how to report fraudulent misleading ads?

[coban_2765]

where is the button?

[mrdutch1001]

ALL listings have a "Report this item" button...near top of description on the right hand side of the page where you will see : About this item/Shipping,returns & payments/Report this item

[lotzofuniquegoodies]

wrong post.

[brettjet38]

https://www.ebay.com/ifh/dsa?from=ReportingArticle

 

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[shallow_karl]

Ebay HAS removed the report button it seems from some (all?) listings.  The same telescope (see the photo) is being sold by 4 "other" sellers and there is NO report button near the description in ANY of the listings:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/297446599404 

[lotzofuniquegoodies]

I just checked on a bunch of mine and a few I was watching. The button is MIA. Part of the neverending stripping of eBay features parade. There is only an option to share.

[eburtonlab]

Typically such listings -- particularly for expensive, unique items very often found in Japan -- are put up by professional brokers that do not actually possess the item in question. If the item is purchased through such a listing, the broker will then attempt to purchase the original and arrange to ship overseas to the eBay buyer.

Scammers also use the same basic technique, except the scammers do not actual buy or ship anything.

You can usually tell if the seller is a broker or scammer by examining feedback. Brokers tend to have a lot of feedback for selling such items, with possibly a few negatives or neutrals for cancelled orders (when the broker was unable to obtain the item and it was sold elsewhere). Scammers have little or no feedback for major sales at all -- or possibly feedback for sales of keychains or trinkets to build a false history -- at least until the negatives start rolling in once the scam item delivery dates begin to slip.

While it is against eBay policy for a seller to list an item not in the seller's possession (or under contract to the seller in the case of a drop shipper), eBay does little or nothing to seek out such listings in advance or to prevent them unless there are problems reported by buyers.