New (to me) ebay rules on raw coins
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Just got an auction nuked as it was a non approved grading company's slab and I
did not cover the grade on the holder. No biggie but thought others would like to
know (perhaps I'm behind times?).
bob
See below:
If a coin isn't graded by one of these grading companies, it's considered raw and must meet the requirements for raw coin listings.
A coin graded by a non-approved grading company can be listed, but the numeric grade can't be included in the title, description, or item specifics. You can't include an image of the coin in its graded holder if that image shows a grade that is not completely obscured and unreadable on the photo.
did not cover the grade on the holder. No biggie but thought others would like to
know (perhaps I'm behind times?).
bob
See below:
If a coin isn't graded by one of these grading companies, it's considered raw and must meet the requirements for raw coin listings.
A coin graded by a non-approved grading company can be listed, but the numeric grade can't be included in the title, description, or item specifics. You can't include an image of the coin in its graded holder if that image shows a grade that is not completely obscured and unreadable on the photo.
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E-Bay has really done awful job trying to police coin sales. Too bad they don't do anything about the coins listed over and over that are so far out of their actual worth that they'll never be sold.
Too bad they don't do anything about the coins listed over and over that are so far out of their actual worth that they'll never be sold.
Maybe they like the listing fees they collect.
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This has been a rule for a while now, at least a year maybe two.
yup, behind the times I see! Well, to be honest I usually don't have 4th party coins.
bob
Sometimes their bamming of lots can be rather arbitrary. I was eBay searching earlier today and ran across a seller who had numerical grades in the auction headers for raw coins, over 300 of them, and no poofing of his lots.
That's because sleazeBay puts value on the free intel that they get from the self appointed eBay coin police who are more likely to be looking at listings for encapsulated coins. Eventually some crybaby will narc on the seller of raw coins with numerical grades in the title. Having arrived at the point of censoring even images of gypsy slabs is egregiously contradictory to the mantra of founder Pierre Omidyar, "we're just a venue". Now their mantra is "we're here to protect the stupid from themselves".
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I think it is a idiotic rule. I buy some old slabs and not knowing the original grade is ridiculous
Sometimes their bamming of lots can be rather arbitrary. I was eBay searching earlier today and ran across a seller who had numerical grades in the auction headers for raw coins, over 300 of them, and no poofing of his lots.
That's because sleazeBay puts value on the free intel that they get from the self appointed eBay coin police who are more likely to be looking at listings for encapsulated coins. Eventually some crybaby will narc on the seller of raw coins with numerical grades in the title. Having arrived at the point of censoring even images of gypsy slabs is egregiously contradictory to the mantra of founder Pierre Omidyar, "we're just a venue". Now their mantra is "we're here to protect the stupid from themselves".
Well stated.
I think it is a idiotic rule. I buy some old slabs and not knowing the original grade is ridiculous
Let the market decide what the value is; the coin "is what it is" whether it's housed in a PC4 holder or an INTC69 or NNC74 or whatever.....
Kinda hilarious because if they were willing to spend, say $50k a year, they could hire a pretty good numismatist to patrol new listings, pull counterfeits, etc. Hell, I'd do it for that if I could work from home.
They did have one, but fired him a year or so ago.
eBay wanted to go back to being just a venue
There are a lot of sellers who have homemade slabs with MS69 on the label. They don't put the numeric grade in the listing, but a picture is worth a thousand words.
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Just got an auction nuked as it was a non approved grading company's slab and I
did not cover the grade on the holder. No biggie but thought others would like to
know (perhaps I'm behind times?).
bob
See below:
If a coin isn't graded by one of these grading companies, it's considered raw and must meet the requirements for raw coin listings.
A coin graded by a non-approved grading company can be listed, but the numeric grade can't be included in the title, description, or item specifics. You can't include an image of the coin in its graded holder if that image shows a grade that is not completely obscured and unreadable on the photo.
Ebay just recently started enforcing this rule......really pissed-off centsles as all his self grade NNC slabs now must cover his bogus numeric grades.
I laugh. "eBay is not for everyone"
Not even ours truly comes up with the same number on resubmitted coins.
I laugh again.
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Look at what the changes did to censles and currencycounter on currency and the $2500 ceiling on uncertified currency. It was overdue and in the meantime many buyers had been stung.
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I have long ago stopped using ebay for coins. Yes, I know, forum members still get good deals there.... I just got tired of the con jobs, poor offerings and hassle when the coin was not as described... much less stress in life now...
I have bought and sold well over Ten Thousand coins on eBay.
I can count the number of problems I have had on eBay on one hand.
The handful of problems that I have had on eBay were taken all care of by paypal. So I have lost zero on bad transactions.
You must have been doing something terrible wrong on eBay to feel the way you do about that venue.