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Mark"Not PSA" is keyword spamming, however, Dae's point was that it is not a VERO violation as PSA reported for both Dave's and my auctions. Technically, yes keyword spamming is a violation of ebay's rules. The purpose of the rule (per ebay) is to prevent buyer confusion. "Not PSA" does not confuse buyers, particularly when there is a photo of a GAI-graded card (as there was in my auction).
The real reason that PSA reports these auctions is because they want cards from GAI, SGC, BVG, etc. to finish at lower prices than PSA-graded cards. To my knowlege, the other grading companies do not employ this tactic. It is a smart business strategy on PSA's part assuming the benefit of the increased submissions (due to auctions finishing higher) outweighs the lost business of the sellers they upset.
Will, reporting fellow board members' auctions is not a classy move.