Please Help Me Straighten Out This Seller's Annoying Titles

I think that even if ebay has some language concerning titles, this would be a gray area. ebay would do nothing and we could banter about it endlessly.

The point is that this practice gives the seller negligible benefit, while making searches difficult for everyone else. I was hoping that with some community influence, they'd see the point.

I have noticed some doing it with Morgans they will put 1878-1921 in the title. I look for 1878 and get every date in between because they will have the correct date and then the 1878-1921 in the title


Edit: I now see I pretty much just mirrored what SeatedNut had already said. At least I know I am not the only one having to weed them out and get frustrated with the Morgan Bandit

Handled.

Me:



Judith:

Thanks Scubu. Guess it wasn't so gray.

I'm with scubu here. I'm going to apply the "It's factual" argument in another way. To advertise a Lincoln Cent as produced after the Indian cent in a listing title is factual. To include the dates 1859 to 1909 after Indian would also be factual. However, it has nothing to do with a Lincoln Cent. Likewise, pennies made in 1909 and 1958 have nothing to do with a 1914 cent. Just because something is factually correct in a title does not mean that it is not deceptively soliciting page views.

And yes, policing fraudulent and deceptive tactics online and in the real world is our job. Without it, the hobby can be put jeopardy.