ebay - utterly shameless

[swee'pea99]

Right, so this seller is supplying £120 items for £14.50 (or make an offer!) and nothing within ebay's processes is set up to notice and prevent such flagrant fraud. I spotted one like this a couple of weeks ago and rang ebay and they said thanks very much and shortly afterwards the listing disappeared - but not before taking £3000 of people's money with it. (And yes I'm sure there are processes that would enable refunds, but I bet most people write it off rather than spend hours jumping thru' hoops. Meanwhile ebay get their 10%.) When I reported another one a couple of days later, again I was thanked, but this time the listing was still there 24 hours later. This goes on all the time. Ebay must know about it. But why would they put in preventative measures? They get theirs. It's like mobile phone companies effectively colluding with scammers to rip off their customers. It stinks.

And yes, caveat emptor. If you're dumb enough to be taken in by a blatant scam like this then maybe you deserve to be ripped off. But the big companies aren't dumb. They're just utterly cynical.

Here endeth today's rant.

 

[postman]

On returning from Edinburgh last Monday.Mrs P had an e mail from E BAY.They had stopped a number of transactions for eight selfie sticks,Three pairs of mens swimming trunks and one pair of 3d goggles.
All going to an address in Algeria.
Mrs P demanded to know the address ,we were told his name and full address and later on we tracked him down to his Facebook page and his CV on a web site.
Tw==.

 

[Cycleops]

Someone else on here recently bought some Campag brifters for £10 ea thinking he'd got a bargain. If it sounds too good to be true it is always applies.

Ebay should be on the ball but how can they check every listing?

 

[swee'pea99]

Ebay should be on the ball but how can they check every listing?

I'm not for a moment suggesting they should. But it wd be very simple coding to set up a system whereby any new listing for set categories of product flags up warning bells if it's listed at, say, less than 75% of the 'current trending at' price (data ebay already have).

 

[threebikesmcginty]

I always shop the bastards selling CD box sets copied onto an MP3 disc, feckin pirates*



*that actually applies to dodgy sellers and eBay alike.

 

[Tanis8472]

first listing from a search.
Just reported it.

Item location - Ashford Kent (it always is with foreign ones)
Postage - Services from outside UK (Express Delivery from outside UK)

 

[Tanis8472]

Oh dear, someone has already "bought" one

 

[Levo-Lon]

I bought a new phone battery..it's being delivered last weds...ahh well..seller says it was posted.....

 

[Milzy]

0 feedback. Why would you buy from 0 feed back as$ clown??

 

[Joffey]

Someone else on here recently bought some Campag brifters for £10 ea thinking he'd got a bargain. If it sounds too good to be true it is always applies.

Ebay should be on the ball but how can they check every listing?

They were keen to take down my listing for a Paul Smith wallet they thought was fake a few years ago. It wasn't a fake the sods.

 

[Drago]

Cheeky so and so's. After all, you never said it was the Paul Smith

 

[winjim]

Somebody nicked Paul Smith's wallet?

 

[Lonestar]

Oh dear, someone has already "bought" one

Yeah...what a bargain.

 

[classic33]

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Right, so this seller is supplying £120 items for £14.50 (or make an offer!) and nothing within ebay's processes is set up to notice and prevent such flagrant fraud. I spotted one like this a couple of weeks ago and rang ebay and they said thanks very much and shortly afterwards the listing disappeared - but not before taking £3000 of people's money with it. (And yes I'm sure there are processes that would enable refunds, but I bet most people write it off rather than spend hours jumping thru' hoops. Meanwhile ebay get their 10%.) When I reported another one a couple of days later, again I was thanked, but this time the listing was still there 24 hours later. This goes on all the time. Ebay must know about it. But why would they put in preventative measures? They get theirs. It's like mobile phone companies effectively colluding with scammers to rip off their customers. It stinks.

And yes, caveat emptor. If you're dumb enough to be taken in by a blatant scam like this then maybe you deserve to be ripped off. But the big companies aren't dumb. They're just utterly cynical.

Here endeth today's rant.

They did something,

 

[raleighnut]

Cheeky so and so's. After all, you never said it was the Paul Smith

My mate Paul Smith played guitar with the 'Tiger John' blues band.

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