GAC on eBay again

[Butwhyistherumgone?]

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR I cant believe this keeps happening. This seller advertises it as a reusable fastpass.
I turned it in to ebay last night but it is still on there.
Anyone have any suggestions how to get this removed? ( BTW, I did not contact the seller. I have read the other post where people did and know not to do that)
He only wants $400 for it
This disgusts me, as do the auctions for the re-entry passes and ride switch passes. I wish Disney would step up and stop this!

 

[taximomfor4]

How absolutely disgusting. I wish Disney could prosecute them for selling something not sale-able...and also ban them. I can't believe what *bleep*bleeps* some people are.

 

[madenon]

This is disgusting.

I know that on the European sites of Ebay (ebay.nl , ebay.de etc.) there are also posting-boards like this. Ebay is laks on reacting on sellers who break the rules, but it seems to help if they get overwhelmed with complaints about the same user. So what to do? Go on those boards, and post this on there. The more Ebay-ers complaint, the better! I don't know if you are allowed to put a link on here, but if you send it to me in a PM, I'll put in a complaint also.

 

[Cheshire Figment]

I did an eBay Search on "reusable fastpass" and the one item came up. I submiited a report on it also. This 120130575763 was the item number

 

[madenon]

Come on people, let's all put a report in.

(allready got 4 PM's within no time with the link, so there are anough out there acting on it. )

 

[Piper]

I reported it--let's hope something is done

 

[LisaBi]

This makes me sick. Count me in for another report to Ebay.

 

[SueM in MN]

The last time that someone was selling a GAC on ebay, Michigan posted the email that she received from ebay about how to report it.

Michigan
Mom of the Rolling Crew



Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Westland, MI
Posts: 1,171
I got a response from EBAY about GAC's
Here is a copy of the email I got from EBAY that tells us what to do the next time we find someone selling a GAC. Basically when you click on the link you go down to the entertaiment section and click on Disney and they will take care of it for us.

Dear Cindy,

Thank you for writing eBay in regard to a listing which infringes Disney's intellectual property rights.

I recognize your frustration and apologize that a more concise option was not available as you reported this item.

When you come across an item that you believe may infringe someone's intellectual property rights, we encourage you to contact the rights owner. Rights owners can have infringing listings removed through the eBay Verified Rights Owner (VeRO) program.

You'll find a list of rights owners and contact information, as well as information about infringing items, in the VeRO Program About Me pages.
To view the list, please go to:

http://pages.ebay.com/help/community/vero-aboutme.html

Thank you for your time.

Sincerely,

Aidan
eBay Customer Support
__________________

I and several other posters also contacted Disney about the GAC being sold on ebay the last time this happened.

 

[SueM in MN]

This is the email I got when I reported this GAC sale to tips@disneyantipiracy.com a few minutes ago:

Thank you for your correspondence. We want you to know that we very
much appreciate the time you took to bring this matter to our attention.
We protect our intellectual property rights vigorously and we take
reports of suspected infringements very seriously. However, as you can
appreciate, our investigations are confidential. We neither reveal our
sources nor do we generally correspond further with them about the
investigation.

Please feel free to use our email address (tips@disneyantipiracy.com) or
our Antipiracy voice mail hotline, 818-560-3300, if you want to provide
more information about the suspected infringement or to report a
suspected infringement in the future.

Sincerely,

Antipiracy Group, Corporate Legal
The Walt Disney Company
500 South Buena Vista Street
Burbank, California 91521-0527

 

[Vemnox]

Disney has been notified, as well.

 

[SaWa]

I also have contacted eBay, although I'm not sure I went through the proper channels. I was a bit discumbobulated with their site. I see the seller lives in Orlando. Perhaps the GAC was found and someone thought it was a quick $400! I hate to think that someone who was truly helped by the card would then try to profit from it!

 

[SueM in MN]

I also have contacted eBay, although I'm not sure I went through the proper channels. I was a bit discumbobulated with their site.

ebay's reporting process is pretty confusing because it doesn't actually allow you to email them. You have to choose a category to report it in and all you can actually write is the auction number (even though it looks like a tect box that you could type a message in). It's hard to figure out what category to report things like this in and I suppose that it could fit in several.

 

[SaWa]

ebay's reporting process is pretty confusing because it doesn't actually allow you to email them. You have to choose a category to report it in and all you can actually write is the auction number

Yikes - Well, I didn't do it properly! I wrote what I thought were a few very rational, non-emotional, "here are the facts, could you please do something", sentences. I didn't include the auction number but hopefully they will be able to do a search and find the "offender". Thanks ~~ Lisa

 

[SueM in MN]

Yikes - Well, I didn't do it properly! I wrote what I thought were a few very rational, non-emotional, "here are the facts, could you please do something", sentences. I didn't include the auction number but hopefully they will be able to do a search and find the "offender". Thanks ~~ Lisa

That should work. It sounds like you found one of the hard to find places on ebay that actually let you send a message. Most of them only allow you to put in the auction number and give an error message if you try to add anything other than that. If your email went thru, you must have done it right for the link you found.

 

[Michigan]

The seller lives in Orlando. It would be pretty sweet if somone from Disney showed up at their house and ran their finger prints so they could never get in the parks again

 

[Beccabunny]

The listing is still there. Apparently ebay is in no hurry to do anything about it.
So, why shouldn't we contact the seller??? Is that against ebay rules?

 

[SueM in MN]

The listing is still there. Apparently ebay is in no hurry to do anything about it.
So, why shouldn't we contact the seller??? Is that against ebay rules?

Yes, it is against ebay's rules because it could be seen as harassment.
Ebay moves slowly, but when this did happen before, they did move to delete the listing.
It can also be dangerous to contact an ebay seller with a complaint. When someone was selling GACs on ebay previously, there were some DIS Board posters who posted that they contacted the seller and got some nasty emails in response.

NOTE TO POSTERS: Please keep the discussion based on reporting this situation. When someone was selling GACs before on ebay, the discussion got into the 'character' and 'motivation' of the seller. Moderators/Webmasters felt that this was not appropriate since the seller did not have the opportunity to defend himself.

 

[Ms_Butterfly]

The seller is being really dubious - he says he's selling a white envelope that comes with the card for free. You're paying $400 for a white envelope, but there's a GAC in it for free. *Sigh*

 

[SueM in MN]

The seller is being really dubious - he says he's selling a white envelope that comes with the card for free. You're paying $400 for a white envelope, but there's a GAC in it for free. *Sigh*

I have seen things like that on ebay before. Things like people selling an envelope or a photo of a celebrity at a highly inflated price and you get 'free' tickets to a concert or game to get around no 'scalping' rules.

 

[SaWa]

eBay contacted me regarding the email I sent last evening. They said there wasn't enough information for them to investigate. I gave them the Auction ID number and the seller ID. Seems like they earnestly are looking into the matter. ~~ Lisa