Originally Posted by
Machin Shin
There is nothing on the bag to indicate its maker and he uses these names to draw attention to his auction. That's pretty clever, and pretty rotten too.
That's because he made it himself, though he skirts that point in the auction description.
Originally Posted by
JohnDThompson
To be fair, he's not the only one who does this. I can't count the number of skanky vintage items I've seen with "Cinelli, Masi, Herse, Singer, etc." attached to the description or keywords to make them show up in a search.
I agree, but the only real solution is to be proactive about those types of sellers. eBay has a very clear policy (although they don't do much to enforce it actively) about using misleading or inappropriate keywords, and they give people the opportunity to complain about violations. I report a lot of listings for keyword spamming and misleading titles. It does work, if enough people make a fuss about it.
Here's the listing for the NOS
modern/vintage homemade bag for those interested in fighting the good fight, the link to "Report this item" is at the bottom of the page under "Other Options." Reporting an eBay item is not as simple as clicking "Spam" on CL but it only takes about a minute to choose all the correct options, and it gets faster with practice.
