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@lilypoppylilypoppy wrote:
Thank you for your politeness. The fact that this board has made me impolite is not a point in its favour. If you go all the way back to my first post I was polite and asked for help/advice. A simple "Unfortunately it isn't possible to complain about an item you haven't personally had an issue with" would have sufficed. Instead I have been made to feel that questioning a price, caring about others or having an opinion makes me mentally defective and good for a bit of a laugh for those present who enjoy being bullies. I think I am right and stick to my guns and THAT is wrong? But it is not wrong for the "defenders of the sellers"? I no longer just take that type of attitude and I am just as nasty and smart ar###e right back. I used the terms "elderly" and "vulnerable" and it appears those words are just joke fodder. Something wrong with that for sure.
I'm a little late here, but I felt the need to point out this isn't the answer to your question.
The answer to your question is that unless the seller is doing something illegal (price fixing, false advertising, etc), you don't actually have any basis for official complaint, whether you bought it or not, even if the seller's practices outrage you.
I'll put this on me for a moment - I really love music, as most people do. I like going to concerts, buying limited edition relases and so forth. I loathe ticket scalping and flippers (people who buy limited edition stuff, often in bulk if they can, for the sole purpose of flipping it at high profits, thus ensuring fewer people who genuinely just want one for the pure enjoyment of it, miss out on one at normal retail). There is nothing illegal about this practice, though, so I have to accept it is part of my ethical makeup, something which is often wholly subjective, and any attempts I make to criticise or shame people who practice these things often come across as self-righteous and sanctimonius to those who look at things differently, and that just detracts from the issue and makes it devolve into an argument based on emotion rather than facts and logic...and that's not a good look for anyone.
I'm also an eBay seller, and I gotta say I'm a bit offended by the "real job" comment. 
Seriously, though, this is my full time job, I work every single day. The only time I'm not at work (in a practical sense) is when I'm not at home, but I'm still getting messages and notifications about work that's waiting for me. I have callouses on my hands from the manual labour involved in my day to day tasks, and if I get to bed before 2am and have more than 6 hours sleep, I'm enjoying that little luxury. If this isn't a "real job", I don't know what is. I may be digressing, but just as I have some loss leaders in my shop (items that are underpriced to attract customers), i also have some items with high markups to help ensure my business ultimately balances out and I can actually stay in business.
I also want to mention that I think people took exception to the "elderly and vulnerable" comment because it really is irrelevant to the situation. If eldery people were being targeted by a scam, then maybe, but the people who may unwittingly pay more for an item aren't elderly or vulnerable, it's anyone who, through ignorance or lack of research, doesn't know there are cheaper alternatives. Ignorance / lack of awarness is not exclusive to elderly or the (much more vague) vulnerable, and I think you will find that many members here are sick of those things being used as an excuse for making poor decisions (by others, I mean), or having it trotted out to draw sympathy on those factors rather than logical points in an argument.
