One seller gave as the "length" of the knife (khukuri) its circumference = length x2
+ width x 2.
EBay ruled for seller (years ago)(on the sole grounds that the seller said his measurement was correct), but Discover, which initially ruled in seller's favor ("Our customer reports his measurement was accurate.") was pounded into reversal.
I stopped using Discover.
Then there was the "excellent" Scout pattern that was rusted solid. It was a lesson on requiring good pictures or pass it by.
eBay meaningless word of the day: "rare."
Sounds like someone doesnt have the sense to buy things they cant hold, and has a lawyer-ly disregard for (obvious) problems with a listing. Sort of like you knew what you were getting into before you jumped, but jumped just to see if you could litigate your way back up the cliff.
Ebay is fine if you aren't blind or retarded. Or feel the need to screw people on your sales..
Now, it's not real economical for the typical '#lookatmetooalso! internet knifer what wants the latest insta-fad or assdrop feces every week, because sales fees will eat your lunch real fast there as a seller, and those are the types of things that folks sell fakes of to the #lookatmetooalso! blind, greedy masses.. (The scoops are coming! THE SCOOPS ARE COMING!...lol)
If you have a couple users to sell or are looking for the same to buy, ebay is fine. Axes? Ebay. Old folders? Ebay.
I've been 'got' 3 times as a buyer. Only once could I blame the seller. (Since they were a 'power seller', ebay just laughed off my misrepresented item claim, because "buyer is gawd", right?) The other two times i could have avoided, I went on the desire for the item instead of the meager sale listing info. It happens, especially in the antique market. I figure less than .25% of my ebay transactions going "bad" so far. Must be a terrible place.
90% of my buys and sells are knives, the rest gear. Maybe its the items and the crowd that buys them, but I haven't had any issues as a seller there either.
It's also quite convenient to not have to keep spending money on something when you aren't using it. You pay for that convenience, surely as any, but unless you're making this a business or a "self sustaining hobby" (also a business, as far as the platform used for your flipping should be concerned..) it won't damage you to sell things on eBay occasionally.