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Although in this case it's a marketplace, so shouldn't it be the seller that's responsible for selling a prohibited item?

It's not necessarily about the item in question, that's just one of several red flags, and missing pieces of information.

In any sort of 'case' like this, it's very important to have all the facts, and refrain from jumping to conclusions.

No, it's because if the specific details were included then the posters would be doxing themselves. It's very easy to lookup sold listings on eBay.

What an incredibly bizarre comment - What's sort of harm comes from someone knowing your ebay account name? Come on, now.

Thank you... had to scroll a little too far to find this type of comment.

People are very quick to jump on the outrage bandwagon.

It was an iPhone 2G according to the OP.