I think it is highly commendable of all to not want a fool parted with his
money but ebay is fully aware of all situations (not specifically this
one). Please don't lose sight of their motives behind hiding email addresses.
1. They stop most off ebay transactions thereby increasing commissions on
transactions because they are available only through ebay.
2. They don't stop shill bidding because you are unable to report shills.
There is no way to prevent shill bidding and guess what-----their
commissions increase due to shills.
3. They could care less about reproductions being bid up by uninformed
people because again-------their commissions increase.
By the time you report this to ebay the auction will be over and the issue
will be moot. You will either not get a reply from ebay or a form letter
thanking you but telling you there is nothing that can be done.
I think we should get back to whether a poster is properly described as
faded if the seller only thinks it is faded!!!!!!!!!!! (LOL) because that
string was funny.
CJL
In a message dated 9/12/2009 4:55:02 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
MOPO-----I AM SENDING THIS LETTER TO THE EBAY SELLER OF THE CASABLAMCA
POSTER THAT WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING
dear seller:
your ebay CASABLANCA listing is being monitored by an internet group
called MOPO. I am a member of MOPO, and other memberships include the biggest
film poster dealers, film poster appraisers, and film poster collectors from
around the world, although most are from the USA.
this poster is LIKELY a worthless reproduction. you have been told this
previously by MOPO members using the internal ebay email "Ask Seller A
Question."
you stated that 2 auctions houses authenticated that it is an original.
there are no such high-end auction houses in Louisiana. you told me
privately via email (as well as other{s}) that you refused to disclose these
auction houses. THIS IS WHAT RAISED THE RED FLAGS IN ADDITION TO THE IMAGES.
it is my understanding that ebay has already been notified of this
possible fraud. moreover, should you ship this across state lines and it
turns
out to be a fraudulent transaction, you will have committed a federal crime.
The FBI has a special task force assigned to consider the sales of
fraudulent artwork---and we on MOPO discussed this recently because of a CNN
or
FOX NEWS report about them.
if you are knowlingly selling a repro, lied in the ebay description,
purposely trimmed the bottom to hide the name of the reproduction company, i
suggest you reconsider finalizing the transaction. The buyer's identity will
be disclosed, eventually.
I suggest you re-consider.
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