How to report Price Gauging - Info Page is Wrong

[tim_innsbruck]

There is a Price Gauging Policy page.

And there is a how to report price gauging section.

However the information given is outdated/wrong.

Report Category does not contain "Price Gauging" as an option, nor anything close to it that fits.

So how do I report an absolutely blatant case of price gauging?

In case anyone is curious, Item is a current model, pre-owned watch the seller is trying to sell for more than twice the retail price in the official store of the watches manufacturer.

cheers

[maxine*j]

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@onefootflipper1 wrote:

... you have no idea how many sellers totally guess prices with zero research.... the only thing that could explain 20+ year sellers who regularly post up items at twice the price of what the same things are already listed at on ebay.

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What that lack of research also means, though, is that a canny buyer can get some absolute steals on eBay.  When I was actively buying and selling, I bought things on eBay for the tens of dollars that I resold for the hundreds of dollars.  Not often, but often enough to make me smile.

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[janet9988]

Maybe THEY paid twice as much for the item and are just trying to sell it for close to what they paid.  Therefore it would NOT be price gouging.

[inhawaii]

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@bonjourami wrote:

Just wanted to name and shame the seller for no good reason.

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What do you mean no good reason?

How dare the seller list something for MORE than it's worth!

What is the world coming to?

[bonjourami]

LOL..what nerve!

[inhawaii]

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@bonjourami wrote:

LOL..what nerve!

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True story.

I once forgot to take the price tag off a item I shipped out.

The buyer later left me a negative feedback.

"This seller buys the item cheap then marks up the price to make a profit."

[bonjourami]

Ha..thats funny..what a world.The Ebay world that is.

[annadryl]

Back when shipping was cheaper I sold things I got at the dollar store like books and DVD's. I offered items to my customers for what they were willing to pay. If shipping small items wasn't an arm and a leg, I'd still be doing exactly that. Free market.

[robbie31415]

Ebay needs commercial rates media mail.

Facebook marketplace gives its sellers that rate. -.-

 

[continentalcollectibles]

Honestly to me, Price Gauging is when You're forced to Pay a Price and have no option to go to some other Place. its a Free Market out there and Since it's not an item necessary to Live or survive during an emergency   I can't see where it could be considered Price Gauging in fact there are so many cases when a used item is worth more than a New one the buyer is free not to pay it

[onefootflipper1]

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@maxine*j wrote:

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@onefootflipper1 wrote:

... you have no idea how many sellers totally guess prices with zero research.... the only thing that could explain 20+ year sellers who regularly post up items at twice the price of what the same things are already listed at on ebay.

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What that lack of research also means, though, is that a canny buyer can get some absolute steals on eBay.  When I was actively buying and selling, I bought things on eBay for the tens of dollars that I resold for the hundreds of dollars.  Not often, but often enough to make me smile.

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When I was a card specialist every time I sold an expensive pokemon card I would turn around and try to find a card lot that had the same card in it for far less money than I sold the one card at and I had a decent success rate at it.

[susanb1872]

@robbie31415  This is off topic. Start a new thread if you want people to comment.

[robbie31415]

The topic was settled in the first few posts.

@susanb1872 

How about you worry about your own posts ?

[susanb1872]

@robbie31415  I don't see any discussion of media mail in the first few posts.

[robbie31415]

@susanb1872 

I don't see where I said it was.

Maybe you should try again.

[albertabrightalberta]

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@inhawaii wrote:

True story.

I once forgot to take the price tag off a item I shipped out.

The buyer later left me a negative feedback.

"This seller buys the item cheap then marks up the price to make a profit."

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That's why I double and triple check my items before shipping them. I never want to mistakenly leave a receipt or a price tag inside an item that shows that I paid less than I sold it for.