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<p>[QUOTE="mirana, post: 10287827, member: 79705"]A <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontil_mark" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontil_mark" rel="nofollow">pontil or punt mark</a> is from breaking off the punt stick during a hand blowing process. It usually looks like a broken roundish spot unless it has been ground off, which usually leaves a lil matte spot or a bump/divot. If it's perfect circle lines then that would be from a mold.</p><p><br /></p><p>E bay descriptions were always untrustworthy from everyone copying and using someone else's keywords, but now they are a complete and utter <i>wasteland </i>because of the new AI description writing "feature". With the click of a button you too can have an actual garbage dump word salad to impress and baffle your buyers! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie96" alt=":wacky:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>If a description seems nonsensical it's because it's the AI and no one bothered editing it. I see it on like 1/3 to 1/2 of the auctions I look at daily, and the rest have hit the "Sell One Like This" button and copy pasted their terms in the space. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="mirana, post: 10287827, member: 79705"]A [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontil_mark']pontil or punt mark[/URL] is from breaking off the punt stick during a hand blowing process. It usually looks like a broken roundish spot unless it has been ground off, which usually leaves a lil matte spot or a bump/divot. If it's perfect circle lines then that would be from a mold. E bay descriptions were always untrustworthy from everyone copying and using someone else's keywords, but now they are a complete and utter [I]wasteland [/I]because of the new AI description writing "feature". With the click of a button you too can have an actual garbage dump word salad to impress and baffle your buyers! :wacky: If a description seems nonsensical it's because it's the AI and no one bothered editing it. I see it on like 1/3 to 1/2 of the auctions I look at daily, and the rest have hit the "Sell One Like This" button and copy pasted their terms in the space. :rolleyes:[/QUOTE]
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