By your definition, nearly nothing would be NOS. In your case, you should bid on nothing listed as NOS.
Problem solved.
So again, by your admitted subjective definition, nothing is NOS and your life got much easier.
What's the problem?
The problem is NOS means something. You're right, there's not a lot of stuff that's NOS. That's why there's a PREMIUM for the NOS tag. The problem lies in people twisting the definition of that premium tag to get more money for their **** that doesn't meet that premium standard.
Look at the use words "rare" or "mint" on any sort of sale site. How much stuff advertised as "rare" is actually rare? How about "mint?" There's a definition for "mint." "Mint" does not mean 'in sorta nice shape with rust and a few dings and only used for a couple years.' It means 'new and uncirculated as it came from the mint.' Anything else is bull****.
So, "What's the problem?" The problem is words mean things. When people choose to assign their own meanings to words, they become useless. It's disingenuous to play semantics games as in the case of your "hammer" claim.