Open Letter To eBay

HammeringHank

I need your help...copy, re-write...whatever...send this to eBay SafeHarbor...under complaints...the first line is what format I listed the problem with eBay with...they ask you what your complaint is about...

Report problems with other eBay members > Problems with sellers > The problem you're
having with your seller isn't listed

Member or Item being reported: t2inc 1842

Message: There are really two problems with this individual...and others like him...they
are using the system...legally...however fraudulently...partly because eBay allows them to
work behind the secrecy of "private auction"...first 99.7% of this ebay'ers merchandise is
"trimmed"...meaning it has been altered...using the guise of a "graded" card they sell high-
end cards to the unsuspecting few...the buyer thinks because it is a graded card it has
value...however once the card has been determined to be trimmed (cut - altered) it is
worthless...it's like buying a copy of a fake...the card is utterly worthless...PRO grading
doesn't inspect these cards for "trim"...(I almost sure they know exactly what is going
on...however it would be hard to prove)...nevertheless PRO only grades high-end
card...I've never seen a "common" card in a PRO holder (strange)...

Here are some links to card collecting experts that agree with my statements...

http://forums.collectors.com/messageview.cfm?catid=11&threadid=277879

http://forums.collectors.com/messageview.cfm?catid=11&threadid=275421&highlight_k
ey=y&keyword1=PRO

http://forums.collectors.com/messageview.cfm?catid=11&threadid=275727

All having to do with the subject of PRO trimmed cards...What I can't figure out is with
all of the various complaints and fraud charges that have been made to eBay...generally
about PRO cards why you do not universally disqualify the sale of these cards...or at least
require the placement of a warning to unsuspecting bidders that this card "might" be
trimmed...or "IS" trimmed...

The other complaint I have and tons of other eBay baseball card bidders have is the
"private auction" that you allow these crooks to operate under...WHY?...why are you
protecting them...why are you defeating the whole purpose eBay's feedback policy...they
are using the system...they are shilling...because that's what they did before you allowed
the "private auction"...they are cheating the uneducated buyer...and the system is
helping...I'm hoping that you will investigate this and rethink your policies...I'm
committed to stopping this...because I see these people as destroying our "baseball card
history"...as they trim marginal cards and deplete the resources that we have...and once
destroyed they are gone forever...

I intent to take my case to whomever will listen to me...be they one collector at a time or
the media or the authorities...I believe, and there are many others like me that believe
eBay is culpable because they are closing a blind-eye to these auctions...

Check-out this fellows auctions...almost all if not all of these cards have been
"doctored"...it must stop! We need your help!

http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewSellersOtherItems&userid=t2inc&include=0
&since=-1&sort=3&rows=50

jaybyrd

Henri - You da man, we hear a lot of talk about this and that on these boards. You are willing to actually try and do something about this problem. I sent an e-mail regarding this seller also. Please let us know what kind of response you get back from e-bay and I will do the same.

Stone193

<< <i>I need your help...copy, re-write...whatever...send this to eBay SafeHarbor...under complaints... >>


Henri
You have my support - I'll get an email to them - thanx for the effort.
Mike

WinPitcher

I agree Hank

ctsoxfan

Yep, nice job Hank. Wonder if this will have any effect?

HammeringHank

I never heard back from eBay...did any of you get a response? (Those that sent in their complaints?)...