Why don’t people post seller details publicly anymore

I’ve not been in rep subreddits since Tony’s 1:1 jordan 1’s and repladies did 300 paragraph reviews - can someone pls help me me with some things:

- With seller details, why does everyone keep dm instead of just posting it? And why do people say dm’s are the easiest way to get scammed erm I’m not getting it? If it’s a fake number couldn’t u get scammed both ways even if they posted it publicly instead of dm?

- I read someone go on a tangent about how the factory’s don’t actually exist with those names and it’s a western buyer fad. I don’t really mind that bit but, it affects us if seller’s don’t consistently source from the same factory and you get discrepancies in results. You might ask for 187 factory and that day they might just be like we’re gonna just send this person a bag from X factory and you just wouldn’t really know? This brings me to my next point..

- I feel like SO many more people are purchasing reps this way. I don’t think majority of people actually know what they’re buying or what to look for and quite literally wouldn’t notice if they were sent a mid tier factory bag vs 187. So do sellers also perceive this lack of choosiness in buyers nowadays and have gotten more sloppy with what they send out??

- what is a group buy?

- why do sellers actually flood the subreddits and no one removes it where are the mods ? Do they exist? Where did the rep ladies veterans go did they just stop buying reps

- if you can’t trust the seller list where are you finding sellers? Posts? So, what are you just dming them and they send over the seller’s whatsaap? How are you trusting that?

- when ppl say you can’t trust sellers anymore I think worst case scenario is being sent nothing and getting blocked which I feel like is super rare. My concern is not having items sourced from the factory I’m asking or not getting the batch I specifically asked for, so as long as a seller consistently delivers specific batches I’m happy. How do you find them though?

- do sellers not have yupoo’s anymore so you can scroll through what they have or what the factory sells? What about store fronts on 1688 or wedian? How can I see all the different classic flap styles a factory makes or do you send an authentic of what you want and ask the seller if the factory has it ?

- seen so many qc posts where multiple people genuinely comment gl when even a non rep wearer could tell it’s fake, are people like okay ?

- why for certain ‘niche’ items, like a certain type of lv trainer let’s say, do people act like they know the seller and they co-develop it to get rid of the flaws like “oh I spoke to x seller and he said with the new batch he’s fixing the toe box” they’re very accessible and these same sellers only do that one product which is their bread and butter - THESE ARE THE BEST TYPES OF SELLERS but why don’t they exist for purses ? They only ever seem to exist for men !! And you get one consistent seller and that’s their batch, it’s so much easier.

Sorry for loads of questions!