If EBAY knows about these...*WARNING* random ranting lies ahead!
So that means the buyers are not educated at all on what is fake and what is real.
You can start a blog on eBay to educate people about pins.
You are right Dan. I won't disagree that this is a caveat emptor issue. There are many sellers on eBay who believe they have the real thing, and you can't always tell how genuine a pin is from the photograph. And you can't fault eBay because they can't simply keep track of every single item (nor should they have to, honestly, because they are providing the forum). Much like I only saw an oddly-cooked grilled cheese where others saw a holy image, what's valuable to a person is subjective. Someone may like Figment, and may be willing to buy heart-shaped pins with Figment on them, regardless of if the colors are slightly off, even if the pins themselves are considered scrappers. Another person may only want the genuine article. Someone may be wondering why the heck there are all these Figment pins when he came here looking for a Honus Wagner card.
I think it's up to the buyer. Sometimes people buy things just because they "look cool." Some people sell things because they don't know what they have (like how I got a bunch of Flying Tigers memorabilia for $15 at a garage sale once), and serious traders and collectors know what to look for as far as the "real thing" is concerned.
You can put up all the guides up that you want (and I wholeheartedly encourage an availability of information) to educate people - buyers and sellers alike - but until the individual takes the time to actually read, P.T. Barnum will always be right.
That being said, I'm thinking about throwing together a blog (promoted on Twitter, Tumblr, G+, and whatever other outlets anyone thinks would be useful) to point out the differences between real pins and scrappers, and was wondering if any of the more knowledgeable folks here (which would be anyone other than myself) would like to be authors, content providers? Or am I way off the mark here, and the fuming should live and smolder in this thread?
Are there any eBay sellers you can actually trust to buy pins from?
First of all, someone said "BUYERS DONT CARE". Not true in all cases. When we first started we just thought it was a great deal. Some people actually believe that and buy them in good faith. They are not all as educated as us.
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