TIL a 'complete collection' on eBay isn't always complete

I got into buying old runs of X-Men from the 90s last month and found a listing for issues 1 through 100 of a series for $120. The pictures looked fine, seller had good feedback, so I pulled the trigger. When the package showed up, turns out issues 1 through 15 were missing and he just threw in some random issues from later years to pad it. Now I'm stuck trying to piece together those missing ones one by one. Has anyone else fallen for a listing that wasn't what it claimed?

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the_kim1d ago

Man, that's rough but honestly not surprising anymore. It feels like every listing these days is written by someone who thinks "complete" just means "a bunch of stuff in a box." I've noticed this same thing leaking into other parts of life, like when a restaurant menu says "homemade" but it's clearly just Sysco food thrown on a plate. Words just don't mean what they used to. Hope you can at least leave a fair review and maybe scare the seller into making it right.

claire_hart5321h ago

Best thing I ever did was start taking photos of everything as I unbox it. Made a claim on something last month and the seller tried to argue until I sent the timestamped pics. Shut that down real quick.

price.gavin17h ago

Haha yeah I saw some youtube vid recently where a guy was saying the same thing, it's wild how common this has gotten. @the_kim is right about words not meaning anything on listings anymore, "mint condition" now means "has a little crack in the corner" apparently.