While I have been an outspoken supporter of reprints and fantasy cards, I could not agree with you more.
To write in the description area distinctly below the title, "I am listing the card as a reprint", could possibly be misconstrued as ambiguous, and that the vendor is indefinite about its genuineness. Meaning, the phrase almost has the connotation that in his opinion, he thinks it is a reprint. When, in fact, the words he uses in his listing titles describes these valuable cards as if they were indeed genuine. The worn appearance of the cards gives the impression to me that they are the real thing when, in point of fact, they are all reprints! But, to John Q. Public they look like real vintage cards. But they are most definitely not real cards; they are just nice reprints. This is very misleading.
An interested buyer thinks to himself, "well, I don't know. It sure looks real. Ok, I'll drop 10, 15, 20 bucks on it. Hey, what if it's actually real? Then I'd get it for a steal! What a deal! Yeah, I'll bid $20 bucks on the chance he doesn't know what he's really got.
If a card is a reprint, or a fantasy card, that word must be in the title, of a certainty, and be worded explicitly as such in that title description. Otherwise, it's a subtle, if not outright, con game.
----Brian Powell
I suppose this goes without saying, but if a card is a reprint or fantasy card, somewhere on the backside it should state that the card is a reprint or fantasy, with the year it was printed. I know some souls are too stupid gullible for their own good, but at least some attempt should be made to identify the item as reprint or fantasy, and not a vintage period piece.