ebay authenticity program glitch?

[swarmee]

Originally Posted by Jay Wolt

I use a P. O. Box & apparently that voids the authenticity guarantee.
I'm confident I know what I'm looking at when they are rec'd,
but why void the program if its going to a P. O. Box?

Because they can't require signature or verify that you picked it up. More ways for scammers to beat them.

[Leon]

So far, I wonder if the program is actually saving Ebay any money? Will they have to charge for this service in the future? Personally, I don't like it.
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[Smanzari]

They don't always go, even if you don't have "key words." I'd say about 15-25% of "higher dollar" sales, I still ship directly to the buyer. (eBay does like me A LOT though)

[swarmee]

Originally Posted by Smanzari

They don't always go, even if you don't have "key words." I'd say about 15-25% of "higher dollar" sales, I still ship directly to the buyer. (eBay does like me A LOT though)

Are most of those PO Boxes or International? Those are both exempt from the AG.

[Smanzari]

Originally Posted by swarmee

Are most of those PO Boxes or International? Those are both exempt from the AG.

No; actually can't recall whenever I've sent one to a PO Box. Last one that "skipped" was a Wolverine card, ended at ~$810 and went straight to the buyer (East Coast IIRC)

What's weird is there were 4 cards over 2 days from that auction that ended over $250, and only one went to the Authenticators and it was the only one that wasn't "a card" (plexiglass). Two went straight to buyers, one international, one authenticators.

[jjbond]

I was interested in 2 cards, each required ebay's authentication. I made an offer for both, and the buyer ended the 2 auctions, and made a new combined auction for me at the lower price. Both cards ended up being shipped directly to me.

[JustinD]

Originally Posted by jjbond

I was interested in 2 cards, each required ebay's authentication. I made an offer for both, and the buyer ended the 2 auctions, and made a new combined auction for me at the lower price. Both cards ended up being shipped directly to me.

He turned it into a lot and therefore removed it from the program as it was multiple cards.