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Anyone else notice that Ebay is even crappier than usual lately?

I'd say for the last 4-5 months VERY LITTLE authentic rock and roll autographed items have been put up for auction with no reserve. Instead of auctions, most items have ridiculous buy it now prices way more than actual value.

With the possible exception of Perry Cox's Beatles auctions (but those almost always sell for top prices due to Perry's reputation).

Perhaps the tons of fakes have finally scared away legitimate sellers?

What do the members think?

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Permalink Reply by Paul on October 30, 2015 at 3:08pm

This made me smile. Crappier than usual, good one.

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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on October 30, 2015 at 3:53pm

Bruce, nice post.

I have felt that way for the past year or so.

With Ebay seemingly encouraging sellers of forgeries to list and sell, sellers of authentic items have no choice but to list their items with a high starting bid or Buy It Now/Best Offer.

Ebay has become the second coming of Roach's Corner Auctions.

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Permalink Reply by Fuddjcal on November 1, 2015 at 10:07am

"I have felt that way for the past year or so.

With Ebay seemingly encouraging sellers of forgeries to list and sell, sellers of authentic items have no choice but to list their items with a high starting bid or Buy It Now/Best Offer.

Ebay has become the second coming of Roach's Corner Auctions."

I agree wholeheartedly. Still have to wonder why anyone would give E-bay ONE NICKEL? Just keep feeding the machine nimrods, complain and do nothing about it...

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Permalink Reply by Bruce Juice on October 30, 2015 at 5:32pm

Maybe a class action suit against eBay is the only way to stop the madness? They tend to take notice when their bottom line is threatened. Perhaps a lawyer who is on this site can start the ball rolling? I'm down to take them on!

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Permalink Reply by Paul on October 30, 2015 at 5:42pm

It has it's pro's and cons.
I read once that if you were selling an autograph and it failed a quick opinion that ebay would suspend your ebay account. Correct me if im wrong.

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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on October 30, 2015 at 5:48pm

I never heard of that, Paul.

When that did happen, Ebay simply removed the item.

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Permalink Reply by Paul on October 30, 2015 at 5:53pm

Im hoping some of the long time collectors can fill me in also.

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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on October 30, 2015 at 5:55pm

Back in the day, when Ebay had the EMR team in place, Ebay simply removed the auction if it failed "Ouick Opinion."

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Permalink Reply by Paul on October 30, 2015 at 6:02pm

What's the Emr team?
Sounds like it would be a conflict of interest, when some Tpa's are in business themselves.
I wasn't collecting back when this was happening.

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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on October 30, 2015 at 6:40pm

The EMR concept was not a conflict of interest. when it was in place, the forgeries were at an all time low. GFA would never have existed if EMR's were still around. They would have been on ebay's banned list. it wasn't that long ago, but it seems like ages now. it is a cess pool full of crap.