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Michael,
You've done all that can be done -- which is send the seller the info they
need to either pull the auction or amend the description. You can also email any
ebayers who have already bid on the item (to do this you have to click on their
feedback number, then once you are at their feedback page click on the CONTACT
MEMBER button to send them a warning using eBay's internal mail
system).
Once again, there is only so much "we" can do -- which is primarily educate
and observe and warn if possible -- we already do that, but it's impossible to
cover everything. In the end, it is up to each individual buyer to educate
themselves if they want to avoid mishaps when purchasing movie posters. To help
with this there are plenty of on-line resources such as www.learnaboutmovieposters.com
and the MPA site (click the banner for MPA on www.MoviePosterBid.com to get there)
and numerous other places. Plus there are the lists like MOPO and NSGE
where you can post a warning without worrying about your message being
censored or your membership terminated for being a "trouble maker". In this
case, since the seller mentions the item is "trimmed" (hah!) it would behoove
anyone thinking about bidding on it to dig up a picture of an un-trimmed insert
and make a comparison. This can be done at LAMP or if there's no picture on
LAMP, there's a good chance an image can be found at www.moviegoods.com
It would be nice if you could write to eBay and say "Hey, this seller has
it wrong" and they would tell him to either pull the auction or amend it. But
eBay won't do that (on the other hand that is *exactly* what we WILL do on MPB
if we are informed there is something wrong with one of the auctions on our
site).
It's a buyer beware world, I'm afraid. Many of us do what we can and
hope most folks don't get burned too badly.
-- JR
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