Good Ebay / Bad Ebay

Beachbum

I believe in psychology the term is "enabler".

Well, in my humble opinion, Ebay is an enabler, allowing thousands of seamy semi-con artists access to the worlds greatest internet mega-store.

Of course, many will argue caveat emptor, let the buyer beware....or argue the benefits of the feedback system as a way of keeping things honest. However, does this always work? Of course not as I see nonsense after nonsense each day from outright scammers to shill bidders to WIWAG cards still passing auction to auction.

So, I propose a Good Ebay vs. Bad Ebay . On Good Ebay we have the conscientious, responsible buyer & sellers who are 98% of Ebay. On Bad Ebay, well, lets just say its like walking in the bad part of town alone at night...dog eat dog.

Once you fall below 96% positive feedback, have your account suspended, be found to be part of shill bidding, you are automatically banished to the Ebay "Phantom Zone" ...the BCCG of Ebay...

We can all dream, right?

Too many beers under the Palm tree.

Gottabuyit

the caveat emptor, is just ebay's way of saying "we warned you" so you can't sue them. the shill bidding is supposed to be there already. The negative feedback they only remove the user when his or her rating is a negative 4.

kuhlmann

Beachbum that somewhere is Maui!!!!!!!!!! Ive been there and it is a dream!! the beer seems colder the women look finer and ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. Damn sorry i was day dreaming of muai again!! that place should be illegal!! what a place!

About ebay it wont be long to the government steps in and regulates it. Then everybody will complain about how good it once was!

Beachbum

Nothing like riding up to the volcano summit there or a leisurely drive to the seven pools at Hana or the view of Molokai from the beaches.

Gottabuyit

<< <i>Beachbum that somewhere is Maui!!!!!!!!!! Ive been there and it is a dream!! the beer seems colder the women look finer and ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. Damn sorry i was day dreaming of muai again!! that place should be illegal!! what a place!

About ebay it wont be long to the government steps in and regulates it. Then everybody will complain about how good it once was! >>



There would have to be some serious lawsuits before the government would get in, or the government would have to find some serious evidence that ebay has been doing illegal things. Then again, the Federal government is paying attention to possible attacks, so ebay is the least of their concerns.

sagard

It is not all Ebay's fault. I'm in a situation with a guy from a small Michigan town. I call that town's police department and they tell me there isn't any statute to cover the fraud via the internet.

My guy had a feedback of over 300 with a single negative. He was advertising all the cards he had been buying over the last few months. We will see if PayPal's buyers protection means a thing, at least I'm qualified.

Gottabuyit

That's true, the laws don't help much either. I knew someone that worked at a pharmacy. She said someone stole a couple of dollars worth of candy. They called the police, they said why were they wasting their time. They can't arrest someone for shoplifting, unless they steal at least $23 worth of items. Basically stealing isn't stealing, even when it is stolen sometimes.

kuhlmann

ahh beachbum you survived the road to hana?? did you turn back or take the ocean desert side? man what a time i had there!!went fishing at lahiana harbor, on the boat np problem i believe. I caught a 3 pound skip jack tuna thats the only bad thing about the whole trip!!!

Beachbum

Went the ocean "scenic" route and didn't know 6miles as the crow flies could become 40 miles of identical twisting roadway!

My highlight was sunrise at the top of Haleakala; at 10,000 feet it was 30 degrees and sunrise over the crater, in the clouds, looked like you should be seeing this out an airplane window or like the moonscape....awesome....

Ahem...back to cards...I see at least 6 posts or more since this went up about Ebay gone awry.

Its the only game in town...but that reminds me of the excuses you hear when you ask my fellow New Yorkers how they tolerate traffic or $55 parking tickets..."what are you gonna do" (shrug).

It seems we should be able to do something....anything......

kuhlmann

IM a new york native myself left when i was 15 so parking tickets i dont know about! Mets i do!!!!!
As for ebay no matter how many of us complain about it we will continue to use it bc it works.
if yahoo maybe advertised the heck out of there auctions they could compete but they dont seem to care right now! 5 cents to list compared to 30 cents adds up.

Beachbum

Beautiful moon over the water here tonight.....now I got this song in my head Kuhlmann:

" Meet the Mets, meet the Mets
come on in and greet the Mets,
Hot dogs, green grass all out at Shea, guaranteed you'll have a heck of a day"

LOL

habs71

<< <i>It is not all Ebay's fault. I'm in a situation with a guy from a small Michigan town. I call that town's police department and they tell me there isn't any statute to cover the fraud via the internet. >>



You may want to pass this site on to that police department!


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