To Ebay Sellers Of Marble "jars"

[honeybern]

To the current upswing in the appearance of marbles in jar listings on eBay, I have penned the following as, what I hope, sends a clear message to sellers of my views on this issue. I would urge you to copy and paste the following as a question for sellers whenever one comes across similar listings or at least compose something in your own words with the same end, in mind:

Question for seller:

"Why are you displaying marbles in a jar? If I were interested in old jars wouldn't I be browsing the eBay old jar listings? That said, I'd only be interested in alternate views of your marbles whereby the jar only acts as an obstruction so I can only assume that there are details regarding the marbles which you prefer to obscure. So I guess I've answered my own question, haven't I? I expect that this listing will be added to the list of all of the other, unsold marbles-in-jars lots which I recently happened to peruse in the completed listings view of your other offerings. Thanks."

[marble novice]

Unfortunately, there are a lot of people out there who are far too lazy, even when it comes to thinking. Otherwise, they'd realize they're just likely wasting their time, potential buyers' time, as well as their listing fee.

[MC Marbles]

I feel the same about marbles photoed in plastic bags!

[wvrons]

You might also suggest that they remove the marbles from the jar and ship seperate from the jar which will be broken.

[lstmmrbls]

There is only one reason 98% of the marbles in a jar are sold that way. They are common or beat to death. Folks just need to realize that.

[Al Oregon]

All of the above are correct and it is the same reason that antique shops sell marbles in jars and many of the eBay sellers are people who sell in antique shops or antique malls