Originally Posted by
deltadelta48
Yes, another of the numerous drama issues discussed on forums that confuses so many that they go tearing off reporting new people like OP for breaking rules.
OP brings up concern that all of us selling vintage have. Two items, that look same, but as professionals selling vintage, we know are not identical. Trust us, these two items are different. We are told use Dutch auctions, which is inappropriate because buyers want description to match what they buy. Dutch auction does not allow for variations in condition, etc.
So we use A B #1 #2 in title and describe the condition of each item. Forum police make sure they get pulled causing more confusion. Also reinforces the cops that what they are doing is right. Again, new people are targeted.
This issue concerns vintage items only.
But drama extends to new items. i.e.Then sellers of new items are told they must list as Dutch despite the items being 25 handmade different style baby dresses or whatever. Or if another seller tries to sell variations of their available colors, i.e. single red, 5 red that is wrong too. It must always be Dutch auction and running different lots of mixed colors is not a marketing strategy, its breaking the rules.
Funny thing, and I won't dwell on it, I have seen numerous listings with identical new items/services with the old sneaky reversal of words used in title. Harder to catch, but there it is, a violation. And some of these same sellers reporting the two vintage items, equal but different, and having them pulled. Go figure.
OP has genuine concern. We all do if we sell vintage. We can not use Dutch auction because it is inappropriate and does not describe each items differences. When we use #1 #2, the items gets pulled as breaking rules. So we are between a rock and a hard place.
Does not help that this issue has turned into a drama on the forums again.