Hope you get the licence plate Bradley and hope you get the ghillie brogues McClef. Fleabay seem to be trying to clean up their act at the moment. There was a Spitfire (warplane) instrument replica for sale recently on e-bay by a highly reputable seller. It wasn't made entirely clear to a novice that the item was a replica, but would have been obvious to a serious collector from the description. An employee of the seller bid on the item without the seller's knowledge, against a third party bidder. Because of the shill bid from the employee the item fetched a better price. When the seller discovered what had happened he disciplined his employee and offered the buyer a full refund. Despite this e-bay suspended the seller's account for two weeks. I have had good dealings with this seller in the past and have no doubt he acted in good faith, but nonetheless, e-bay policies on shill bidding and replica goods were breached and he has paid the penalty.
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