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I've also had completely unrelated stuff come up in eBay searches too just because some retarded seller titles the auction to drag in more traffic. It is annoying. I see the "Treasure Hunt" issue brought up on nearly a weekly basis on the diecast groups on Facebook. Most of the time it's a veteran collector just ranting about the whole deal much as you are, but a lot of time's it ends up being a new collector that's all confused about it. And that's the worst part about it. I haven't seen any posts about a newbie that's been duped by the auctions, but I'm sure it happens a lot.

I've never sold anything from my collection on eBay, but I'm very detail-oriented and honest to a fault when it comes to stuff like that, so my listings would be very specific and to the T. I could never be a used car salesman.

Then you have stuff like this Hyper Mite. Seriously? $3,000 for a car worth $2 at most? This has to be some sort of money laundering deal or something. I see it often, though. People asking $50-60 for a current car I just saw on the pegs.

As with anything, it's always "buyer beware." I'm sure there are other collectible hobbies on eBay that have similar sneaky goings on.