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<p>[QUOTE="romismatist, post: 7885819, member: 44106"]I agree about EBay being a buyer's platform. I used to be a seller on EBay as well some years ago but gave up on that because overall, I wasn't making enough money for it to be worth it. High EBay fees, high shipping costs (Canada Post, enough said, sorry [USER=115301]@Terence[/USER] Cheeseman), EBay refunding people who complain they never received your coin directly from your account; people paying by credit card then cancelling the transaction once you've sent the coin, EBay withholding funds, etc...Just too much hassle for it to be worth it. Best to be a buyer.</p><p><br /></p><p>With regards to all the fakes, I don't think that EBay really cares whether something is fake or not as long as it sells and makes them money. In the early days there used to be a site where you could identify fakes, and I actually traded e-mails with a real live person at the other end in those days. Today, there still is a process for doing so, but there are so many fakes that it's not even possible to declare them all. A few times I tried, but the e-mail likely went into a bottomless pit, and those sellers merrily continue to peddle their fakes. I don't think that EBay realizes that curating their site like Catawiki does may actually help matters. To them, it's not worth the additional cost.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="romismatist, post: 7885819, member: 44106"]I agree about EBay being a buyer's platform. I used to be a seller on EBay as well some years ago but gave up on that because overall, I wasn't making enough money for it to be worth it. High EBay fees, high shipping costs (Canada Post, enough said, sorry [USER=115301]@Terence[/USER] Cheeseman), EBay refunding people who complain they never received your coin directly from your account; people paying by credit card then cancelling the transaction once you've sent the coin, EBay withholding funds, etc...Just too much hassle for it to be worth it. Best to be a buyer. With regards to all the fakes, I don't think that EBay really cares whether something is fake or not as long as it sells and makes them money. In the early days there used to be a site where you could identify fakes, and I actually traded e-mails with a real live person at the other end in those days. Today, there still is a process for doing so, but there are so many fakes that it's not even possible to declare them all. A few times I tried, but the e-mail likely went into a bottomless pit, and those sellers merrily continue to peddle their fakes. I don't think that EBay realizes that curating their site like Catawiki does may actually help matters. To them, it's not worth the additional cost.[/QUOTE]
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