Are there any policies against sellers grabbing photos and selling from other marketplaces? | Buying

tonimarie324 · 2023-05-17T02:46:30.801000Z

I used to use eBay more often, now it feels almost unusable. There are certain searches that are both flooded with duplicate listings and especially resellers grabbing and posting links from eg. mercari that are not actually in their possession, and trying to sell it for two or three times higher. If a buyer from eBay doesn’t know this, you’re not only paying double the original price (or more) but the seller will often cancel your order if someone else bought the item before they did. It’s annoying, dishonest, and then then they’ll try to sell you similar items from similar listings (again, none in their possession). My seller referred to it as having a difficult “inventory” system, until I found all of their exact product and identical photos on mercari under many different seller accounts. It’s unique artwork, so it isn’t something that can be sold more than once or in the possession of multiple people — they’re definitely stealing the photos of those sellers. There are many sellers doing this so my eBay searches are absolutely flooded with duplicate items that aren’t necessary the same eBay sellers making “multiple” postings. They’re multiple people, just grabbing some person’s photos from other marketplaces, and only making a purchase or bid if they’ve already made the advance sale on eBay. It seems extremely scam-driven but I have reported this experience, and so far nothing. I was just wondering if it was common, and if it’s made eBay almost unusable for others. It is way easier to look at those marketplaces now than the resellers or scammers selling you a product belonging to another user that they have zero assurances on. And obviously cheaper, because they’re reselling product from other marketplaces as any entire business venture. Is this practice legitimate or allowable on eBay?

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