Originally Posted by
Sstashmoo
Quote: "I have been accused of that, but what buyers do not understand is that most of the old stuff people are putting out there is from estate / garage sales. It is impossible for a seller to know that vintage radio he listed was tinkered with by grampa before he passed away and had some of the components were replaced with non original ones."
That is why you use lots of pictures and if you don't know if something works or not, say that. Or "As is" usually works. But describe with the understanding this person is going to leave feedback. Using phrases like "Some parts seem to be missing" When in fact i.e. the old radio has been gutted is misleading. I bought a brass ships clock [[they usually mounted on a bulkhead and looked like a gauge) form a seller and they had a beautiful pic of the face and bezel straight on. In the ad it said that there seemed to be parts missing. Yeah, there was, the whole F'ing case. It was just a face, bezel and movement. I keep it around just for laughs. But they didn't lie about it, just presented it in a way that mislead. This is the sort of thing I've noticed in the last few years. And it is becoming more common.
I'm not saying you're trying to mislead anyone, just sharing from a buyer's perspective. Some types of items are just problematic to sell in an online auction. CD's DVD's gaming components, dealing with kid buyers, bad deal.