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Is this account a scam?

petekeav-0 — Sun, 10 Feb 2019 03:05:43 GMT

What are people's opinion on this account. I'm interested in buyer from him but I wanted to be sure.

https://www.ebay.com.au/usr/yamajack?_trksid=p2047675.l2559

Re: Is this account a scam?

kopenhagen5 — Sun, 10 Feb 2019 03:15:12 GMT

Why do you think that ?

A store account with nearly 8000 feedback and only 2 negs.

Prices of their Japanese items seem reasonable.

(keep calm padi, save your money)

Re: Is this account a scam?

Anonymous — Sun, 10 Feb 2019 03:14:26 GMT

You'll need to give me a hint please

I have only had a brief look but there is nothing I can see that looks sus?

Re: Is this account a scam?

digital*ghost — Sun, 10 Feb 2019 03:43:00 GMT

I presume you're asking because some items are listed as antique and you want to know if they are genuine articles, or reproductions being passed off as antiques.

I expect few here would have the knowledge to determine that with certainty, though.

What I can say is that while no item titles appear in the feedback for their oldest feedback received as a seller, some of the comments mention dolls, so they have been selling in that category for years. They provide a lot of photos of different angles, including close-ups of cracked paint, wear and tear etc, on the statues - these are two positive indicators. A seller of fakes generally won't care about what they're selling, and will target what's popular at the time instead of trying to build a business around one type of thing, and even if they include a lot of photos, they typically won't include close-ups of damage.

Not all of their items are listed as antique or vintage, so it appears they are making an attempt to be clear about different items, and in one that is not listed as an antique, they have the line (emphasis mine) "The Japanese... mask was handcrafted to look hundreds of years old.", while in a different listing for an item marked as an antique, they provide a 50-year window for when it was made (the one I looked at said Meiji era, 1868-1912).

Are the prices in line with genuine antiques of this nature? Many sellers of fakes will price a little under the current market price(s) to draw people in.

None of these things positively determine whether the antiques are genuine, but to me they are a good sign.

Why not send the seller a question? See how they respond, do they try to sell you on the item, or do they simply provide you with relevant information?

Re: Is this account a scam?

padi*0409 — Sun, 10 Feb 2019 04:50:30 GMT

@kopenhagen5 wrote:
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Prices of their Japanese items seem reasonable.
(keep calm padi, save your money)

I've actually bought from them before Kopes and had no problems at all with them.

Hmmmm, those singing bowls look a bit nice, better go and cut up my credit card, close the Paypal account and burn the lappy mate.

Re: Is this account a scam?

*tippy*toes* — Sun, 10 Feb 2019 05:42:49 GMT

Down Padi, down. It's only one seller. No need to be cutting the cards up......the paccies might want to buy something in the middle of the night. They have taste too you know.

Re: Is this account a scam?

davewil1964 — Sun, 10 Feb 2019 05:48:34 GMT

What do they taste like?

Re: Is this account a scam?

padi*0409 — Sun, 10 Feb 2019 05:52:24 GMT

@*tippy*toes* wrote:

.the paccies might want to buy something in the middle of the night. They have taste too you know.

They've got their own Paccie Lappy in the Paccie Hilton Tippy, their taste tends to run to large bags of Paccie Mix from the local stockfeeds place.....................sigh.

I've actually got quite a few of those singing bowls, some picked up for a bargain on auctions so there's a few of my mates that have one now.

Dave, apparently they taste somewhere between lamb and venison, I haven't been able to get hold of any Paccie meat yet.

...............and no, mine aren't heading for the oven any time soon....................

Re: Is this account a scam?

davewil1964 — Sun, 10 Feb 2019 08:32:05 GMT

and no, mine aren't heading for the oven any time soon........

Seems a waste to feed them then........