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Why eBay Sucks
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Ebay and Paypal |
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2005-07-24 23:21:40 |
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ikg
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Response to: Ebay and Paypal
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I'm bone fide British journo investigating eBay for a news story for national British newspaper
I'm particularly interested in the fact that ebay turns a blind eye to fraud
Allows very libellous feedback from the frausters to remain on your account - even when they have closed the fraudster down
ie their rules transcend the laws of the land
eBay atre 'control freaks' ie troublemakers are only allowed to send very few PMs to sellers and other buyers
etc etc
anyone who weould like to tell me stuff off the record or like their tales of woe featured (preferrably on the record) then please email me in confidence at ian at ikg dot org dot uk
thanks
ian
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Ebay and Paypal
2005-08-17 10:26:52
LoadOfBull.com
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The item was a lawn tractor, This particular brand back through the 1980’s when this machine was built not only built their own equipment but also was somehow involved with John Deere and later Cub Cadet and sold lawn tractors under their nameplate and color that were built by John Deere and Cub Cadet (much like Sears does today with the Craftsman lawn tractors).
Now herein lies the problem, By putting (not John Deere Cub Cadet) in the title I was intending to express this was not BUILT by John Deere or Cub Cadet, It wasn’t intended as keyword spam or search engine manipulation at all, Just a statement of truth and fact.
So if your still with me on this, Hasn’t eBay now outlawed the TRUTH by canceling this auction?? LMAO
For those who have been burned by sellers on E-bay, Know we aren’t all like that. I have been selling on eBay for over 5 years and (knock on wood) haven’t had too much trouble from bidders. I’m probably overly cautious about who I buy from and have never bought anything from outside the U.S. and Canada. It’s the worlds largest garage (or perhaps garbage) sale and you just have to try to look at who your dealing with and what possible recourse you may have should things go bad. Also I don’t buy from anyone that doesn’t at least put their E-mail address if not a phone number in their listing. I quit putting my phone number because I was tired of answering the phone at 3am, But I still have my E-mail address right on the auction page.
Also look at things like E-mail addresses, AOL and a lot of the free E-mail services use spam control that may block your messages. So I always try to contact the person before I bid so I know communication is possible. If the e-mail address is from a site you never heard of go look at that site. A lot of us have our own websites we use for sales or just for hosting pictures, You can look up who owns the website too and get a better idea of who your dealing with. Many like me are quite visible once you start looking at things like that. And for those who might be looking, I own a total of 6 websites, None of which make me any money though. LoL
Is eBay a rip off, Hell yea it is!! But unfortunately some like myself are stuck with it until something better comes along.