And if you’ve got an eBay account, and are logged in when you view his listing, you’ll probably get an offer of 5% off. I did. So if you want to take a flyer… 
I got the same offer lol. But I wasn’t the one that wanted to buy it, I just commented on it. It’s a little odd too that he keeps banging on about giving you results of an xrf test. Seems to me if he was confident of the veracity of the hallmarks, that would be its own mark of purity.
I think he’s just cutting and pasting boilerplate, to keep the rubes happy. There’s another very good seller who can’t resist what I refer to as “listing puffery.” Almost everything is “rare” and “museum quality.” Even funnier, he often tells you what other vaguely related pieces have sold for at auction, or what prices they’re listed at on top-gouge sites like Chairish or 1stDibs.
And it’s never even something truly comparable. It’s like someone trying to justify his asking price for a Fabergé cigarette case by telling you how much the Easter eggs sell for. His buyers aren’t taken in by that - they generally know what they’re doing.
My favourite “listing puffery” is the paragraphs of AI generated non information peppered with phrases like “this epitome of Edwardian elegance” but no useful information like measurement or weight or maker. Or the straight flim flam like “sterling silver, fully hallmarked” and then a photo of “EPNS” is gothic letters. I always message them to say that it is not sterling and they should modify the listing. They always reply that they will and then, of course, never do.
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“A valuable addition to any collection, one that is sure to impress!”
Yeah, howdy, that does it for me! I’m lunging for that “Buy It Now” button!
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