Thread: Why does these ebay seller miss label every darn stone they list.

See heres a item that missed labeled as a belgian Coticule but it's from arkansas.
I would think its a nice beveling setting peice of washita.
The bid is allready more then what i normally pay for that stuff total.
on the ebay market place with no labels. So i do think the bidding is higher
due to the miss labeling please folks don't fall for their tickery.
Antique Belgium Yellow Coticule Natural Sharpening Stone Classic Razor Hone | eBay

don't bid or buy it.
it really is a arkansas type stone.

I was just going to start a thread on this seller. He has always listed hones as coticules, no matter what they actually are. I have sent him messages, but he doesn't reply. I have decided to report him for fraudulent listings to ebay.

I have found this one in the list of sold items for that seller.

Vintage Large Belgian Coticule Sharpening Stone Razor Hone Excellent Whet Stone | eBay

Doesn't look like a coticule either.

Originally Posted by robellison01

I was just going to start a thread on this seller. He has always listed hones as coticules, no matter what they actually are. I have sent him messages, but he doesn't reply. I have decided to report him for fraudulent listings to ebay.

This is why i started this thread cause i don't want folks who are looking for a good deal
cause they don't have alot of dough to spend wasting their cash.
that's also true they don't answer the messages. I reported it too.
but bummer it's still up.

You are assuming the seller knows anything about honing stones. She is probably someone who just sells what she can get and she heard the word coticule and calls everything a coticule.

A seller doesn't have to answer questions or respond to comments.

In the end the market will sort it out. If someone buys it as a coticule and it's not they can get their money back.

This isn't a rare occurrence for this seller. Every hone that she has listed has been described as a coticule. She lucked out once, and actually sold a coticule that was properly described, but every stone she has ever listed has been described as a coticule.

I have sent her messages and informed her on what she actually had, she ignores them. To me, thats a dishonest seller.

The odd part is some of the hones she sold were obviously not coticules, they sold for $$$, and she had positive feedback for them.

i ben looking at ebay for a long time.
Much longer then i ben a member here.
That seller used to label them right.
They once sold a surgical black arkansas stone labeled as that.
for 50 bucks. cut of a good sized.
That was a really long time ago.
I guess they firgue it get more money if everything is labeled as coticule.

Yep, Just like Rob said. Whoever it is, they always get good feedback. But I do get annoyed by it pretty regularly as well.

To play devils advocate: The word coticule just means whetstone right? lol. So...Every stone out there is a coticule, in Belgian. I don't know the language but I think I remember that from back when I loved them, oh so many weeks ago. haha!

Originally Posted by regularjoe

Yep, Just like Rob said. Whoever it is, they always get good feedback. But I do get annoyed by it pretty regularly as well.

To play devils advocate: The word coticule just means whetstone right? lol. So...Every stone out there is a coticule, in Belgian. I don't know the language but I think I remember that from back when I loved them, oh so many weeks ago. haha!

Wow that would be sweet to just use the word coticule in place of whetstone. cause every time i do a search
for whetstone i find a magic cards and stupid books. And on craigslists i find over priced vintage grinding wheels.

I do agree w/ spendur in the fact that a lot of people on there just buy up as much old looking stuff, not knowing what it is and try to sell it for whatever they think it might be to increase their profit. However, knowing and not knowing aside. As a responsible seller it's YOUR responsibility to know what you have so that you aren't ripping people off, accident or not. Most likely these people buying these things don't have a clue what they are either, just read the name and jumped (that's their fault as well). If it happens once by mistake then I can see that, but happening multiple times is fraudulant and you should be reported and have your account shut down. Honestly, that's the primary reason I have grown tired of buying anything there. I have had two blades described as good condition, and the pics reflect that, and once the razor is in hand it's obvious they were warped, and any "lay man" could look at the blade in their hand and see there was a problem w/ it, contacted the seller, no reply, taking it to ebay and paypal and reporting him.