topic Re: eBay Appeals - Rejected in Member To Member Support

eBay Appeals - Rejected

starb7 — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 17:23:34 GMT

Hi All

If an article is listed as "Echo Dot 5th Generation Outdoor Wireless Bluetooth Mini speaker" what would you expect to get? A quick check and 'Echo Dot' is a trade mark of Amazon and so in violation of their rights.

I reported an item with this in it's description as I nearly bought it, thinking it was an Amazon 'Echo Dot' but reading the full description, see that is't just a Bluetooth speaker... a tad misleading I'd say.

eBay say it does not violate their terms so it would appear that is OK just title anything you want to make it look like something else and get away with it - nice!

What's your thoughts?

Re: eBay Appeals - Rejected

jckl1957 — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:37:56 GMT

Sometimes very obvious items slip through the net.

All items can be reported using the small question mark in a circle at the bottom right of the listing.

Then, the item is more likely to be removed if you use the correct path. It is not a simple process.

Re: eBay Appeals - Rejected

john1297576 — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:14:03 GMT

It would be up to Amazon to ask for removal that is what VERO is for.

Re: eBay Appeals - Rejected

starb7 — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:10:42 GMT

I did follow the path and it was rejected. I appealed and it was also rejected. It does seem that you can make anything 'look like' another product and eBay are just not interested 😞

Re: eBay Appeals - Rejected

john1297576 — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:30:41 GMT

I have come to conclusion that reporting anything to ebay is a waste of time.

A member on here had their listing for an ebike removed as he was a private seller.

There are loads of private sellers so reported one, an agent said it did not break any rules, appealed and same response, again an agent. Either ebay do not care or agents do not know the rules or cannot read as it must be annoying for a seller to be picked on and others get away with it.

Re: eBay Appeals - Rejected

starb7 — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 16:46:37 GMT

Yes, I agree. It would seem that eBay just aren't interested in obvious deception and fraud (not to mention blatant copyright protection). Not a platform I would trust anymore 😞