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<p>[QUOTE="lettow, post: 1612168, member: 6986"]I used to get worked up about these things also and send a note to the sellers. Usually I did not get a response. Once in a while I was the bearer of bad news because the seller was the one who got taken because they bought it as a misrepresented error (at least that is what they claimed).</p><p><br /></p><p>In the end I stopped sending the sellers messages since it did not appear to do any good. I believe someone wrote an Ebay guide warning about these things. In cases like this I blame the buyers for their ignorance (especially since the information is readily available) as much as the seller for their greed.</p><p><br /></p><p>One approach I tried with a seller who listed a questionable note was to tell them that I intended to bid on one of their other items but was reluctant to do so because of the questionable listing. That seller did respond and removed the questionable item after we exchanged a few emails in which I explained why the questionable note was a fake overprint (it was one of those German notes overprinted for a concentration camp).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lettow, post: 1612168, member: 6986"]I used to get worked up about these things also and send a note to the sellers. Usually I did not get a response. Once in a while I was the bearer of bad news because the seller was the one who got taken because they bought it as a misrepresented error (at least that is what they claimed). In the end I stopped sending the sellers messages since it did not appear to do any good. I believe someone wrote an Ebay guide warning about these things. In cases like this I blame the buyers for their ignorance (especially since the information is readily available) as much as the seller for their greed. One approach I tried with a seller who listed a questionable note was to tell them that I intended to bid on one of their other items but was reluctant to do so because of the questionable listing. That seller did respond and removed the questionable item after we exchanged a few emails in which I explained why the questionable note was a fake overprint (it was one of those German notes overprinted for a concentration camp).[/QUOTE]
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