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Originally Posted by DynaEtch
Perhaps it's dependent how we are defining high percentage....compared to all the listings, even if this is true and 10%, I dont consider that a high percentage, what I was getting at above. It's hard to get data on # of active listings, but from a brief glance it looks like some of those other categories dwarf cards.....maybe a few million card listings..10 million or so? Hard to tell. Apparently there are some 8.5 million listings in mens shirts alone, if those data are accurate, just imagine mens clothes in general....and then imagine clothes in general, men's and women's. This would be just one metric though, number of listings.
They did though. It was posted in that thread CSG caught the fake tiffany and it didnt get sent on to the buyer. It was an example of where the AG program came in handy. I havent seen evidence that seller (who allegedly has been trying to rip off many buyers with these fake griffeys) did get one through, at least based on feedback. Although they were also selling a couple SGC graded ones, so it's possible, although not known with any certainty, that some did get past SGC.
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There are on average over 50,000,000 sportscard & card accessories listings on eBay at any given time. Just between COMC and Burbank's listings, there are over 10,000,000 card listings.
We don't know the exact number of returns and scam listings happening, but its safe to assume that the number was high enough for eBay to make these moves.
I agree that the program should be optional, but if you opt out, then you assume any and all risks involved. This program is not geared toward experienced buyers and sellers - its for those who lack the capability to determine a fake slab or fake or altered card - which in reality is the majority of people. How many "does this case / card look okay" posts do we see on the forums, and that's just a minute pool of the card community.