Title: Ebay fraud suit
Post by: Lulu on January 31, 2006, 07:40:54 am
Came across this article. I wonder what the fall out will be if Ebay loses.
http://news.tbo.com/news/nationworld/MGB93UPA2JE.html
http://news.tbo.com/news/nationworld/MGB93UPA2JE.html
Title: Ebay fraud suit
Post by: jasmine64 on January 31, 2006, 09:22:43 am
I read that Sunday.
How in the world can it be policed for fraud.
How in the world can it be policed for fraud.
Title: Ebay fraud suit
Post by: davethebirdman on January 31, 2006, 10:20:06 am
You are right that it would be impossible to Police the Millions of items.
What really annoys me is the efforts you go to to report a fruadulent entry and then Ebay either do nothing about it or are very slow to act. In the meantime some poor sod has lost a load of money.
On their tool bar there should be a heading with one click to report a fruadulent entry rather than you having to navigate halfway around the site to find the correct way to do it.
Dave
What really annoys me is the efforts you go to to report a fruadulent entry and then Ebay either do nothing about it or are very slow to act. In the meantime some poor sod has lost a load of money.
On their tool bar there should be a heading with one click to report a fruadulent entry rather than you having to navigate halfway around the site to find the correct way to do it.
Dave
Title: Ebay fraud suit
Post by: on January 31, 2006, 10:34:23 am
That is a great idea Dave. Trying to report problems there is a joke. I believe that it is the responsibility of the buyer to determin if the seller is good or not, but once something shows up and is fraudulant ebay needs to be more helpful is resolving the problem.
Title: Ebay fraud suit
Post by: MoonDawg on January 31, 2006, 11:48:31 am
Since E-bay owns paypal they could offer an escrow service. Paypal holds the funds until the product is delivered. Package could be inspected and either be accepted of refused, and reflected in feedback section. I'm sure they will want to charge the buyer a fee for this security feature, and .......... imagine the interest income on the funds held by Paypal worldwide for that extra 5 to 7 days. Only honest sellers would agree to this arrangement.
Title: Ebay fraud suit
Post by: Jim on January 31, 2006, 12:35:39 pm
Very interesting...
Title: Ebay fraud suit
Post by: jasmine64 on January 31, 2006, 12:49:13 pm
Didnt they offer an escrow service in the past?
Title: Ebay fraud suit
Post by: audiobeer on January 31, 2006, 02:22:46 pm
Birdman hit it right on the nose. What an extreme effort it takes to report anything! Try it sometime. It would take you an hour just to report what should only take seconds if you are not familiar with it. Ebay wants nothing to do with employing human beings other than programers.
Title: Ebay fraud suit
Post by: jasmine64 on January 31, 2006, 02:54:19 pm
Thats one of the reasons I closed my ebay store and now building a web site
Title: Ebay fraud suit
Post by: dr galaga on January 31, 2006, 05:48:25 pm
| Quote (davethebirdman @ Jan. 31 2006,10:20) |
| On their tool bar there should be a heading with one click to report a fruadulent entry rather than you having to navigate halfway around the site to find the correct way to do it. |
That's the idea. They purposly make it difficult for you to do it.
Title: Ebay fraud suit
Post by: sodaworks on January 31, 2006, 06:33:39 pm
Ebay could easily solve the problem if they wanted to. I tried to go through them once on a fraudulent matter only to say 
it. 
Don't ever buy any soda stuff from a guy by the name of Chilicard.
it. Don't ever buy any soda stuff from a guy by the name of Chilicard.