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Default Old Yixing teapots on Ebay


Cameron Lewis wrote:
> Also, I'm pretty sure that the pu'erh he's got listed is fake. I don't
> think Menghai was using the dayi wrapper in '99 and the cake itself
> looks no older than an '04.
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> Cameron
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> Bill Wolfe wrote:
> > Does anyone have experience buying teapots from the ebay store
> > http://stores.ebay.com/5000friend ?
> > They have a large selection of yixing listed as pre-1960 at what look
> > like reasonable prices, even allowing for ~$30 shipping. They also
> > seem to have decent feedback and several repeat customers. Everything
> > I read about buying Yixing--old or new--screams caveat emptor, but some
> > of those pots look pretty neat to me.


Is there a way to report such things on eBay without already having
been ripped off?