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Originally Posted by photon
They already have groups that monitor auctions to weed out the supposed illegal ones, but you'd have to have millions of eyes to monitor millions of auctions; I can't see a reasonable way for eBay to do this when I'm not so sure they should be responsible anyway.
Should the Herald be checking to see if every item in their classifieds is legit? Why is it the Herald's responsibility to ensure people aren't breaking the law?
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I think it could be argued that Ebay hasn't proven to be very dedicated to weed out fakes. If sellers knew their auctions would be scrutinized before they were actually posted for buyers to see, perhaps the people knowingly selling fakes would eventually not bother. In fact, Ebay could collect listing fees whether the auction ever made it live or not.
Many businesses have auditors or compliance officers working 8 hours per day to ensure things are done according to the law. Why couldn't Ebay be as diligent?