
The latest one I see is just a good old forgery. And he is passing it off as a new color.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/231901454751?_trksid=p2055119.m1438. ... EBIDX%3AIT
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A lot of the time people working on chat systems like this have a script they just copy and paste. I suppose for speed, even though no one likes it.mmaddury wrote:This transcript leads me to believe that this "agent" has failed the Turing Test and is not ready for primetime.21B wrote: ...
"(AGENT) : I have finished my investigation and I guarantee you that we have documented the details you’ve shared regarding the behaviour of these sellers.
(MEMBER): This is the third time I have contacted you via chat. Perhaps your team does not understand this problem as you don't have a category for it.
(AGENT): Based on the information that you have provided and the ones that I have gathered here on my end, I would like to inform you that I have taken a note of this incident in the sellers account and for the items be reviewed for possible removal.
(MEMBER): HE ALREADY SOLD THEM !!!"
All as I can suggest at this point is that as many of us as possible continue to report items and complain via chat.
Seriously though, is this just a chat-bot?
Tonytonymacg wrote:Do we have a duty of care towards them?
Drones like this will spout nonsense UNLESS you point out there own written rules which ARE that counterfeit stamps are not permitted.peterh wrote:
eBay Peter, your assumption is correct that eBay will not be able to do much in this report as we do not have expertise over this area and hence we rely on agencies for these kinds of cases. For example you can bring it to the attention of Trading Standards or any other authorities, once they report to us we will document it and take actions.
Global Administrator wrote:Ebay have revamped the rules re forged and faked and replica and counterfeit stamps.
Sellers now MUST mark fakes indelibly on reverse, and load a photo of that marking into the lot description.
Alterations (that includes forged perfins, overprints and cancels) and repairs MUST be noted now if known to seller, and sellers offering conga lines of the same fakes clearly DO know!
https://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/currstamps.html#replica_stamps
Also on EVERY ebay lot there is a “Report Item” icon – whether the sale is ended or not.
Reporting that via the simple drop-down options as shown below is a 5 second operation -
If ebay gets 5 or 10 reports on any given items they WILL generally take notice. They usually warn the user and remove the lot. Sellers getting several such removed lots are in trouble.
Let’s use ‘people power’ to stop this material getting offered.
Everyone “hoping” others act, will get nothing done - like most things in life! It takes teamwork and a Community Spirit, and the dodgy and misleading lots will be FAR less.
ebay now have set up a fast new portal JUST to report suspected sellers of forged stamps at - https://www.tinyurl.com/ebayfakes - also found at - https://www.ebay.com/scw - there is space for 10,000 characters in your reply, so all the relevant info can be added. Unlike most ebay complaint forms that allow just 100 characters etc.
Please take a moment to do BOTH ….. do the “Report Item” drop-down, and give a summary on the link above.
Most likely they will go to 2 different ebay staffers, and that is double trouble for the fakers.
Some staffers ignore such stuff, others are more pro-active – it is a lottery.
However several reports on any single item can be seen by all staffers looking at it, and that generally gets some action.
Even if 4 staffers have ignored it, the 5th staffer might see 5 reports and decide to act etc.![]()
"People Power" - never under-estimate the value of it! 8)
Glen
I don't collect the Convention states so don't have a scan of this stamp. I pulled the one below from an old Spink catalog:Rog wrote:Photos are always requested so we can see in future what happened to it and if it comes up again etc. A link is good too.
I have your back on this one.
"MINT, TONED, EXTREMELY RARE."https://www.ebay.com/itm/332132227170?clk_rvr_id=1175863798511
I hope you are right that finally someone is taking notice, although I wonder if it was just coincidental that many of his Burma fakes were finishing today and are therefore 'sold', I am sure mainly to his shill bidders.21B wrote:Result - I think...
Got home this afternoon and was aghast to see msksur68's listings still on sale. I got back onto chat and ended up with a seemingly attentive and rather decent services rep who took time to investigate. Immediately listings started to disappear, so it looks like something is being done. As I speak, his Burma overprints are dropping off, as are his Feudatory states.
I sent a link to this thread and asked him to review it - he agreed that there is a lot of evidence here, so I cross my fingers they WILL investigate.
So a minor win today, I hope. Let's see how many eventually get taken down.
Please everyone - keep your eye on msksur68 and continue to reports his items. Contact Ebay if you can give some time to raising a chat session and insist on reaching someone who can understand what the problem is.
We MUST work together to stop these criminals.
peterh wrote:I've just spotted that Sunil Suri is now also selling on Bidstart as 'indianstatesandkgvi', peddling all his usual rubbish:
http://www.bidstart.com/indianstatesandkgvi_QQstorenameQQ196552QQuseridQQshop
Well done.peterh wrote:I don't know whether others reported our friend Mr Suri, but I have just been informed by Justin Beard of HipStamp that they have banned him for life.
Well done HipStamp for taking note of the views of their buyers rather than bowing to the seller as eBay continues to do.
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