I’ve also told sellers in the past - and occasionally they didn’t know, and cancelled/modified the listing - but that was VERY rare. Most often the seller has purchased the lock(s) from the importer, or even from India.
I wonder how many people that made high bids on this lock will get ‘second chance offers’ for an identical lock…
Before contacting eBay I did contact the seller, I gave them very clear evidence that this lock is a fantasty item, and not an antique. I thought they would ignore me, but they replied, insisting the lock is genuine and an antique.
Ebay’s reply made it clear they don’t care - as long as they get paid, and as long as their ass is covered with respect to the law, they turn a blind eye.
It is a shame that it isn’t possible to warn unsuspecting buyers anymore - there are some members of this site that first came here because I advised them that they had bought a fake, and pointed them here!
…mercurial
