I'm really flying into the wind here, but I'd like to say that in my experience the great majority of E-Bay sellers I have dealt with are a very conscientious and honest group. Everyone resorts to the degree of hyperbole that they feel will be acceptable to sell an item. As long as they are honest and as factual as it is in their ability to do so, I don't see where anyone can fault them very much. If they want to refer to a maker as "The Master" I feel it is within the area of their opinion. We are all free to disagree and even more important, to ask the seller any question one wishes. If a seller does not respond to my questions in what I feel an acceptable manner, I don't deal with them no matter how appealing the item for sale might appear. Most sellers who sell regularly go to great lengths to detail flaws and avoid a returned item. I have entered negative feedback on E-Bay about the seller and nearly brought him to tears. Regular sellers are quite sensitive on this issue. One needs to watch the sellers who are new to E-Bay. This is easily done, unless the seller adopts multiple identities. I have never encountered this, and don't have any idea how to deal with it. My experience has been overall very positive with these sellers.
I realize many of us have apparently been unhappy with some purchases, and I'll probably receive a storm of mail telling me how wrong some members feel I am. Try to keep it off list if you feel a need to get personal, but perhaps list members can suggest some ways we can all use E-Bay to our greater satisfaction on list.
Just my two cents worth,
Tom Sanders,
Lansing, Mi