"eBay is sending out emails that offer non-existent discounts, and there is concern that recipients of the misleading emails may believe sellers are using bait-and-switch tactics to deceive customers. The emails recommend products the recipients had recently been viewing, and show free-shipping offers and discounts that sellers had never offered in their listings..."
To the Editor: See this thread about a glitch in the eBay End of Auction emails where additional items from the seller are showing as having free shipping, but when you click on the item link you can see there's a shipping charge.
Yikes! If I were the seller, I'd be worried a hapless buyer would neg/ding me because of such a glitch. Have you seen other reports of this? Unsigned
From the Editor: Yes, as someone in the discussion board notes, I wrote about this same issue in May (link to article).