Why Would Somebody Report My Listings As Replica From CCF?

I dont see anything wrong there..eBay lives in there own world..took me almost 3 weeks to get them to close a case in my favor with a customer saying he never got the item, when it clearly showed that it was at post office waiting on him to sign for it..some times I dont think they really take the time to check things out before they act..

I don't see anything wrong either, I'm very surprised ebay just shut down the auction?

It wasn't just one they removed 15 listings. Here is the message they sent me..

Hello banknotes--coins,

After reviewing your ebay account, it appears that you have violated ebay's Replica Coins policy. We realize you may not have been aware of this policy, or that this may have been a simple oversight, but unfortunately, we had to take the following actions:
- Violating listings have been removed. A list of removed items is available further down in this email.
- We have credited any associated fees to your account.

Replica coins are not allowed on ebay.

To learn more about this policy, go to:

http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies...rstamps.html

ebay may end any coin or currency-related listing if we believe that the sale of the item might create liability for the buyer, the seller, or pose a risk to the Community. Sometimes problematic auctions are identified by a group of members that comprise a Community Watch Group for currency listings. As far as the exact problem with the item(s), the following was received from the Coin Community Watch group: "All of these are illegal in Canada as they are altered. They are against ebay selling policy for Canadian coins. Remove them all please." With regard to the assessment of the listing, as ebay employs no experts in the field of currency we are unable to arbitrate disputes. Please do not relist.

Please be sure your future listings follow these guidelines. If they don't, they could be removed.

Here are the listings we removed:
111131939215 - 24K Gold Plated Canadian One 1c Coin You Pick Date Penny Canada 1965-2012
111162497408 - 24K Gold Plated Canadian One 1c Coin You Pick Date Penny Canada 1965-2012
400536724719 - 24K Gold Plated Canadian One 1c Coin 2012 Small Cent Magnetic Penny Canada UNC
400536724831 - 24K Gold Plated Canadian Small Cent One 1c Coin 2011 Magnetic Penny Canada UNC
400536724840 - 24K Gold Plated Non-Magnetic Canadian One 1c Coin 2012 Small Cent Penny Canada
400536724846 - Silver Plated Canadian One 1c Coin 2012 Small Cent Magnetic Penny Canada UNC
400536724854 - Silver Plated Magnetic Canadian One 1c Coin 2011 Small Cent Penny Canada UNC
400565773907 - Silver Plated Canadian NON-Magnetic One 1c Coin 2012 Small Cent Penny Canada UNC
400568421249 - 24K Gold Plated Canadian One 1c Coin 2012 Small Cent Magnetic Penny Canada UNC
400568421404 - 24K Gold Plated Canadian Small Cent One 1c Coin 2011 Magnetic Penny Canada UNC
400568421622 - Silver Plated Canadian One 1c Coin 2012 Small Cent Magnetic Penny Canada UNC
400568797056 - Silver Plated Magnetic Canadian One 1c Coin 2011 Small Cent Penny Canada UNC
400568797646 - Silver Plated Canadian NON-Magnetic One 1c Coin 2012 Small Cent Penny Canada UNC
400568798857 - 24K Gold Plated Non-Magnetic Canadian One 1c Coin 2012 Small Cent Penny Canada
400568799528 - Silver Plated Canadian One 1c Coin 2012 Small Cent Magnetic Penny Canada UNC


Thanks,

ebay

Your OP stated that a member of CCF reported your listing. I could be wrong but suspect that isn't true. The ebay message to you quoted above clearly states the Coin Community WATCH group. It's my understanding they are not affiliated with CCF.

But if they were doing their job properly they would quickly see there is nothing wrong with what I am doing. How can they come to such a conclusion. I honestly don't understand how they made the connection that they are replicas? Or which Canadian law I violated (which I didn't). I did do research before I posted these coins and I could not find anything wrong or illegal about it.

it says here

Ok with that being settled. What is illegal about what I am doing? I have review the ebay policy and I still don't see anything also reviewed Canadian laws about coins again nothing about what I am doing. Only topic about plating would be on bullion which has nothing to do with me.

Not quite true. There is specific mention of plated coins being illegal, under certain circumstances. It was not mentioned in the other thread, but the relevant law is the Criminal code, Part XII - Offences relating to Currency. In the definitions, it clearly states...


So plating a coin to make it resemble another "current coin" is illegal. While this law is clearly aimed at people trying to "upgrade" their coins by, say, turning a 1 cent into something resembling a 10 cent piece by painting it silver, the law doesn't actually say that - intentional resemblance to any "current coin" is technically a counterfeit and therefore prohibited.

The question then becomes, do any of your plated coins "resemble" an official government-issued coin? Has Canada ever issued, for example, solid gold 1 cent coins, which your gold-plated 1 cent coins would clearly "resemble"? Or, given the rather liberal definition of "resemble" that some folks here in the Canadian subforum prefer to use when talking about counterfeits and fantasies, is it enough to argue that a gold-plated 1 cent coin "resembles" an as-yet-hypothetical solid gold 1 cent coin which the RCM might have struck, and is therefore also illegal?

Perhaps just as important as the word "resemble" are the words "intended to". Did whoever do the plating "intend" for any confusion to occur? The plating itself was intentional, in that they didn't plate those pennies with gold by accident, or choose gold at random from a list of possible colours - they deliberately set out to make a gold-looking coin. Yet you're clearly not "intentionally" selling them as solid gold RCM-issued coins.

As you can see, the law is not as clear-cut as all that. It's certainly murky enough to explain why someone reported you, and why ebay listened to them.