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Dissapearing listings for Nikon D850
I have noticed in the past week and a half that many eBay listing for Nikon D850 disappear before the auction ends. Today alone I saw 21 D850 listings disappear before they ended.
I have never seen this before, and seeing I only see this happen with D850 listings, suggests censorship.
Tried to report this to eBay, but the eBay rep was unconcerned or was avoiding disclosing the real reason this was happening. I had to push for the rep to open a case a have a team at eBay investigate.
As I was not given a case number, this leads to a stronger impression that there is censorship going on.
I see two differences in the type of listings that are disappearing. (not counting the Russian listings that appear to be low balling)
The first type are listing from accounts that were created only a few days ago and have no feedback and are selling only one item, the D850. The rep suggested these were removed because of inconsistencies in the eBay account or the Paypal account.
The second type of listing are from accounts that have a history of several years and have good feedback. (see 100% positive rating). I see these accounts remain after the items listing disappear, but see all the items on sale get flushed very quickly.
The second type of listings disappearing raises concern. To me, it looks like eBay is getting hacked, and are struggling to delete these listings as they detect the suspicious activity, or they have a rogue algorithm auto deleting listings and someone is trying to fight against the auto delete.
So here I am, looking to pick up a good camera for a low price and seeing what looks like censorship, hacking or a rogue algorithm making the search not only bizarre and complicated, but questioning the reliability and safety on the eBay site.
Anyone else see this behaviour? if so was it for the D850 or some other item?
(BTW, there should be a forum category for "Search" but I was unable to find it)
kh-stanley1
·2 years agoHi everyone,
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yves12345
OP5 years agoI think you are missing the point.
There seems to be an out of proportion of suspicious activity for listings of the D850.
These were not all "too good to be true" listings, as some were normal auctions that did not complete, but had reached prices close to eBay averages for these items.
Not all eBay listing are obliged to have a "Buy it now" option at current market trends.
Some accounts selling these items were normal and showed recent activity and feedback.
What surprises me is the disproportional number of D850 listing disappearing.
I have not seen this concentration of suspicious activity with other items.
What's up with D850 listings?
mudshark61369
·5 years ago@yves12345,
"There seems to be an out of proportion of suspicious activity for listings of the D850."
These types of listing happen with all sorts of popular new products, especially ones that have had production delays, such as video game consoles, High end graphics cards, and many other items. The auctions getting pulled most likely had information in them asking buyers to contact the seller outside of ebay, and possibly the seller auctioned off others of the item earlier, and are now having item not received disputes filed.
D850s may be one of the targeted scam items, because of the shortage of silica needed to make the chips for many items, slowing production. They are popular versatile cameras that have attractive features and many accessories available for them.
snicklepuss
·2 years ago"...because of the shortage of silica..." Now there's a ridiculous suggestion. The two most common elements in the Earth's crust are oxygen and silicon (in that order), and silica is the oxide of silicon. For further perspective, the most common mineral on earth is quartz, the crystalline form of silica. Silica is also the main ingredient of glass. So no, there is/was no shortage of silica. Was there a shortage of silicon wafers at the time of writing due to the COVID epidemic and subsequent lock downs and work slow downs? Probably, if I recall correctly.