This reminds of when I saw a Baby Ember on Ebay once and politely asked the seller if they were any flaws that weren't visible in the photos. I got a rude message back that basically said "It's an old toy! Of course it's going to be dirty!"
Ponyfan
I haven't actually gotten many ponies off eBay (just a G1 lot years and years ago which were my first ever G1s), but I do browse eBay a lot for them. A big pet peeve I notice I have is when I see ponies with very easily fixable issues like surface dirt or a mark that can obviously be erased with a Magic Eraser. There seem to be a lot of sellers on eBay that are just too lazy to bother doing simple cleaning on a toy before selling them.This reminds of when I saw a Baby Ember on Ebay once and politely asked the seller if they were any flaws that weren't visible in the photos. I got a rude message back that basically said "It's an old toy! Of course it's going to be dirty!"
Ponyfan
Yikes, people are rude!
I mean honestly, I'm at the point where its too much work to keep listing every single teeny tiny flaw on every. single. pony. when I sell (on the Arena, not eBay). I provide an excessive number of high quality photos for buyers to look through though and of course list any large issues. But I don't blame anyone who doesn't have an hour to spend meticulously looking over one single pony and listing all the tiny things people might complain about.
Also, I feel like it's more risky to list all flaws meticulously and accidentally miss one than it is to not list flaws meticulously. Like, I feel the former is more likely to end in an angry buyer, as opposed to the latter.
Yeah, this bothers me. Sometimes I see listings that have only one photo :blink: I really don't like it when they don't take pictures of the hooves. How do I know there aren't names written on there? If it's a Collectors Pose how do I know if it's a flat foot or a concaved? If it's a nirvana and advertised as such how do I know if it's actually from that country? I get it when people who don't collect ponies don't think to take a pic. If I were selling a pony and wasn't a collector I would totally see the hooves as unimportant :P What bothers me is when collectors don't because they should know there are variations and some people are looking for a specific one. Other than that I can't think of anything else. And this isn't too bad of an issue for me either, hope I wasn't to whiny!
Yeah, I hate when sellers only have one lousy photo to look at. Ebay lets you post 12 free photos for crying out loud! The least the seller can do is snap a few pics so the buyer can get a better idea of what condition the pony is in. My other gripe is when sellers have one photo of more than one pony or item, but when you read the description, you find out you're only getting one of the items and have to bid on each item in other auctions.
I hate when sellers list fakies as MLPs. I saw a lot on Craigslist with a heading of something like "Lot of 10 MLPs for sale". Then I looked at the pictures and they were all fakies except for like 1 G3 McDonalds pony.
I also hate it when sellers list a common pony as "rare" or "HTF". For example, looking at current Ebay listings one lists G3 Twirlerina as HTF. Another lists G1 Cherry Treats as HTF.
I hate when sellers list fakies as MLPs. I saw a lot on Craigslist with a heading of something like "Lot of 10 MLPs for sale". Then I looked at the pictures and they were all fakies except for like 1 G3 McDonalds pony.
I haven't actually gotten many ponies off eBay (just a G1 lot years and years ago which were my first ever G1s), but I do browse eBay a lot for them. A big pet peeve I notice I have is when I see ponies with very easily fixable issues like surface dirt or a mark that can obviously be erased with a Magic Eraser. There seem to be a lot of sellers on eBay that are just too lazy to bother doing simple cleaning on a toy before selling them.I'll admit, I've been sometimes super lazy with cleaning up ponies I list on ebay other than fixing their hair and a light washdown. Fixing hair is more therapeutic for me. Then again I try to even things out with lots of photos and describing flaws. It's nice to see what buyers want in listings. I have a whole backlog of things I want to sell but just haven't had the time to clean.
I hate that USPS upped the shipping prices again recently $3 seems to be the minimum shipping now. I've cut way back on what I pick up thrifting and what I'm reselling because it just isn't worth it when I'm busy full time with work on top of my ebay selling hobby. :throw:Oh, really? Darn. I'll have to keep that in mind when I sell ponies over the holidays (on my ever-lengthening to-do list!)
One of my particular favourite sets to collect are the G1 porcelain ponies. They come up sporadically on eBay, and although it seems that most collectors don't care for them all that much, they're uncommon enough that those who do collect them will spend years (and usually a fair amount of money) attempting to complete the sets.
Typing in a search term like "my little pony porcelain/ceramic" would ideally be restricted to just the porcelain ponies, which at best would normally return 5 listings. But instead it turns up 5 or so pages of the UNOFFICIAL merch coffee mugs which you can buy with the MLP FiM characters on them in 100 different patterns. I resent that the sellers of those bloody coffee mugs have flooded the search results with 100 individual listings when instead they could setup a consolidated multi-listing so anyone who IS interested in the mugs could just select the design from a drop-down menu to save people from having to scroll through and sort the vintage ponies from their mugs.
It may be a gripe that only I feel, but I feel it passionately! If I want a bloody coffee mug, I'll run a search for coffee mugs! Leave the terms "porcelain" and "ceramic" to the vintage figurines. /rant