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Posted at March 9, 2006, 7:16 pm:

Great article. I've started a website to fight fraud on Ebay. Darn shame that Ebay seems to be more interested in collecting fees than in fighting criminals. Seems that it doesn't matter to them how many thousands of people get ripped off every day.....

I love the way some sites order from sellers to make sure that the items being sold are as described! One can only hope that Ebay catches on, hires some people who actually know what antiques and vintage collectibles are, and starts doing the same.

And allowing sellers to hide feedback and bidder's ids certainly doesn't help either. How is a prospective buyer to know what people are saying if the comments can't be read?

Meanwhile - the seller can leave a nasty retaliatory neg against the buyer/victim. Something isn't right here......

Lee Berkovits
www.fraudonebay.net

Original of the message was taken from http://www.auctionbytes.com/forum/phpBB/

Replies:

There's a simple counter to this one.

Kevin, You're right - a lot of this is a slippery slope for Ebay, an...

-+What a great example of why Ebay DOESN'T deal with these kinds of thin...

-+Lee -- Ebay is not the only venue ignoring this type of fraud.

Covering material information from a buyer is one thing - What about i...

What is auctioncities? Lee

You're both right.

I visited your website, Lee, and there was a ton of good useful info t...

I do think it would help alot if ebay did not let the sellers hide the...

I heard someone say that it would be in ebay's financial self-interest...

Millenium Raven - Thanks for the compliments.

Lee, by chance have you had the chance to go through eBay express yet?...

Thanks for letting me know.

so, what is the old saying, "Caveat emptor!" ??? Ba...

Caveat emptor? Sure - then why have laws against fraud and deception ...

Sorry, but it is not an argument, but just a fact.

Martha - that may well be.

I am with Lee 150% on this.

I did not mean to imply that I thought ebay should not take action whe...

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