Actually, this practice has been around for over a decade. I recall a seller on TIAS in the early 2000s "borrowed" photos and descriptions from numerous antiques and vintage sellers all over the web. She was discovered when one of the sellers of the actual items was testing the SEO for his website, and found a duplicate listing in the TIAS shop. The stealing TIASite had her shop temporarily closed, but a few months later was back in business on the same site. Apparently venue owners do not see this odd business practice as a problem. Which is mistaken, in my opinion, because someone who makes a purchase from a seller who doesn't have the items shown in their shop most likely will have to do a chargeback with their payment processor. This is not a positive thing for the venue hosting the deceptive seller, and a PITA for the buyer.
Doing a quick look for the item on eBay, I found it easily here The eBay seller ID is a similar name to the person who started the Etsy Forums thread. And, wow! They have some amazing vintage jewelry pieces for sale on eBay. Check them out, even just to have a look and enjoy.
The mendacious Etsy shop is WeLoveEstate The seller's Profile Page says they have another Etsy shop, but the shop's name is not disclosed -- a violation of Etsy's rules. Here's the "hijacked" eBay listing in WeLoveEstate's shop.
Note that WeLoveEstate is so confused about what they are selling they listed it as "vintage from the 1980s" even though the information copied from the eBay listing says 1930s.
I took a quick look through WeLoveEstate's other items, and some of them are hijacked from eBay as well. This is a deceptive seller on mendacious Etsy.
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