Goes too far?

[simba6]

Found this in a listing:

It is important to understand that items labeled as unopened or unused may not necessarily be brand new.

[gator08041971]

Each seller can list their items in their own way.

I had an item I sold a year ago or so that was about 120 years old, but was still "new" in the box, complete with its original paperwork and never been used.

Despite the box having a century worth of age, and the tool had some surface corrosion from being that old, it was completely serviceable and sold for a decent price to a happy buyer.

But every situation is different.

[grand-and-glorious-purpose]

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@simba6 wrote:

Found this in a listing:

It is important to understand that items labeled as unopened or unused may not necessarily be brand new.

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Yep.

Happens all the time.

A lot of Ebay's condition values are archaic arbitrary nonsense.

Like art. Used? What someone looked at it?

[adamcartwright]

Pretty funny. Let's see how that works out for the seller.

[tobaccocardyahoo]

Some people are more finicky about what Brand New is as other people.

Brand New to some people means looks new, or includes new old stock or discontinued product. Some people think that means current product with a manufacturer's warranty in effect sold by an authorized reseller.

That sentence hints at whatever it means.

[tex-421]

I’ve purchased some vintage sheets that were about 50 years old, they were unused and still had had the manufacture’s package, hard to call 50 year old sheets “brand new”, but that was sort of obvious 

[inhawaii]

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@simba6 wrote:

Found this in a listing:

It is important to understand that items labeled as unopened or unused may not necessarily be brand new.

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I disagree with that sellers statement.

If it was "unopened" how can it not be brand new?

I believe the correct terminology should be "unopened by me".

[tex-421]

In the universe of cars, “a new car” means no retail taxes have been paid on the vehicle.  So, a new car dealer that sells a car that has never been sold, but has been used for a year with a 1000 miles by the dealer as a dealership vehicle, can still call it brand new, when he finally gets around to putting a for sale sign on the window. 

[mooncat_watches]

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@inhawaii wrote:

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@simba6 wrote:

Found this in a listing:

It is important to understand that items labeled as unopened or unused may not necessarily be brand new.

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I disagree with that sellers statement.

If it was "unopened" how can it not be brand new?

I believe the correct terminology should be "unopened by me".

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The item or box could have been dropped while still sealed in the package with obvious damage even without opening it. i.e. rattling inside the box

While an extreme example there are situations where the statement could be true.

[house*of*paws]

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@simba6 wrote:

Found this in a listing:

It is important to understand that items labeled as unopened or unused may not necessarily be brand new.

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Could be the seller is able to insert items into an unopened box ... ala David Copperfield.  😹

[inhawaii]

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@mooncat_watches wrote:

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@inhawaii wrote:

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@simba6 wrote:

Found this in a listing:

It is important to understand that items labeled as unopened or unused may not necessarily be brand new.

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I disagree with that sellers statement.

If it was "unopened" how can it not be brand new?

I believe the correct terminology should be "unopened by me".

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The item or box could have been dropped while still sealed in the package with obvious damage even without opening it. i.e. rattling inside the box

While an extreme example there are situations where the statement could be true.

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Wouldn't that still be considered "new" though?

Everything brand new has the possibility of being broken.

You can't not call it new because it "might" be broken.

[kensgiftshop]

I don't think it goes to far.

You have an unopened item setting in your closet for 10-20 years, it's no longer new.