@alichua wrote:
When scrolling through items, I saw a listing that has incorrect information.
2 sewing machines listed as being 1921.
From the pics I know one was built no earlier than 1924 an the other 1934+
I am not interested in buying, but msgd the seller anyway. These machines are worth less than $100 combined. Current bid $300.
The seller response was rude.
I feel for the unsuspecting buyers.
I tried to report item but the eBay reporting process doesn't allow me to highlight the particular issue and is very limited.
I also cannot alert the bidders.
Do I just let it go?
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Hi alichua and welcome to the forum. If you're right and I suspect that you are, then I applaud you for being concerned. Too often sellers mislead others with the descriptions.
If you can quickly do a little more research to confirm your suspicions then report it. I'm sure there is a way.
Once I saw some poor bidders reporting an auction on a supposed rare record LP. The LP original release could go up to US$300 back then. It was sealed and the seller was trying to say that the bar-code was from the op shop where they picked it up from. Straight away I could see that it was a re-release. What makes it confusing is that the cover and label are almost identical to the original. The re-release is indicated in the stamped info on the run-out groove and possibly a tiny print on the edge of the label. I know the release very well and have a sealed copy. I have also seen and examined several with an identical bar-code sticker in exactly the same place. The LP re-release (one in a succession of many of that LP) is a $30 new.
Anyway, it had a few days to go in the auction and I didn't have to report it as seller cancelled after 4th day or so obviously due to others reporting. Yes, there are sellers who will try it on!
You're like many other people who don't like to see wrong and misleading practices with people being taken advantage of. Good on you for that!
