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發表於 2008-7-18 01:51:30
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原帖由 70869413 於 2008-7-17 10:43 PM 發表 
It is quite interesting to see what email address that ONE new member with ONE single post use to register...
Might not be real but still... interesting
Let bygones be bygones, mate.
There's no point to continue pinpointing certain members in any way.
As far as I'm concerned, it's theory vs actual practice.
Let me clarify that I do not like the kind of ambiguity that exists on shirt description, on ebay and elsewhere. The fact of the matter is, it's been a common practice in ebay for a long time, and it has been for a reason. In addition to the reasons already mentioned by Kin and Louis, I'd like to add a couple more.
We all know it's best to specify a shirt as match worn, player spec., etc, but in reality shirts are not often specified in such a way.
This is because it's hard to tell whether some shirts are really worn or not.
For one thing, only a few sources provide buyers with COA and/or details of how the shirts were obtained; for another, it's only common for match shirts to be traded many times among collectors and their specification to become untraceable in the process.
When you get a shirt with signs of having been used/washed, what will you make of it? The fact is, you can never rule out the possibility that it was indeed worn by the player.
For these shirts, you can call them "match issued shirts" by theory, but in fact this could be inaccurate, because of the way people understand the terms.
I'm sure many buyers do not, when they read the words 'match issued' in an auction, think of the possibility of the shirt having been worn.
If you say, "if you're not sure, don't put down 'match worn/issued'... play safe and tag it 'match unworn'", that would not be an accurate description either... people looking for 'match unworn' shirts may want those that are 100% new and never been used.
One thing to bear in mind is that, serious buyers know that real match worn shirts don't come cheap. As they spend thousands of dollars on a match worn shirt, they tend to be more cautious examining the shirt and the title alone may not cause real confusion to them. This is, I reckon, the reason why many auctions are (still) entitled in such a way.
Personally, I treat 'match worn/issued' as a tag for shirts that are at least match unworn and possibly match worn. For those shirts, I would not be surprised to see them look like having been used/washed. Unless the shirt comes from a reputable seller, a COA and/or signs of match, I don't consider it a match worn one, regardless of what the title of the auction says.
For members who stick with clear definition of match shirts, I think you have your case... I'm sure if every shirt is tagged accurately, the whole ebay or shirt-selling business will be wonderful, and especially so to newbies.
I'm just stating again that this has been a common practice for a long time, and the idea -- or mere implication -- that someone who 'plays by the rules' is out to confuse or even cheat people with nonsense titles and descriptions can be rather offensive. |
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