Ebay has a policy that the posting must state if it is cut from a magazine. If you go back to the original listing you will probably find in the smallest of small print the wording stating that it is cut from a magazine. If there are 15 patterns in a magazine and even 10 of them are complete when torn out that person just took a $5 magazine and turned it into at least a $10 profit!
It is frustrating and infuriating if you bid and don't notice it....,I've fallen victim multiple times. I now know to look for it.