Re: an ebay question Message #8 Posted by Tom (UK) on 1 Feb 2005, 3:55 a.m., in response to message #5 by Paul Johnsn
I am not a lawyer so my comments are just that, comments. With difficult sellers you should be firm and act fast.
Here in the UK there is a class of crime if you know (or should have known) you have assisted a fraud. Ebay may just be introducing people but they should police their system and take action to stop or correct fraud when it is reported to them. But hey ebay are making millions and the people defrauded are not paying ebay's profits and only loosing a small amount so ebay don't care. As long as the fraudulent seller pays ebay then there is little incentive for ebay to do anything.
Trading across international borders puts the buyer in limbo if there is a dispute.
I have stopped buying anything from ebay over about $50, the amount of listings I see (of items I know about) that have so many glaring 'mistakes' that serve to make the item look better than it is I have many doubts about the seller's competence (or is that honesty?) If it's not listed as it should then I stay well clear.
I bid and won a camera, the buyer banked the cheque and then gave endless excuses why the item wasn't sent. I stuck to a date when he had to send me the item or a refund. When that date passed I immediately filed a non send fraud. Ebay (Europe) did eventually refund some of the money - 6 months later. This was about 18 months ago so they may have changed policy since then.
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