I just bought a watch from Japan, but now I see there is another listing from a different seller with the same pictures of same watch! Is this normal? I tried reporting a "duplicate listing" but it looks like that only applies when the same seller has duplicate listings. The nature of this is making it difficult/impossible to report to ebay and the automated customer contact doesn't seem to be much use either...

Typically such listings -- particularly for expensive, unique items very often found in Japan -- are put up by professional brokers that do not actually possess the item in question. If the item is purchased through such a listing, the broker will then attempt to purchase the original and arrange to ship overseas to the eBay buyer. Scammers also use the same basic technique, except the scammers do not actual buy or ship anything. You can usually tell if the seller is a broker or scamme...

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