Since auction sites can’t possibly monitor all the items they are selling, they rely on the membership to help them. Why would anyone report another seller? Perhaps they are your competition! Or they may be infringing on someone else’s property and you don’t believe in that. Or some people just believe that everyone should follow the rules... period.
How does the reporting process work?Each site has its own rules for reporting behavior. The most advanced of these is eBay’s VeRO (Verified Rights Owner) program. If you own “intellectual property,” you can be a VeRO member. This means that if someone is using your ad copy, your course information, your logo or copyrighted item, you can do something about it.
Members of the VeRO program include hundreds of law enforcement officials and representatives from companies who are very zealous in the protection of their property. eBay doesn’t prosecute people but it will suspend them permanently. Federal governments sometimes prosecute offenders.
You can report suspicious activity. The easiest way is to go to the Community Watch Forum...http://pages.ebay.com/help/community/index.html.
What if you mistakenly break the rules? Chances are nothing will happen, if you can convince eBay that is was an honest mistake.
Repeat offenders don’t receive the benefit of the doubt.
Are you ready to focus totally on what you want from your business? Without being crystal clear, you will end up floundering and lost in a fog. That will not happen to you, if you spend some time with the next chapter...
