drop shipping and counterfeits
The problem with drop shipping is that you cannot know that you are selling authentic merchandise because you don't get to see it. Selling counterfeits is ILLEGAL. Back when I first started selling designer jeans on eBay I must have sold a pair of counterfeit. Anyway, about a year ago I was served by the designer and to make a long story short - it ended up costing me about $10,000.00 for a $100.00 pair of jeans. I also have an eBay(past tense) friend who had to declare bankruptcy because of a lawsuit from Antik. The judgment was $40,000.00 for a few pairs of jeans. What I am saying is that selling counterfeits has bigger risks than just getting kicked off eBay and the designers are starting to come after the little guy in these big "class action" type lawsuits. I am very, very careful not to sell anything that isn't genuine. Even then, eBay has pulled some of my listings for authenticity issues when I KNOW,KNOW, KNOW that what I was selling is real. Once they pull your listing, it is over. They have no interest in any proof that you can provide that you are not selling ⊗⊗⊗⊗. It was a suspension for allegedly selling ⊗⊗⊗⊗ that got me kicked off eBay the first time and led me here. I wasn't selling ⊗⊗⊗⊗ and after several long useless conversations with eBay I realized that I was wasting my time. They knew that they were wrong but they didn't care. Now, I have about 20 eBay accounts and 6 are active right now. Sure, I have gotten some suspended since I went Stealth, but each time I learn something. I want my own website - if I can ever pin down what I want to sell and find some good suppliers. I know how to sell online.
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