Ebay Fake/Counterfeit Reporting Forum (Closed)

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ratman4762 Pillar of the Community United States 2198 Posts	Posted 02/13/2025 10:19 am Went to try and submit a counterfeit yesterday and forum was closed. What gives? ebay being less than cooperative? Report this Post to the Staff

JimmyD Bedrock of the Community Canada 19864 Posts	Posted 02/13/2025 10:27 am It has been closed since Feb. 8th. Don't know why or for how long. Contacted bobby but he never got back to me. Report this Post to the Staff
bobby131313 Forum Dad United States 23686 Posts	Posted 02/13/2025 1:28 pm Our contact at ebay has retired and he's unsure if they will replace him. Right now we're in limbo. Shop CCF Members on eBay. Report this Post to the Staff
gxseries Pillar of the Community Australia 3675 Posts	Posted 02/14/2025 05:47 am Helps with their revenue until a lawsuit? My partial coin collection http://www.omnicoin.com/collection/gxseries My numismatics articles and collection: http://www.gxseries.com/numis/numis_index.htm Regularly updated at least once a month. Report this Post to the Staff
JimmyD Bedrock of the Community Canada 19864 Posts	Posted 02/14/2025 06:28 am Thanks for the info Bobby Wasn't sure whether to trash all my counterfeit files but I will hang on to them for awhile and see what happens. Report this Post to the Staff
nss-52 Moderator United States 54140 Posts	Posted 02/14/2025 07:34 am Jimmy, on 2/8 you sent me a message, and I replied Hi Karl, I noticed the counterfeit sites are closed, is this temporary or permanent? Jimmy, I am not sure. Our contact has been talking about quitting for some time, and last night he told me that he did. Personally, I give it about 80% chance that it is permanent. I will definitely let you know if anything changes. I feel sorry for all the victims there will now be due to ebay's failure to remove these listings. If we can find them, so could they. Karl Show your financial support of the Coin Community Family (click here) See my topic on Mexican Numismatic Medals (click here) Report this Post to the Staff
nss-52 Moderator United States 54140 Posts	Posted 02/14/2025 07:41 am I estimated the other day that Jimmy and I took down an average of $10,000 in just fake gold bars every day. We did this for at least 7 years. 7 x 365 x $10,000 = $25,550,000. This cost scammers this much in lost sales. This saved foolish buyers this much in buying counterfeit gold. This cost ebay more than $2,555,000 in fees. Do not under any circumstances buy a gold bar on ebay unless it is from a well established commercial bullion dealer (and then it is probably cheaper to buy from their website). 90% or more of other gold bars listed on ebay are counterfeit. Show your financial support of the Coin Community Family (click here) See my topic on Mexican Numismatic Medals (click here) Report this Post to the Staff
igwt79 Pillar of the Community United States 1175 Posts	Posted 02/14/2025 07:47 am Wow! impressive statistics! Great job! Thanks for the heads up! I have never nor would ever purchase gold anything from ebay, but this is great info... thanks for sharing! Edited by igwt79 02/14/2025 07:48 am Report this Post to the Staff
JimmyD Bedrock of the Community Canada 19864 Posts	Posted 02/14/2025 1:09 pm Thanks for the additional info Karl. You mentioned the gold bullion bars but there were also probablly thousands of counterfeit coins removed by various members of this forum that should also be mentioned. Report this Post to the Staff
nss-52 Moderator United States 54140 Posts	Posted 02/19/2025 07:47 am Only one other member participated daily, and my estimate is that he identified at least $5,000,000 in counterfeits over the years that got removed. I am unaware of anyway to directly contact ebay in the manner were able to using our contact. So it is buyer beware more than ever on ebay now. If you know what you are doing, ebay is a great place to shop for coins. If you receive a counterfeit, ebay's buyer protection plan is great. Show your financial support of the Coin Community Family (click here) See my topic on Mexican Numismatic Medals (click here) Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 157664 Posts	Posted 02/19/2025 11:06 am Quote: So it is buyer beware more than ever on ebay now. Quote: If you know what you are doing, ebay is a great place to shop for coins. If you receive a counterfeit, ebay's buyer protection plan is great. I have had great success, but I have been a low risk buyer. The real test will be buying the last three, assuming I do not find them at a local show. Coin Collector Since 1978 My Avatar My Old Avatar My 7070 My Eisenhower Dollars CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
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