"But what about foreign sellers? I have been told that these rules only apply to sellers from the USA."

But who told you this?

If true, your other points are very good ones, but I have to think it is best to wait until we know for sure this is correct before spending too much energy on it.

"U.S. policies apply to any seller who lists on the U.S. site, regardless of their location.. So, if a seller from China lists an item on the U.S. site, the seller must abide by policy set on the U.S. site...."

"You can tell if the item is listed on a non-U.S. site by the currency the bids are listed in. Items listed on the U.S. site are listed in USD."

Excellent.

So the person who told cosmic it was not applicable to non-US sellers, was mistaken, so long as the non-US seller has it listed on ebay US. Glad to hear that was the case.

Also glad to know it's a very simple matter to tell what site it's listed on. I had thought there was a seller's choice of currency, which could make it harder to tell.

Taking time to educate the sellers is all well and good, but what about the sellers who weren't following the original policy - the ones who aren't listing copy/replica in the title OR description. That policy was in effect for a very long time.

The fact is that, in the past 6 weeks, I am seeing very few of my reports acted on - whether they are for the new policy or an old policy. There was a time when 75% of my reports were acted on - now, none. And action is never being taken now after the auctions close whereas it used to be (this was especially important for the 1-day auctions). It seems to me that the CCW is NOT doing its job and things are getting lax.

Ebay is NOT a safe trading venue for coin collectors and until it is, we're losing buyers. To put this in a way that eBay will understand and care about: Ebay is losing money because there are coin collectors who refuse to buy on eBay because the policies are not being enforced!

The policies are not difficult to follow and any HONEST seller with an ounce of INTEGRITY will have no problem following them. The ones who persist in ignoring the policies are doing so because they're scam artists and they will continue to act that way as long as eBay lets them.

There are specific sellers who should have been banned long ago yet have continued to flourish in the eBay setting. I am a silver power seller on another ID and I sell coins. We have managed to follow all guidelines and sell honestly.

Ebay needs to step up to the plate and start taking serious action. Improving the policies does no good unless the policies are going to be enforced.

All I can say is a certain seller we all know and love is now using COPY in her auction titles when appropiate.
LOOKS ALL GOOD TO ME.

Thanks eBay!

There is a certain seller that we have all been watching and I want to thank eBay for taking the appropriate action over the weekend in removing auctions that were blatantly against policy.

The seller in question has signed up on a coin forum and posted a lot of threats and seems to be a little scared. Way to go, Ebay! Maybe we really can get things cleaned up if we all work together!

Man,these coin sellers on EBAY are something else,first I got taken by two men from China on some "silver coins"
Then I got screwed by some woman running "estate auctions"from Savanna,Ga.
I'm just not buying off of EBAY any more untill they can clean up these sellers.Paypal says they offer a buyer protection plan,lets see if they stand behind there word.As it stands now,I'm telling all my friends to steer clear of Ebay coins-Hey,I have a pile of useless junk coins for sale-"all looks good to me"!
what a rip-off!

the seller in question was not banned and they are up and running again....look for authentic coin savannah collection..should come up with new ID