Tobacco on eBay
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Because you're not allowed to sell tobacco on eBay. However, you're allowed to sell collectible packaging on eBay. The whole thing is a joke.
You'll have to check to see what the seller allows...Usually they don't allow returns...and Ebay doesn't allow tobacco to be sold. wink wink :crazy:
You can always file a claim that the item is "not as described". I have read rants where ebay always sides with the buyer but take that for what it is worth on the interent from angry people.
This is true for sure -------------->>>>> "The whole thing is a joke."
I tried to sell some baccy on their and it got shut down and yet they allowed a bunch of auctions to go thru. I think they crack down now and again but really don't mind the extra $$ it generates. If someone complains about an auction they shut it down, if not, they turn a blind eye.
This is true for sure -------------->>>>> "The whole thing is a joke."
I tried to sell some baccy on their and it got shut down and yet they allowed a bunch of auctions to go thru. I think they crack down now and again but really don't mind the extra $$ it generates. If someone complains about an auction they shut it down, if not, they turn a blind eye.
If you're buying anything Esoterica or JF Germain related, then chances are they're fresh packages/tins from the last couple months. Most people that sell tobacco on ebay sell brand new stuff to make a quick buck. Unless it says its older tobacco where the seller lists the age, chances are its brand new. I doubt you'll have any issues with the tobacco except you might not like that particular blend.
Agree with those above, items can be sold for "collectible packaging". I have bought several tins, some opened, some sealed. I doubt you'll have a case if the tobacco is bad, but if it is sold as "sealed" and the seal's been broken by the time you receive it, then you'll have a case with ebay.
Touch wood, it's never happened to me. I've bought some old sealed tins that I do genuinely keep for collectible, but that's another debate altogether!
Touch wood, it's never happened to me. I've bought some old sealed tins that I do genuinely keep for collectible, but that's another debate altogether!
I know this happens because I got away with it ONE time then got shut down. One of the Bay's "rules" is that the "collectable tin" is supposed to be out of production. They enforce ALL of they're rules very sporadically. I've been shut down three or four times, spread out over about 18 months.
It's important to remember that even a sealed tin that looks good from the outside is no garantee of tobacco that is ready to smoke. Tins rust from the inside out and time can simply do its thing. IMHO tobacco on eBay is a calculated risk, one I used to take quite often. I have had a seller or two strategically hide rust through holes etc. then I bitch.
Mike S.
Mike S.
It's been mentioned here, on the forum, of buying tins off ebay and finding them to be advertising tins; sealed with no tobacco in them.
I have never bought tobacco on ebay and don't plan to. There are too many ways for a seller to unload bad tobacco. The age of a tobacco can never be known except for GL Pease and McClellend as they put dates on their tins. Anyone can write a false age on their tins. I know one seller who blatantly lied about the age of his tins and even after I proved to him his age was wrong he would not change them.
A seller can always unload dried out tobacco and there is no recourse for getting your money back.
A seller can always unload dried out tobacco and there is no recourse for getting your money back.
What I dislike is when the seller lists that the tobacco is from 10 years ago. You buy the tin and the only "proof"is that someone scribbled a date on the back of the tin with a marker pen.
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