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Why does EBay allow the sellers to lie about their products and jack up their prices?
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Why does EBay allow the sellers to lie about their products and jack up their prices?
eburtonlab
Mentor5 months ago@ma_674119
Why do you allow people to lie to you?
Often it is because you cannot tell if something is a lie right away. The same is true for eBay.
It is not always possible to look at a listing and know in advance exactly what, if anything, the seller intends to deliver. For one thing, a scammer can simply copy a listing from a genuine seller, using a genuine photo of a genuine item. And then ship something entirely different.
Except for a few specific categories of items that go through authentication, eBay never sees what the seller ships or the what the buyer receives, so there is nothing for eBay to check unless someone complains about what was received by invoking eBay's money back guarantee. Which is what you should do if you receive something other than what the seller described.
Sellers are responsible for the descriptions they provide, and buyers should not assume that eBay screens the listings in advance.
Sellers are allowed to set their own prices, though. If one seller's price is not acceptable to you, you should find a better, more qualified seller that offers a better price to purchase from.