EBay, Collectors, Flea Market & Antiques

Shermann

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4. eBay has had issues for a while now

Tue Mar 7, 2023, 04:45 PM

Mar 2023

I used to trade used musical equipment up there. The last time I signed on, the "items based on your recent views" scroller on the main page was nothing but Chinese counterfeit guitars. You have to sift through pages of that garbage to find any genuine stuff for sale. The genuine stuff is sketchy too, with price gouging and fraudulent duplicated listings. They aren't even trying. Their heyday was the mid 2000's to mid 2010's and their best days seem to be behind them. I'm not a hater either, they had one hell of a good run.

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How can Ebay have so much fake antiquities on it? [View all] bif Mar 2023 OP

Because it's the Internet and there's no quality control. Caveat emptor. Ocelot II Mar 2023 #1

What? The guys that tweak search engines for high prices and call it a free marketplace bucolic_frolic Mar 2023 #2

We were in Egypt last year leftieNanner Mar 2023 #3

eBay has had issues for a while now Shermann Mar 2023 #4

they just want their fees ZonkerHarris Mar 2023 #5

They are in business to make the most money in the shortest amount of time, all of their Chainfire Mar 2023 #7

Have you ever gone to a flea market? Same thing. It's always been 'buyer beware' sinkingfeeling Mar 2023 #6

Why? "A fool and his money are soon parted." nt Whatthe_Firetruck Mar 2023 #8

but try + sell a louis vittand purse w/ labels. pansypoo53219 Mar 2023 #9