eBay Authenticity Guarantee limit now $500

[DynaEtch]

Originally Posted by hammertime

My goal in life is to never go through this as a buyer or seller. I've been buying a lot more through MySlabs lately. I have a question for sellers...when you list the item is it clear whether it's going to have the "Authenticity Guarantee" or not? What if you start an auction at 99c but it ends at $1000?

It is not clear, and you basically have to view your listing to know if it has it. If you start at 99c and it ends at 1000, you can bet it will have Authenticity Guarantee, assuming it's in correct category, non-auto, etc

[smanzari]

Originally Posted by DynaEtch

It is not clear, and you basically have to view your listing to know if it has it. If you start at 99c and it ends at 1000, you can bet it will have Authenticity Guarantee, assuming it's in correct category, non-auto, etc

I started one at $0.01 and it ended at a little under $700 - its going straight to the buyer

[DynaEtch]

Originally Posted by smanzari

I started one at $0.01 and it ended at a little under $700 - its going straight to the buyer

Hard to say without knowing what it is or seeing the listing..non-auto, nongraded, no keywords at all listed in the title such as "lot" etc. There are keywords that can alone disqualify it.

But there are exceptions of course. A month ago I sold a random card for like $800 at fixed price, and sent it direct to buyer even though it definitely should have gone to AG (nongraded,nonpatch,nonauto,no keywords, etc).

Im pretty sure the norm is auctions do convert to AG if price reaches the threshold, someone correct me if Im wrong.

[smanzari]

Originally Posted by DynaEtch

Hard to say without knowing what it is or seeing the listing..non-auto, nongraded, no keywords at all listed in the title such as "lot" etc. There are keywords that can alone disqualify it.

But there are exceptions of course. A month ago I sold a random card for like $800 at fixed price, and sent it direct to buyer even though it definitely should have gone to AG (nongraded,nonpatch,nonauto,no keywords, etc).

Im pretty sure the norm is auctions do convert to AG if price reaches the threshold, someone correct me if Im wrong.

No keywords, 100% correctly listed. I don't know if volume/feedback plays into it but maybe it does? (sell +/- 1000/week + close to 18k 100% pos FB). Was a redemption (but had a similar instance with a non-redemption Ohtani Auto a few days ago as well)

[DynaEtch]

Originally Posted by smanzari

No keywords, 100% correctly listed. I don't know if volume/feedback plays into it but maybe it does? (sell +/- 1000/week + close to 18k 100% pos FB). Was a redemption (but had a similar instance with a non-redemption Ohtani Auto a few days ago as well)

If it was an Ohtani Auto it wouldnt go, since autos dont go. If it was a redemption for an auto, if the word auto was anywhere, be it into title or description etc, I could see that causing the exemption. Also maybe they dont authenticate redemptions and the mere term redemption is what exempted it. Hard to say.

Even if none of the above was the case, and in a peculiar instance it got exempted, it's been observed that flukes do happen, and again I think the norm is for cards at auction meeting the threshold to get the AG attached (I've seen it with many cards personally).

The only reason I dont think it's being implemented based on feedback is because I have 100% and many (thousands of) transactions, and yet if I go to list a $1k item meeting the criteria, it pretty much always gets the AG designation.

Edit: if it was a redemption, Im assuming it's an auto, and that is almost certainly the reason yours didnt go through AG. You likely had "auto", "autograph", "signature" in the title. You basically cant find any remdemptions on ebay that go through AG, since for one they all say "auto" in the title.

[SupermanBrandon]

eBay will become Craigslist. Just full of nothing but scammers and junk.

[smanzari]

Originally Posted by DynaEtch

If it was an Ohtani Auto it wouldnt go, since autos dont go. If it was a redemption for an auto, if the word auto was anywhere, be it into title or description etc, I could see that causing the exemption. Also maybe they dont authenticate redemptions and the mere term redemption is what exempted it. Hard to say.

Even if none of the above was the case, and in a peculiar instance it got exempted, it's been observed that flukes do happen, and again I think the norm is for cards at auction meeting the threshold to get the AG attached (I've seen it with many cards personally).

The only reason I dont think it's being implemented based on feedback is because I have 100% and many (thousands of) transactions, and yet if I go to list a $1k item meeting the criteria, it pretty much always gets the AG designation.

Edit: if it was a redemption, Im assuming it's an auto, and that is almost certainly the reason yours didnt go through AG. You likely had "auto", "autograph", "signature" in the title. You basically cant find any remdemptions on ebay that go through AG, since for one they all say "auto" in the title.

Whelp, that makes sense- thanks for clarifying! I guess the key is to make sure all my high end is autos!

[KhalDrogo]

Now PSA/CSG/CGC graded cards that are $2k+ have to go through the program. How unnecessary.

[SupermanBrandon]

Authenticating the already authenticated. Again…a service NOBODY asked for. I’ve bought thousands of cards in the past few years. I’ve not once bought a fake!


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[hammertime]

Originally Posted by KhalDrogo

Now PSA/CSG/CGC graded cards that are $2k+ have to go through the program. How unnecessary.

Myslabs.com

[mc1]

Originally Posted by hammertime

Myslabs.com

Their CS is useless. Worse than ebay.

[clocsta2323]

Originally Posted by hammertime

Myslabs.com

myslabs is trash

[hammertime]

Originally Posted by mc1

Their CS is useless. Worse than ebay.

Never needed it.

[SupermanBrandon]

Why would you need their CS? The one time I did (w/ 150 transactions)...they handled it within 20 minutes of my email. Seller didnt send the card. Seller was kicked off the platform immediately.

[MoreToppsPlease]

Originally Posted by KhalDrogo

Now PSA/CSG/CGC graded cards that are $2k+ have to go through the program. How unnecessary.

Sure, if you’re only buying slabs.

Each and every single card should go through the same exact review process whether it happens to be entombed in plastic or not.

[NYRE2PECT]

https://www.blowoutforums.com/showthread.php?t=1516636

Credit to the poster over in grading, cross posting here.

PSA & eBay partnership for authentication.

[clocsta2323]

Originally Posted by NYRE2PECT

https://www.blowoutforums.com/showthread.php?t=1516636

Credit to the poster over in grading, cross posting here.

PSA & eBay partnership for authentication.

This has been active for weeks. I got a slab from probstein that went through PSA about 3 weeks ago.

Just checked, April 5th, item cost was $260

[NYRE2PECT]

Originally Posted by clocsta2323

This has been active for weeks. I got a slab from probstein that went through PSA about 3 weeks ago.

Just checked, April 5th, item cost was $260

Yikes, hadn't seen it until today, apologies for posting old news!

[clocsta2323]

Originally Posted by NYRE2PECT

Yikes, hadn't seen it until today, apologies for posting old news!

Maybe probstein was in some pilot program. I bought more expensive slabs since and they haven't gone through the program. Your post is probably spot on that they made it universal now.

[mutigers77]

So... PSA is going to be authenticating slabs from other grading companies. This just seems like disaster waiting to happen.

[DynaEtch]

Authenticating slabs is where we're at? Sheesh... I guess since I dont collect or deal in graded Im not aware of the problem of fake slabs etc.

I thought it would be more to just verify the item is indeed what it is (an expensive $10k PSA slab vs say a $1 common). But apparently it's to actually verify the authenticity of the slab.

[mnvikingstwins]

PSA totally doesn't have a problem opening and processing packages for their own business as is....

[js0000001]

I had my first sale that went through this. It was an international buyer and it went fine. Because they were international the card wasn’t going to be sent directly anyway and time was a big concern.

[DynaEtch]

Originally Posted by js0000001

I had my first sale that went through this. It was an international buyer and it went fine. Because they were international the card wasn’t going to be sent directly anyway and time was a big concern.

International buyer with international shipping address or US shipping address (reshipper)?

It used to be Authenticity Guarantee was for only within the US....did they change that?

[mc1]

Originally Posted by DynaEtch

Authenticating slabs is where we're at? Sheesh... I guess since I dont collect or deal in graded Im not aware of the problem of fake slabs etc.

I thought it would be more to just verify the item is indeed what it is (an expensive $10k PSA slab vs say a $1 common). But apparently it's to actually verify the authenticity of the slab.

Ever heard of WIWAG? When It Was a Game.