was sent from an address that doesn't accept incoming email.
In my opinion, EBay is attacking me for my exposing of forgeries on their auction site.
In my opinion, Ebay does not like me exposing the sellers of forgeries that contribute to their salaries and bonuses.
Am I interfering with their profit machine from the sales of forgeries?
Of course I'm not; the sellers of forgeries have been running amok selling forgeries for years on Ebay.
Following "Operation Bullpen" Ebay was NOT held accountable for the millions of dollars of forgeries that were sold on the Ebay auction site.
Is Ebay now condoning the listing and selling of forgeries on their auction site?
This is the third time Ebay has removed an auction of mine that contained an authentic autograph.
While Ebay continues to remove my authentic autograph auctions, they allow and approve the listings and selling of GFA (Guaranteed Forensic Authenticators) headed by Steve Rocchi.
I have exposed numerous sellers of GFA certed forgeries, and as far as I know, Ebay has never removed a GFA certed forgery listing.
There is too much money and profits to be made from the sales of GFA certed forgeries.
Sellers of GFA certed forgeries include Ebay sellers Mccauleyjr2006, Roma-Jak, Dbvint123, Stevew6, Rbisportsinc and others.
The "Florida" forgeries are also a big seller on Ebay.
Ebay does not remove the "Florida" forgeries.
Again, there is too much money to be made from the sales of the "Florida" forgeries.
This Monday I will be sending my authentic Mickey Mantle autographed baseball to PSA.
When it comes back, I will have more to add to this thread.
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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on
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Ebay and John Donahoe don't want to lose the fees associated with a sold item.
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I have no doubt about that, Sam. I've known that for years.
Richard Simon made a good point about "the bad guys winning the autograph wars."
Maybe not the "wars," but definitely the battles sometimes.
In my opinion, there is a bad element inside Ebay.
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Permalink Reply by Dom Vito Castiglione on
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The fact that ebay purposely removes items they know are genuine from a person just because he has morals, while going out of their way to ignore facts and complaints about individuals who they KNOW sell forgeries....tells you everything on what type of company Ebay is. Disgraceful!
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It is absolutely disgraceful, Dom.
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They raised my blood pressure enough tonight that I had to go downstairs to the basement and hit the bag for a while!
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Permalink Reply by James on
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What eBay did on your AUTHENTIC Mantle ball is obviously ridiculous. And I too think it was some sort of "payback". Sad. I've only sold a few things myself on eBay, but a few months back, I was trying to sell my very nice Michael Jackson signed album. After a couple of days, I got notified that eBay had pulled it because they said it was not authenticated. Well, I was ticked off, and I called them to let them know that it had an LOA from REAL - Roger Epperson, which was pictured. They said they would have someone look into it. It might take a few days. But I didn't have a few days, as I was trying to get funds to complete a bigger transaction. Anyway, after pointing out that Roger was the best in the business for music autographs, and some more general griping, they let me put it back up. Anyway, there you go - just another story about eBay BS.
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Permalink Reply by Sam Iam on
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It's not ebay as a corporation doing it it's just a few bad apples
Ebay actually takes off things daily
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Ebay CEO John Donahoehttp://news.yahoo.com/ebay-ceo-23-million-exit-package-paypal-split...
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Permalink Reply by Null on
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I figured this would happen again at some point. I have had NO QUESTION authentic items (just like this beautiful ball) pulled by eBay as well, and I too think there are people within eBay who do not like us messing with their profit of forgeries. This just reinforces that, as we all know how hard it is to get any item pulled recently.
As Dom said, I too have reported some sellers/items 10-20x, and their auctions survive. This is definitely some sort of personal attack, whether it is from eBay or a seller(s) you have exposed. I once had a seller I exposed buy a Jeter ball just to immediately leave negative feedback saying I sold forgeries...this is the type of scum we have to deal with in this hobby.
eBay is a cesspool of garbage forgeries. 99% of the "Best Matches" for a particular search are GARBAGE. eBay PROMOTES THE SALES OF FORGERIES. Plain and simple. It is absolutely sickening how many flat out SCAMS survive via eBay, and eBay has a "It's up to the buyer to decide" motto of late. If that is going to be the "motto", then why are they pulling ANYTHING?
Here is something that shows how ass-backwards this hobby/eBay are: It is easier to sell a forgery with a bogus COA, than it is to sell an authentic item without one. Think about that. It's unreal.
I told a guy yesterday his Banana Mantle was a common forgery and he should get a refund. He told me his Mom met Mantle in 1993 and got it signed herself, and that I am a piece of s*** and threatened me. This is the type of morons we have to deal with in this hobby.
Keep doing what you do Christopher, one day we will have the last laugh.
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While we are all mad our legit items have been pulled by ebay by someone on the inside lets not be illogical here.
HERES SOME FACTS IVE LEARNED:
Ebay do take autos down - we are an example of that
They don't have any autograph authenticator a on staff (maybe they should)
Ebay doesn't have the resources to check every single autograph listed
An autograph needs to be flagged by several people in order to be reviewed
A seller with a lot of positive feedback is less likely to be reviewed than those with low feedback
An example of ebay pulling a mass forger and stopping them from listing autos is former member Sam Rayburn or Bear. I was made aware of him and know he listed a ton, TON, of forgeries. He is now banned from selling autos on ebay. He also had over 800 positive feedbacks. It can be done. Another is milton Luban.
If you want something pulled we need to band together and have the whole forum flag it.
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