Notorious Policy Looks Likely to Hurt Loyal Pokemon Fans’ Trust on eBay

Online e-commerce destinations like eBay have greatly benefitted fans by offering them a steady stock of rare and common items. However, such platforms are also notorious. For example, several reports from the past and present have hinted at the high occurrence of scams on eBay. In fact, a notable creator has shed light on a scam he faced on eBay involving Pokemon Trading Cards.

The Pokemon Trading Card game is a popular card collecting game that has innumerable fans trying to grab rare and iconic Pokemon cards at the first chance. The constant demand for trading cards has fueled the origin of online sellers, some of whom provide fans with exactly what they need. However, it has also given rise to a network of scammers, most of whom have set their tents on eBay.

eBay’s new Pokemon Trading Card policy fuels more scams

According to PokeRev, eBay’s return policy of 3 days has fueled a lot of sellers’ dishonest schemes. As it happens, PokeRev had purchased a box of trading cards, only to realize that the seller tricked him. Apparently, the seller took out the original cards from the pack and resealed it with different ones. So, when PokeRev opened the pack, he obviously didn’t receive cards according to his expectation.

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Previously, eBay featured a return window of 30 days for Pokemon Trading Cards. However, a recent policy change has modified the same in a bad way. Now, if a seller has no return policy, buyers will have only 3 days to send in a return request to eBay.

As PokeRev pointed out, this policy will force fans to open the pack as soon as they receive it, which isn’t possible all the time. For example, a buyer may be out of the station when the package is delivered and choose to open it a day later than 3 days. Or, some fans may want to open the pack of cards according to specific plans.

PokeRev revealed that an eBay seller of the name ‘socjua1’ has scammed him by selling resealed Pokemon cards. In fact, PokeRev ended up buying 5 resealed booster packs from the seller, and as expected, received just 3 Crystal Guardian cards, 1 Deoxys, and 1 Delta Species. Moreover, many cards looked to have received some damage.

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When he tried returning the purchase, eBay refused to help because of their new policy. You can watch the video below!

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