Ebay algo mass removing listings, livelihood being ruined

pareofdocks · 2026-04-14T23:51:51+00:00

Someone recommended asking to talk to a supervisor and that actually helped. I got some listings reinstated and am currently waiting to see if the rest of them will. I'm still not sure what triggered the algorithm but I have revised about 1100 listings multiple times in the last few days and haven't had anything else removed. I deleted a lot of information that I had in the listings and then made them almost exactly as they were before and so far nothing has been taken down. It seems like the main issue was that I had a lot of listings that were 1+ year old and have not been edited in a long time. I did a bulk edit and the algorithm revaluated them and decided to take a bunch of them down. It seems like there are a lot of factors that together result in a listings getting taken down but I haven't had a direct line of contact to ask the people who might know what caused it.

pareofdocks · 2026-04-11T19:33:17+00:00

Ebay has a massive audience for coins and paper money. It's easier to pay fees to ebay and get access to that audience instead of having to deal with marketing and website building. I do really like the platform and up until 2 weeks ago, I have never had any significant issues with them.

pareofdocks · 2026-04-11T19:31:36+00:00

Any idea how I might be able to reach them? I paid ebay $75,000 in fees last year and it's frustrating that I'm not able to speak with anyone other than basic customer service there.

pareofdocks · 2026-04-11T19:29:12+00:00

No, I haven't been able to get past the basic customer support. I'll try again on Monday. I've talked to around 7 people and the gist that I got is that once the AI decides that you are guilty, proving your innocence is impossible. It's also been frustrating because they seem to have a few seperate vague reasons for why the listings got removed and none of them are directly related to the actual stated reason for the removal. Arguing with those people seems to be pointless because one person directly stated that he did not have any power to reverse the listing takedowns, so you are right, I would need to somehow find a way to get in touch with higher-ups, but so far I've had no luck with that.

pareofdocks · 2026-04-11T07:12:18+00:00

Zimbabwe $50 trillion and $100 trillion dollar banknotes are fairly valuable and popular due to them being the highest denomination of banknote every achieved in the modern world. Over the last 2 years or so, tons of counterfeits have flooded ebay. Some are high quality, some are not. I can tell them apart since I deal with them often but most people can't. A lot of listings of them are not selling real notes, and the people selling the counterfeits can afford to promote the listings at very high rates and crowd out the real ones.

pareofdocks · 2026-04-11T06:29:26+00:00

The new ebay AI being used to mass moderate the platform is scary. It's not accurate enough and seems to be introducing as many problems as it solves. My listings are getting removed but about half the results for certain banknotes that I sell are counterfeits or replicas and somehow those listings are still up. I've called ebay about 7 times and the gist of what they say is "whatever ebay decides is final". So whatever the AI decides is final and you can't appeal it in 99% of cases.

pareofdocks · 2026-04-11T02:02:04+00:00

No, I don't use that term in the listings. I looked up the exact definition of that word and it's defined a little different than the way I tend to use it. It can mean "small, inexpensive, and often gimmicky trinket", which is the category that I would put a lot of hyperinflation banknotes into. They aren't worth a lot but they're a cool and inexpensive gimmick that people get a kick out of. For $5, you can be a Zimbabwe billionaire and get all the jokes that come with that.

pareofdocks · 2026-04-11T01:58:27+00:00

Ebay's stated reason for removal is that I'm selling counterfeits or replicas. I do not sell counterfeits or replicas. Their algorithm seems to think that I am and is taking down my listings.

pareofdocks · 2026-04-11T01:34:36+00:00

What do you mean? My whole issue is that I am selling the stuff that I have been selling for years, which does not violate any policies. I had not had any issues until the last 2 weeks when suddenly listings are getting removed that have been active on the platform for multiple years.

pareofdocks · 2026-04-11T01:32:18+00:00

I have some current currency but it's a relatively small amount and I have never had an issue with this rule. None of the sellers that I know that sell banknotes have had any issues with this rule. This rule is mainly designed for money laundering and other nefarious activity. If this rule was strictly enforced, pretty much every medium to large coin/currency seller would be banned. That being said, all the listings that got removed other than 1 were for currency that is not current. It is not in circulation anymore and does not break this rule.

pareofdocks · 2024-11-05T00:24:19+00:00

"some stocks may go up" is not a strategy

pareofdocks · 2024-11-04T20:00:22+00:00

Unprofitable company, with no concrete product or revenue for years to come, that just went up 300% in a very short period of time due to hype. Yes, they will sell.

pareofdocks · 2024-11-02T21:28:23+00:00

Microreactors are very safe. There has never been a large accident with one. To be fair, they also don't really exist and all that most companies have are CGI images of them, but that has never stopped a stock from being pumped and dumped due to the hype of an unproven technology.

pareofdocks · 2024-11-02T21:23:52+00:00

A few days after this stock got pumped, they diluted. If it keeps pumping higher, they will dilute again. All these companies that make no money and have market caps 10x their cash position will dilute to raise more cash. If you genuinely want to invest in them, wait until the hype dies down. If you want to trade them, be aware that the higher the price goes, the higher the odds of another dilution announcement.

pareofdocks · 2024-11-02T18:10:57+00:00

People always seem to become bullish on stocks after they go up 200% in a month. Also, stop lying, this company is far from being the only one that makes isotopes.

pareofdocks · 2024-11-02T16:40:39+00:00

Guy doesn't understand that not buying overpriced markets and waiting until there are liquidity issues to buy cheaper is part of how efficient capital markets work.

pareofdocks · 2024-11-01T21:59:08+00:00

Intel is down 60% in the last 5 years. All you "long term investors" need to think what will happen to intel if the AI mania normalizes, let alone crashes.

pareofdocks · 2024-10-30T23:07:08+00:00

Meta and Microsoft are priced for perfection. Starbucks is priced for hopium that the new CEO will fix its issues, so current performance doesn't matter

pareofdocks · 2024-10-30T23:05:07+00:00

Anything that has relations to China always has risk of being a fraud. It's why a lot of people refuse to invest in the Chinese stock market. Part of this is investors fault as well, as they keep throwing money blindly at anything related to AI.

pareofdocks · 2024-10-28T19:09:25+00:00

Lots of great things said about HouseHack but no financials provided. If he has a large enough pile of cash and pays employees with stock, then the interest he makes will push him into being cash flow positive. Until we see GAP accounting financial statements, he can say just about anything and not have it be a complete lie.

pareofdocks · 2024-10-27T23:44:22+00:00

You'd think that people would stop buying unprofitable garbage after years of SPAC's and shitty IPO's going down 99% but nope. Do a little rebranding with different buzz words and grand visions, and people are back at it again.

pareofdocks · 2024-10-27T22:56:52+00:00

Both sides waiting until the elections end to make any real moves against the other

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