"eBay is ignoring police and customers"

[bluebedouin]

Why are we not surprised?
An article from cbcnews.

[johnwash1]

Who in their right mind wires $20,000 to anyone for a car? I'm no defender of eBay, but really some people need their heads examining. Even if it's a real seller and a real car, wouldn't you want to go VISIT and SEE the car before giving even the Dalai Lama a sniff of your money? Maybe just to kick the tyres and see if the wheels fall off?

Should I start auctioning "mystery boxes" for 100 quid a pop? Unlike the Canadian scammer, I'll actually deliver you something if you bid!

[Cocksparrer]

Chiltern Radio Monday 10th December if you can get it 10am - 12pm Apparently ebays big wig is being interviewed and will respond to customers queries.

[emma5721]

"We're the biggest!

We're the best!
There's more fraud on eBay
Than on all the rest!"

The comments in this message are those of the individual poster and do not reflect the official position of eBid or its other members.

lol
wonder if they learn how to do it at the university - ebay university

[merlin]

thats nothing i am ignoring ebay lol

[Cocksparrer]

thats nothing i am ignoring ebay lol

LOL so am I, theyre threatening to take me to court for a so called £5.35 they claim I owe them when I closed my account, thing is I paid them via Peepal so whos gonna look stupid, certainly not me

[melboy]

why not read a bit more into it before jumpin aboard the "I hate ebay" bandwaggon...

(quote)
Manager, Public Relations eBay

Written by Erin Sufrin on 2007-12-07 09:32:29Hi Michael,

In reference to your blog post "RCMP Says Ebay Not Cooperating With Investigation", please allow me to clarify and provide the correct facts of the situation. In particular, that this was not an eBay transaction. It was done through personal email. The alleged fraud occurred outside of eBay.

1. The listing in question was clearly fraudulent and was removed by eBay within hours of it being posted

2. There was no winning bidder, as the listing was removed before the auction closed. When a suspicious listing is removed, all bidders are notified that eBay believes the listing to be fraudulent, and are warned not to complete the transaction off eBay. Regrettably, in some cases (as in this one), buyers continue to deal directly with sellers “off eBay” via personal email to complete a transaction.

3. eBay continually cautions its buyers not to pursue items – particularly expensive ones - that appear too good to be true. We also advise buyers against wire transfers. In fact, instant cash transfer services are banned on eBay because they are unsafe.

4. eBay has a global Fraud Investigations Team (FIT) who collaborates with law enforcement to assist in their investigations to take action against buyers and sellers committing any illegal activity on our site. Furthermore, the RCMP officer referenced in your article is a member of PhoneBusters, which eBay is also a member of. Had we received any correspondence from the RCMP regarding this issue, we certainly would have responded.

Again, let me say that we are sorry to hear about Mr. Duraj's difficulties.

Regards,
Erin Sufrin
eBay Canada (unquote)
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[silkcityuk2]

i still dont get why buyers hate ebay, i understand why sellers do

[Honehe]

The problem with buying on ebay () is you often have to pay more to cover all of the fees. If they dropped their sellers fees, it would be cheaper to buy there. Also, Ebay seems to ignore complaints about scammers - I've reported people selling illegal items (dvd rips for example), and they've ignored me. At least admin listen here ()

[madelaine]

Very Delphic, Gillianp! What on earth do you mean?