How will this affect ebid

[bykimbo]

How on earth is anyone supposed to notice that from a teeny tiny pic on an auction?

If they don't show a good enough picture that you can see the logo, assume they've got something to hide. If you were selling a designer item, and knew that certain key features showed it was genuine, wouldn't you make darn sure they were clearly visible? Pretty sure I would!

[SalusLibrorum]

Yes I suppose I would, although if I was faking them I'd make sure they had a suitable ID in the right place too.

I have to say that I assume that all "designer" items for sale on sites like evilBay and here are fakes, I wouldn't be interested in buying them anyway, I've never seen the attraction of having something that costs 10x the normal price just because it has a name printed on it, or a "designer" tag.

[yorkiesauctions]

How can someone spot a fake from a photo on a auction site.
They should concentrate more on the people importing fakes and that would stamp it out.

The logic is that if they make it harder to sell the fake items then it doesn't become such an attractive proposition or quick profit maker so trade in the items drops off.

I'm glad that they are finally doing something about the fake goods, some of them are very dangerous and are a serious health risk to the person buying them. Not only that but the profits from a lot of the fake goods goes towards funding other criminal activities, they are also a useful source of income for some terrorist groups too. The IRA used to make millions of pounds selling pirated CD's and DVD's before disarming.

In my opinion it is up to the auction sites to do all in their power to make sure that fake goods are not sold through their site, if they don't then they deserve the hefty fines.

Keeping an eye out for fake goods should be easier for ebid simply because they don't have anywhere near as many listings as ebay. If members help ebid by reporting illegal goods then I can't see it being a problem for ebid as long as they act fast and remove the auctions asap.

My only concern regarding this story is if people who wish to do ebid harm go looking through the listings and report ebid to the authorities rather than reporting the auctions to ebid. Although I'm guessing that the authorities will probably contact ebid and demand the items removed rather than just slap a fine on them straight away.

[bykimbo]

I don't know, it's always been a bit of a tricky one to my mind. If I had Posh & Becks budget, what would I buy? Probably the best quality that did the job and would last - and sometimes that's going to be a "designer" make. But buy it just because of the label? Certainly not. Why pay to be a billboard!? All the LV stuff with LV written all over it... yuk. But some top makes really are well made, so... I wouldn't refuse to buy a designer make on principle*. I love my TAG watch, but if somebody wanted to buy me a Rolex...

*Not that it's ever likely to be a problem.

[clockmad]

The real problem here is how can any auction site including eBid stop fakes from being listed in the first place.
Probably easier said than done

[penny291]

Fakes are a problem indeed but the bigger issue is that the famous expensive brand names don't allow the sales of their goods on auction sites at all unless the seller can prove they have a license from the company which would be extremely rare if not, nonexistent.

~Jan~

If someone has a genuine brand name item that is not new and that person wants to resell it as used how can the designers stop them, okay selling fakes is against the law and maybe the brand names don't allow sales of their new goods on auction sites, but if I have bought a genuine brand name and used or am tired of it, is'nt it my prerogative to sell it where I choose?

[kengillam]

I have a great watch, given to me by my missus, tells the time, mind you the name on it does absolutely nothing, so glad she didn't pay extra for a fancy one.

[JanetB]

If someone has a genuine brand name item that is not new and that person wants to resell it as used how can the designers stop them, okay selling fakes is against the law and maybe the brand names don't allow sales of their new goods on auction sites, but if I have bought a genuine brand name and used or am tired of it, is'nt it my prerogative to sell it where I choose?

I agree, if it's used it's yours to do what you want and where you want with it IMHO. But somewhere in the back of my mind is a little warning that tells me to keep the original receipt of payment just in case. The big brand companies can be really snotty and difficult to deal with.

I followed a case on badbay where someone was trying to sell their original LV purse second hand and the almighty-powers-that-be deleted the listing. The poor dear had such a hard time with them as she didn't have the original sales receipt for it, so she lost out.

My belief is, once you paid for an item, it's yours to do what you want with it - but you'd have to prove it's genuine.

~Jan~

[bournetrends36]

The real problem here is how can any auction site including eBid stop fakes from being listed in the first place.
Probably easier said than done

Evil bay have people now monitoring auctions such as chanel etc people who know exactly what the authentic item should have and it's ID no you can match the ID no with the designer quite easily. Ebid don't have anything like this yet but I think they should.

[heatemyfather]

As far as I know there's no license agreement when one purchases goods like handbags or perfume, and no law in this country (that I know of) that forbids genuine designer goods from being resold second-hand by the original owner. Until such laws come in, any forced rejection of a listing is just bad eggs and should be made site policy if that's what they want.

If these designer companies don't want people reselling their goods second-hand then all they need to do is include a license that clearly states that this item may not be resold under any circumstances. Solves all problems immediately.