There has been talk of this issue in other threads and Brian Levine mentioned it in his most recent podcast, but I want to highlight the problem with its own thread.
There is a crook based on China who is creating new eBay seller accounts and creating listings for fine pipes at ridiculously low Buy It Now prices and free shipping. They always have zero feedback, too. The worst part is that they're stealing photos and descriptions from well known, respected sellers, which potentially damages their businesses.
I encourage you to take a few minutes each day for the next couple of weeks to help fight this. What I have been doing is searching for "pipe", filtering for pipes/estate, Buy It Now, located worldwide, sorted by Newly Listed. The fraudulent listings are easy to spot. Once you find one, click the Report This Item button. I just pick fraudulent listing activity categories. The eBay app on Android seems a little buggy as it forces me through the same dialogue twice before I see confirmation that the item has been reported.
There is a crook based on China who is creating new eBay seller accounts and creating listings for fine pipes at ridiculously low Buy It Now prices and free shipping. They always have zero feedback, too. The worst part is that they're stealing photos and descriptions from well known, respected sellers, which potentially damages their businesses.
I encourage you to take a few minutes each day for the next couple of weeks to help fight this. What I have been doing is searching for "pipe", filtering for pipes/estate, Buy It Now, located worldwide, sorted by Newly Listed. The fraudulent listings are easy to spot. Once you find one, click the Report This Item button. I just pick fraudulent listing activity categories. The eBay app on Android seems a little buggy as it forces me through the same dialogue twice before I see confirmation that the item has been reported.