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   Anytime anything good happens...

   

   DittoBox, Jun 5th, 2006 @ 8:33am

   
   

   Anytime anything good happens, the government no matter how small always wants a piece of the pie, and they'll stick their grubby little thumb into just after scratching their bum before just to secure their pie...even if they never end up eating it.
   
   Rotten good for nothing politicians.

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   Ebay only cares if...

   

   Howard, Jun 5th, 2006 @ 8:56am

   
   

   Ebay only cares if something happens that will impact their income in a major way. Not all of their interests are aligned with their users'. They are getting so many fraud complaints now that they can't respond in time to make a difference in any given case. They are also uninterested in enforcing their own rules except in cases where it has a major impact on their income. For instance, there are thousands of 1-cent BIN listings active right now, which have shipping charges that reflect the actual cost of the item (plus a miniscule actual S&H). This is a way to for a scammer to avoid ever having to deal with returned defective merchandise, because you can only get back the penny 'cost', and not the enormous "shipping & handling" charge.

   BTW, these scammers have by & large learned how to play the feedback game so that their feedback numbers are unrelated to actual customer satisfaction.

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   Re: Ebay only cares if...

   

   Mousky, Jun 5th, 2006 @ 9:46am

   
   

   First, it is a good thing that eBay cares about income. Companies tend to 'last' longer when they make a profit.

   Second, care to cite a reliable source that eBay is "getting so many fraud complaints"? Just because people complain does not mean that fraud is rampant - people that have a negative experience are more likely to complain and be vocal about that experience than people who have a positive experience.

   Third, there is this small thing called "buyer beware". No one is forcing anyone to buy anything through eBay.

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   Re: Re: Ebay only cares if...

   

   ehrichweiss, Jun 5th, 2006 @ 10:35am

   
   

   "Second, care to cite a reliable source that eBay is "getting so many fraud complaints"? Just because people complain does not mean that fraud is rampant - people that have a negative experience are more likely to complain and be vocal about that experience than people who have a positive experience."
   
   While I see your point somewhat, you forget that people who are scammed do not often have POSITIVE experiences. And not all people who are scammed will file a report so it's likely that you have only heard the tip of the proverbial iceberg.
   
   *I* am a totally reliable source for fraud complaints because I have about 100 cases documented that I discovered(without a dollar of my money being spent thankfully) and reported; some of those cases were likely the same person/group but they are definitely there and if you are aware how scams work, you can see them a mile away.

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   Re: Ebay only cares if...

   

   Anonymous Coward, Jun 5th, 2006 @ 11:19am

   
   

   Having problems on ebay myself, when you file a dispute with PayPal, it's for the whole amount including S&H. If people didn't more often buy lower price items with higher S&H versus the other way around, it wouldn't be done.

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   John Bailey, Jun 5th, 2006 @ 12:15pm

   
   

   I've been using Ebay for several years now. So far, so good. There is fraud on Ebay, just like the rest of the world. Where there is money, there is fraud. But there are way more idiots who get auction fever and refuse to let go of an item until it costs more than retail. I wonder how many are the victims of these frauds.

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   Ebay

   

   online auctions, Feb 14th, 2007 @ 6:31pm

   
   

   This is a very sad truth. They are getting a lot of complains right now, but I think they should have dealt with those same problems when there were not that many. That is where they made the biggest mistake.

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