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Is it normal to see the exact item with the same pictures on 2 sellers site, item selling from Japan
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Is it normal to see the exact item with the same pictures on 2 sellers site, item selling from Japan
eburtonlab
Mentor1 year ago@kim70kim2513
It is very common for brokers in Japan to list thousands of items that are actually being sold by a third party. If a purchase is made on eBay through one of those brokers, the broker arranges to purchase the actual item and have it shipped to the eBay purchaser. This is very common for things like guitars and cameras listed in Japan, where you will see the same unique item being offered for sale by several sellers.
There are also scammers that follow a very similar pattern, except that the scammers do not actually ship anything.
It is usually possible to tell the difference between the two by examining feedback. The brokers tend to have lots of feedback for similar transactions, and perhaps a few complaints about cancelled transactions (where the item was sold to someone else by a competing broker before the eBay listing could be ended). Scammers tend to have little or no feedback for selling similar sorts of items, at least until many negatives start to roll in.
Although eBay rules do not permit sellers to list items not in their possession or directly under contract, in practice many sellers do so anyway and eBay does little regarding such listings unless there is a problem with a transaction.
kim70kim2513
OP1 year agoItem also has different selling price as well, normal?
eburtonlab
Mentor1 year agoSmall differences may be due to different commission amounts the broker is building into the item price.
You should be suspicious of prices that seem too low, or sellers with little or no feedback for selling.