I'm on the "Ebay Authenticate" / "Authenticity Verified" Program. Lots of stuff that I can talk about it, but for buyers it means:
- Its an invite only program, so basically you completely eliminate "hit and run" scammers.
- There are certain quality standards - photography standards, and product standards such as no aftermarket parts, etc (goodbye to most vintage watches on straps)
- There are operating and performance standards - we're required to videotape all boxings for shipment / unboxing for returns, to minimize he-said/she-said situations. We're required to follow certain shipping and return policy standards (more generous),
- there is constant monitoring and a quarterly performance audit, you send inventory samples to a third party so your watch grading / descriptions are consistent with Ebay standards
- all in all it adds about 0.5% to the cost of selling a watch, which obviously gets passed on to the end consumer. But in exchange it's a no-brainer if what is most important to you is an accurately described watch and virtually no chance of being scammed.
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