Deceptive eBay marketing tactic?

[mechanicalman]

I recently signed up for eBay emails in order to get eBay Bucks offers (good thing), but about once a week I get an email showing cards that have been miraculously and steeply discounted (should also be a good thing.) Problem is, even with the absurd prices some dudes ask for, I actually think these high prices are fabricated. In fact, I never even remember looking at the cards eBay said I did, but I would have remembered them for their sheer absurdity. Here's an example of a 1949 Bowman Paige PSA 4. eBay wants me to believe I looked at this when it was $4k (which is significantly higher than what I paid for a PSA 7 last year.) I never did look at this, but I don't believe the seller would have ever priced a 4 this high only to discount it so steeply. Or are they, so that it triggers an email? Any thoughts on this? Seems pretty shady on eBay's part, in my opinion.

[Bram99]

I see the same emails as you mention. Here's what I think is happening. I might look at a card like an Allie Reynolds 1949 Bowman in NM-MT PSA 8. Let's say it's $150. Then I get an email that I can save 80%, but when I click through, the card they are referring me to is not an 8 but rather a 2.5 or even ungraded. I don't know that it is deceptive - it's more annoying than anything. I think their algorithms can't account for the specificity of details in a listing and probably just search for 1949 Bowman Reynolds in the case, and show me something way different in condition / grade that what I was looking at.

[bravos4evr]

I see the same emails as you mention. Here's what I think is happening. I might look at a card like an Allie Reynolds 1949 Bowman in NM-MT PSA 8. Let's say it's $150. Then I get an email that I can save 80%, but when I click through, the card they are referring me to is not an 8 but rather a 2.5 or even ungraded. I don't know that it is deceptive - it's more annoying than anything. I think their algorithms can't account for the specificity of details in a listing and probably just search for 1949 Bowman Reynolds in the case, and show me something way different in condition / grade that what I was looking at.

What he said, I looked at one of those cheap Green Cobbs the other day just to examine the picture and hone my skills at spotting fakes when I got an email an hr later saying I had looked at a $3500 Cobb that was now discounted by $600. I think the system has to cover too many different types of products to ever be super specific.

[RealToppsaholic]

What he said, I looked at one of those cheap Green Cobbs the other day just to examine the picture and hone my skills at spotting fakes when I got an email an hr later saying I had looked at a $3500 Cobb that was now discounted by $600. I think the system has to cover too many different types of products to ever be super specific.

at least you were correct once today Nick

[bravos4evr]

at least you were correct once today Nick

lol, reported for harassment. clean up your own house and stop stalking people to other threads who dare to question your "spotless" record...