beware of that Picasso you bought on ebay, it is likely a fake  

I've seen so many people on the court tv programs who have been scammed by buying what they thought were authentic pieces of art or autographed things and wonder where in the world their minds were. If I could afford that stuff ebay would not be the place I would be looking.

i would be skeptical of most things on ebay like that - I think If I am going to spend that kind of money I would have it appraised by a certified appraiser...

I recently started a "This Week on Ebay" column on one of my blogs for the stupid things on ebay - so far i've found mcdonald's garbage, an orange dot that doesn't exist (hey at least they're honest about ripping you off, lol)...an empty can of coke - nothing special about it - for $53...a strawberry that supposedly looks like jesus...

I think this is why other than looking for stuff to put on my site and joke about I don't use the site :)

I would not even think of buying an expensive painting on ebay, it would have to be false,

the art galleries are the place for those kinds of transactions, even auction houses, world famous ones at that.

hmm. i will surely not going to believe that some one is really selling a real picasso on ebay. of course when you have a painting as good or as famous as picasso. ebay is not really the place to sell it. and you will know instantly that the person selling one is really a fraud and a scam. picasso could be sold only in art galleries if they are real and if they are not stolen . most probably if they are really they have been stolen some where. i just don't know if there are some people who have fallen into such obvious lies and scams.

i have not really experience. i have not bought any thing there and i have not auctioned any thing there too. hopefully i will be able to buy and find some cheap things . but i am really surprised that most of the item is have seen their are really as expensive as in other stores here in my place or near my place. i thought that ebay should suppose to be a place for cheap things. well i hope that there will less scamming on ebay. well as of now i still don't really trust ebay any longer. i just avoid to use or buy from there. i will just look at some items to compare some prices . but that's it i will not want to buy any thing from there. i will going to buy on reputed stores here in my place.

I might think a Cabbage Patch doll was the real thing with a certificate of authenticity, but never a priceless painting! If someone truly parted with 50 G's then that person had more money than they had sense. Sorry but that is the way I feel about e-Bay.