How can Ebay have so much fake antiquities on it?

[bif]

Just search the category "Ancient Antiquities" and a ton of cheap stuff comes up. From what I've read, all the stuff from Egypt and Morocco is fake.

[Ocelot II]

1. Because it's the Internet and there's no quality control. Caveat emptor.

[bucolic_frolic]

2. What? The guys that tweak search engines for high prices and call it a free marketplace

permit fakes? Nah! Go away!!

[leftieNanner]

3. We were in Egypt last year

Guides told us that most things for sale are plastic.

On the bottom are words in Egyptian that say. "Made in China".

[Shermann]

4. eBay has had issues for a while now

I used to trade used musical equipment up there. The last time I signed on, the "items based on your recent views" scroller on the main page was nothing but Chinese counterfeit guitars. You have to sift through pages of that garbage to find any genuine stuff for sale. The genuine stuff is sketchy too, with price gouging and fraudulent duplicated listings. They aren't even trying. Their heyday was the mid 2000's to mid 2010's and their best days seem to be behind them. I'm not a hater either, they had one hell of a good run.

[ZonkerHarris]

5. they just want their fees

[Chainfire]

7. They are in business to make the most money in the shortest amount of time, all of their

decisions will be based on that. That is who we are and what we do.

[sinkingfeeling]

6. Have you ever gone to a flea market? Same thing. It's always been 'buyer beware'

when it comes to antiques. All antiquities are supposedly monitored on entry to the US. No one should even consider buying an antiquity via the internet.

[Whatthe_Firetruck]

8. Why? "A fool and his money are soon parted." nt

[pansypoo53219]

9. but try + sell a louis vittand purse w/ labels.