New football shirts are banned from Ebay

[r_1967]

I have just had my listing removed for a 3rd time which was for a brand new genuine football shirt, after the first removal i contacted ebay and was advised to send in a copy of the purchase invoice which i duly did and they accepted, i was told today that they are not allowed to accept invoices and that there is absolutely no way to prove if an item is genuine so when i actually asked are ebay banning the sale of items such as clothing, shirts, shoes, basically anything that could be counterfeit i was advised yes if items are reported whether guilty or not they will be removed and not be permitted to be put back on and you are not allowed to prove in anyway they are genuine. surely ethically and morally, this is wrong, to punish everyone and you are not allowed to contest it, be interesting to hear any thoughts on this from other members   

[arkwebus · Accepted solution]

This is a VeRO situation in that the brand owner does not want the merchandise sold on eBay.   There are lots of items which are high end labels.  Bags, designer clothing and so on. 

It's not specifically about fakes.  See VeRO below if you want to know the full horror!

@r_1967 

[r_1967 · Accepted solution]

thankyou for taking the time to reply,i had no knowledge of Vero but do note that countless other shirts are still advertised on ebay so it seems the luck of the draw if you can get away with it, thanks again for the advice

[tressygirl · Accepted solution]

That's exactly right ,  with 1.3 billion listings on at any one time, some do slip the net, not all can be examined and checked for selling regs and polcies.

@r_1967 

[ruby*tuesday]

If the Rights Owner has signed up to the Ebay VERO Programme you cannot list your Shirts on here. You will loose your Account if you try listing them again.

[*guinevere*]

It's always been tricky trying to sell anything with a designer label attached on ebay. 

Listings get removed all the time, sometimes they are definitely fake and sometimes not.

But once ebay have removed it you would be most unwise to relist it as you've been flagged now, and further relists will see your account closed down.

[r_1967]

Thankyou for the advice

[arkwebus]

As to fairness you are right. Others do seem to "get away" with it.  There is nothing you can do I'm afraid.  Football shirts are a minefield I believe in that there are authorised "replicas".   Discuss the difference between replica and fake?  

@r_1967