Doesn't sound like they put much planning into this.
I'm guessing that I'll have to develop new fields for watch browsing 'cause that ain't gonna cut the mustard with me.
I don't want to be nannied, not by government, not by my appliances or my car, not even by Mrs. noelekal, so will not be nannied by Ebay's lame attempts at window dressing authenticity which is more trouble than it's worth to me.
If I desire authentication judgement then I'll come here or rely on knowledge gained through personal observation or come here to the Forum and ask someone.
The vast majority of my many purchases on eBay have been well below the $2k level, so this is mostly academic in my case. But I will say that I decided long ago to sell very few watches on eBay, given how absurdly they tend to favor sellers.
Hopefully this will spawn more competitors to ebay auctions that don't ram paypal down your throat as well.
I hope you mean buyers? Sellers are the bottom on the barrel for eBay and it's really just going to get worse.
I hope you mean buyers? Sellers are the bottom on the barrel for eBay and it's really just going to get worse.
My question on this whole thing - What if you are upfront about some "un-authentic" things on a watch and someone still wants to buy it as a parts piece or repair to original? You sell a watch and clearly call out the defect or changes.
Or what about watches that are literally a pile of parts but still worth well above $2,000?
Or, That CK2998 that someone reprinted the dial and swapped a bezel for something aftermarket... is that going to be confiscated by this random dude?
I understand this probably more geared towards someone buying their first new Rolex on eBay and not wanting to get scammed with a replica. But there should be a checkbox or something that says "This is not being sold as 100% correct" and have the buyer agree to that before completing the purchase.
