How to report inaccurate listing?

[quantumcaffeine]

Hi,

Quite often, I run across eBay listings that are inaccurate/misleading, and I have decided to start trying to report them. For example,  In the heading, the condition is listed as used, but in the description the seller downgrades that to spares or repair.

The problem is, eBay does not appear to provide any mechanism whatsoever for bringing issues such as these to their attention. The report link does not include an appropriate option, and nor does going via "contact us". There is a specific list of issues that you can raise with eBay, and they do not want to know about anything outside of that list, including inaccurate listings.

How do I deal with this? Or do I just accept that people are free to list things any way they want, and profit from misleading people if they like? I've seen multiple listings for graphics cards where the heading specifies that the lot is a graphics card, but the description states that it is a *photo* of a graphics card. This is a well-known scam, but eBay does not seem to care.

Finally, what happens if I accidentally buy one of these items? Is it "buyer beware" and the seller is covered if the correct information is somewhere in the listing, regardless of what other information may be in the heading, or do I have some comeback against the seller? 

[redwick1]

You report through the report this item on every listing page.

If buyers buy an item that is not as described then they are covered by the ebay money back guarantee which you can see on almost every ebay page.

It is also up to buyers to read the descriptions carefully before buying

You saw the problem and so should others

Do report all that you can but be aware it can be a lifetime job, As fast as somw are removed others pop up to replace them

Ebay rely on members policing the site

[quantumcaffeine]

As I noted in another reply, the problem is that "report item" only allows a very specific and short list of issues to be reported with listings. Profanity and publishing of contact information are included, but straightforward inaccuracy is not. There appears to be no way to deal with inaccuracy other than by complaining after purchase, which just doesn't seem very helpful to me. It also doesn't seem very helpful that people can create authentic-seeming listings for (say) graphics cards or games consoles, list them in the associated categories, then include the word "photo" in 9pt font in the description and cover themselves. If eBay's Buyer Guarantee doesn't cover cases like that, it's not with the paper (or pixels) it's written on!

[redwick1]

Ebays money back guarantee does cover cases like that. It does not matter what the listing says if a buyer opens a not as described for whatever reason then they will get their money back. Ebay almost always go with the buyer. You are right there is limited reasons for reporting but you just have to use what is there. As aleady said through ir members actually read the listings they would see exactly what you see. Buyers have to take some responsibility.