Ebay Warning

[anon02]

If anyone is considering buying artificial plants off an ebay seller advertising ARTIFICIAL SILK plants be warned they are PLASTIC

 

[james_fish]

Would be helpful to those people who are considering buying artificial plants if you posted the actual seller's username.
That way they can stay well away, rather than be worried about every seller.

Because some sellers on eBay will actually be selling silk plants.

James.

 

[anon02]

Would be helpful to those people who are considering buying artificial plants if you posted the actual seller's username.
That way they can stay well away, rather than be worried about every seller.

Because some sellers on eBay will actually be selling silk plants.

James.

I`m concerned that there may be legal implications, but the seller advertises the goods as ARTIFICIAL SILK plants as I`ve written it, when I complained the seller said that plastic was artificial silk !!!

 

[Athena]

Why don't you report them to ebay?

Athena

 

[anon02]

Why don't you report them to ebay?

Athena

I have done, just thought I`d pass it on seeing as the seller has so far refused to change the wording

 

[elisew]

The Office of Fair Trading should be made aware of the sellers false advertising, it is against the law to advertise any goods in a false or mis-leading manner.

Have you considered reporting the seller to OFT?

An advert can be deceptive in various ways, for example, if it:

contains a false statement of fact - this may be possible to prove or disprove by evidence
conceals or leaves out important facts
promises to do something but there is no intention of carrying it out
creates a false impression, even if everything stated in it may be literally true.


From the OFT website:

Cases where the OFT is likely to act

In deciding whether to take action, the OFT must take into account all the interests involved, particularly the public interest.

In assessing the seriousness of the complaint, the issues we will consider include:

health and safety
the nature of goods or services advertised
loss suffered by the complainant
the nature of the target audience
the likely size of the target audience
the cost of products or services advertised
the need for speed in seeking a ban on the advert
the likelihood of continued publication if court proceedings are not started.

Cases where the OFT would act immediately

There are rare instances where we would act immediately - without referring the matter to other bodies first, such as:

a scam, ie, where there is evidence of serious and intentional malpractice
where the harm being caused is so great
where there is evidence of serial offending
where vulnerable consumers have been or are likely to be affected
where there are serious public safety concerns
where an advertiser's previous trading practices are known to be bad
where there are multiple breaches of legislation requiring a greater need for the OFT to act quickly, and where misleading advertising is central to the harm being caused.

 

[anon02]

The Office of Fair Trading should be made aware of the sellers false advertising, it is against the law to advertise any goods in a false or mis-leading manner.

Have you considered reporting the seller to OFT?

An advert can be deceptive in various ways, for example, if it:

contains a false statement of fact - this may be possible to prove or disprove by evidence
conceals or leaves out important facts
promises to do something but there is no intention of carrying it out
creates a false impression, even if everything stated in it may be literally true.


From the OFT website:

Cases where the OFT is likely to act

In deciding whether to take action, the OFT must take into account all the interests involved, particularly the public interest.

In assessing the seriousness of the complaint, the issues we will consider include:

health and safety
the nature of goods or services advertised
loss suffered by the complainant
the nature of the target audience
the likely size of the target audience
the cost of products or services advertised
the need for speed in seeking a ban on the advert
the likelihood of continued publication if court proceedings are not started.

Cases where the OFT would act immediately

There are rare instances where we would act immediately - without referring the matter to other bodies first, such as:

a scam, ie, where there is evidence of serious and intentional malpractice
where the harm being caused is so great
where there is evidence of serial offending
where vulnerable consumers have been or are likely to be affected
where there are serious public safety concerns
where an advertiser's previous trading practices are known to be bad
where there are multiple breaches of legislation requiring a greater need for the OFT to act quickly, and where misleading advertising is central to the harm being caused.

Ebay are looking into it, I shall see what happens
It seems a lot of fuss over a few artificial plants, but the next guy could be expexting a bow fronted fish tank and get a tank for bow fronted fish

 

[anon02]

The seller has now agreed that future listings for these products will include the word plastic rather than artificial silk