Adverts with fake pricing on ebay..why is it allowed??

[Shuvi McTupya]

Has anyone else noticed this happening more and more?

The advert might be for a T shirt, Underwear or a bed sheet or whatever it might be and it will be priced at say £10, you just have to select your size / colour from the drop down menu and there is not a single option that comes out at £10, you can chose the smallest size and the plainest colour and it will be £12 or something.

Ebay should ban sellers who blatantly lie!

[bobtail4x4]

I find they say £1 to £10, the only thing at a quid is a paperclip or somesuch.

[Shuvi McTupya]

Here is an example of what i am talking about.
I realise these are cheap tat but they are advertised at less than £5 and in reality you cant buy one for less than £7.39

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/UK-NEW-MENS-POLO-SHIRT-...

[colonel c]

You could try reporting it to eBay.

[toastybase]

Yes I see this a lot and assumed the cheaper item was a colour or size that’s out of stock

[Shuvi McTupya]

toastybase said:

Yes I see this a lot and assumed the cheaper item was a colour or size that’s out of stock

In the item i have copied and pasted, there is no 'small' option at all and as soon as you choose any size the price jumps up!

[CoolHands]

That’s what the ‘out of stock’ one is for. It’s bullst. But no one cares so forget about it.

[Shuvi McTupya]

colonel c said:

You could try reporting it to eBay.

I just had a look at the 'report an item' menus and there is no option that describes this scenario and no facility to put a description of the issue in writing!

[Shuvi McTupya]

CoolHands said:

That’s what the ‘out of stock’ one is for. It’s bullst. But no one cares so forget about it.

Yes there is one colour that is listed as out of stock..is that how they get around it? they just say the one colour that they don't have would be cheaper than all the rest if they had it?

Atleast i now know which sellers to avoid

[227bhp]

Ebay have their own forum, I suggest posting up on there.
It's quite a clever move by Ebay, they don't pay any operatives, just get the general public to work for them for free.
A bit like PH really.

[colonel c]

Shuvi McTupya said:

colonel c said:

You could try reporting it to eBay.

I just had a look at the 'report an item' menus and there is no option that describes this scenario and no facility to put a description of the issue in writing!

https://www.ebay.com/help/callus_click?topicId=4213&contextId=f125ad80-8d0d-455d-9d35-620a44c7957a%3A16448fceafe&initFrom=ARTICLE

[98elise]

bobtail4x4 said:

I find they say £1 to £10, the only thing at a quid is a paperclip or somesuch.

Or a sample. The picture is of the item you want (say a roll of tape) but a very cheap price. There ae various sizes and quantities, but the cheap option is a small sample piece.

[gobuddygo]

Shuvi McTupya said:

Here is an example of what i am talking about.
I realise these are cheap tat but they are advertised at less than £5 and in reality you cant buy one for less than £7.39

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/UK-NEW-MENS-POLO-SHIRT-...

The long sleeve dark grey one in medium is £4.89, but agree its bloody annoying.

[Shuvi McTupya]

gobuddygo said:

The long sleeve dark grey one in medium is £4.89, but agree its bloody annoying.

I stand corrected

Interesting that you can get a long sleeved one for less than a short sleeved one, I could just cut the sleeves off and sell them as leg warmers to very small people to save even more money!