I have been suspended from Ebay again. I am crushed, but not entirely surprised. At first, I was told that Tiffany had issues with my listings. They think by using the words Tiffany & Co I am committing copy write infringement. Okay, they removed about 50 items and notified buyers that I had committed some mysterious and unfortunate crime against ebay and Tiffany. Then, today, they removed everything, including the none Tiffany pieces, and suspended me for a minimum of one week. All of my listings are gone and if I ever want to have them on ebay, I would have to start over again. 200 listings. I don’t think so.

During the last few months, the number of counterfeits, on ebay, has increased at an alarming rate. I thought I was helping innocent buyers, by reporting the most expensive of these pieces. I saw a counterfeit collection go for $1800.00 on ebay!!! Every piece was a fake. Ebay and Tiffany let that one stay, even after I reported it. Someone is walking around with a bunch of terrible fake Tiffany silver jewelry.

Here’s what this means..Tiffany LOVES the counterfeits on ebay. Every buyer who gets stuck with a counterfeit on ebay becomes a Tiffany retail buyer for life. They will never buy on ebay again. The buyer who gets a great deal on an authentic piece of beautiful Tiffany jewelry, will continue to buy on ebay or (hopefully) my website. Thats a loss for Tiffany. This is so logical…

Here’s something else I have noticed…Tiffany stores are more crowded then ever. Business is booming for Tiffany. I wonder how much of this can be traced back to the growing amount of counterfeits on ebay? So, it stands to reason, Tiffany is forcing ebay to remove anyone who has a lot of authentic pieces. The fakes can stay. Its all income for ebay. They really don’t know whats fake, nor do they really care. As I was reminded, once again, “Ebay is a VENUE.” At this point, I have to say, there are 50 fakes for each piece of authentic Tiffany on ebay.

I will be working hard on my website and hopefully Tiffany will leave me alone. They have shut down my website, only once. To all of my friends who love ebay…Be careful. Be very, very careful…