Originally Posted by
damian_steele
And the assumptions are that eBay staff members would A: review every listing just in case it includes a well known item, and B: would have such a passing knowledge of comic books that they would be aware of it being a famous comic book.
Please stop missing the point.
eBay staff cannot be expected to know the value, worth, originality, history, usefulness or otherwise of any item listed on their site.
What utter tosh.
I haven't been into comics since I was about eight. I do not know, nor want to know, about this particular comic. I hadn't even thought whether there was an officially agreed on and recognised list of which comic is rarest or most valuable. These are not things that trouble me. I reckon I'm a fairly average person in that regard and would expect that most other people are much the same. So for you to presume that everybody should know of such things smacks of arrogance.
So what? That has absolutely no bearing on whether Feebay staff can or can't be expected to instantly evaluate a listing for a comic, particularly when listings are not routinely reviewed (unless they have been reported - and even then the staff member is not going to be an expert in every field.)