I know that ebay gets upset (in its own automated way) if you communicate with bidders and sellers, and the recipient of your communication reports you to ebay. This is probably some aspect of ebay's anti-spam or anti-intereference policy.

I imagine there is no problem with contacting ebay, itself, to report fraudulent goods, but I don't know whether they take action or just let it ride (and collect commissions all along the way).

Jeff

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: on not wanted to get involved with fakes, as it
: is not so cut and dry in an area like
: vintage watches. seems like if someone sent
: them credible evidence that it was a fake
: they would either banish the seller if they
: were a known repeater, or have some kind of
: discipline setup. in the long run it will
: only hurt them (ebay) as people get stinged
: they are less likely to use the service. i
: realize it's a buyer beware scenario, but
: it's too bad, ebay doesn't have a stonger
: policy on these troublemakers. it's a good
: thing sites like this and otd and a few
: others exist to help people help themselves.

: j.h.