one of a kind

[shoppingbag*]

I am getting rather tired of Sellers who advertise items as "one of a kind"  when it is an obvious lie.  Some even have more than one of the same item listed and still called it  OOAK.  I think it is about time I started reporting these people.  As a person looking for genuine one of a kind items, I find it annoying to have to wade through hundreds of items to find a genuine OOAK.

[shoppingbag*]

This is definitely not about sellers who don't understand OOAK, I have contacted some of them about their items that are mass produced items, to ask what makes it an OOAK, and many have stated they just add that to attract buyers, they used to advertise "4 OOAK" or "for OOAK" for buyers who wanted to customise the item, now they have probably figured out that these words can be deleted from a search, so they have dropped the "4" and "four" wording so as to deliberately misrepresent their items. This is not about handmade or homemade goods, but about very mass produced products.

[designerarticles]

if it's mass produced stuff then I guess it's a buzz word used to attract people then.

[2106greencat]

If it is OOAK and visibly shows quantities in the listing - hit the back button.

If other buyers are caught by this hopefully enough neg feedback will do a bit of damage to the seller and they will rethink the listing practices.

[zanadoo_56]

'Rare' is another term that is overused and (judging by the amount of identical 'rare' items for sale) quite silly.

There are a few things that come up in my searches that have been described as rare for years, there's always at least 8-10 for sale and every year the prices go up...and they remain unsold.

Honestly, you've to to laugh at the optimism (greed?) of some sellers, especially when someone comes along and offers the item at a more realisitic price and it's snapped up.