0.05 cents items?

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On my home page, most items are 0.05 cents! Must be glitch.

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Jewels2at
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I just checked one of them...from India...indeed it is the bait and switch.  First one is sold out.

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Jewels2at
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This is probably a bait and switch.  I bet if you click on the item, the .05 item is sold out.

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I looked carefully and it is all similar jewelry. Different stores all from India.  Must be scam..

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Made me look, and also seeing all the 'Based on your recent activity' photos except for one are 6 cents.

Hey! why are mine more expensive than yours?! 

eta - Yeah, mine are all gemstone rings except for the regular priced one which is for pendants.

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Urgh! I'm seeing this too. It's all the same shop. How does this happen? And yes, if I click on a listing the lowest priced option is sold out. The next option is a lot more expensive (although still stupidly cheap for a supposedly handmade item) I wish we could report these shops for false advertising.

ETA: all gemstone rings too.

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So this shop is getting exactly what they hoped for by pulling this trick - views.

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What's also strange is that they're under ''my recent activity''.  I did not look at any jewelry, not even weeks or months ago.  I wouldn't anyway since I don't wear jewelry.

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I am surprised those items are showing Based on my recently searched items. I did not search for anything like that.

I looked one of the shops and lots of 1 star reviews. Items not received.  

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I just checked one of them...from India...indeed it is the bait and switch.  First one is sold out.

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report all of them.

not only is it misleading and bait and switch (which is also illegal in many places) but it is ethically dishonest and tarnishes the site, hurting true honest artisans.

 

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Don't these sellers realise that they are also trashing their own shop? All those views coming in from searches but no purchases because buyers aren't stupid ... there goes the quality rating of those listings and down the search they will hopefully fall.

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Same here, based on ''my recent activity' , I have never looked for that. It's weird.

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