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eBay: Friend or Foe - Part 1

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"gramma1111 wrote: I have to beg to disagree with those of you, like Jim Dude and Slatts, who say that "eBay is not evil, people are evil",or that "eBay doesn't rip off people,people rip off ..."
 
Mickey Mouse Tickets
Jodi Hansen purchased Mickey’s Toon Town Madness tickets for Disneyland on eBay prior to flying to the US in November 2007. “The tickets were from a seller in the US and I knew that they wouldn’t arrive in time, so I asked for them to be sent to a friend in the US,” says Jodi.

“With 2 weeks to go until to my Disneyland visit, I discovered that my friend had refused an unidentified parcel that did not cover the correct postage,” Jodi told us, “The post office told him it was a parcel and he was expecting my tickets to be a simple letter." Jodi had to take a one hour bus ride out from her holiday so that she could get online and contact the seller. The seller reposted the tickets to the Disneyland Hotel where Jodi and her family would be staying.

“We arrived at Disneyland to find the tickets still had not arrived. Finally, we had only one day left to use the tickets, and still no sign of them. I was disappointed and felt annoyed at myself for having spent $60 on nothing.”

As luck would have it, Jodi was offered three tickets to Mickey’s Toon Town Madness by someone who was going home early the next morning. “It was amazing that the very thing that I had purchased and not received actually ended up coming my way in the end. We had a great time at Toon Town, and wouldn’t you know it, the eBay tickets arrived that day, too late to use.”

Wholesale prices
Rob Kettle contacted us to let us know about scammers, “I can’t remember the last time I listed an electrical item and didn’t get contacted multiple times per item from fake scammers wanting to sell me electrical goods at supposed ‘wholesale’ prices.”

Rob has also found that as a seller, eBay’s ability to suspend users accounts instantaneously has been a problem. “I’ve had a couple of buyers win an auction, then find that eBay has suspended their account,” he told us. Unsure what to do, his emails to eBay asking if he could receive payment and send the item out received no response. It left Rob in limbo: “All I could do was just wait and see whether the users account became active again. Luckily both users become active and they honoured the sale by sending payment.”

Copyright © 2009 Dennis Publishing
This article appeared in the April, 2008 issue of PC Authority.
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Jammit
Apr 17, 2008 11:32 PM
This whole site - every word and every part of every site in every link, is my submission to the ACCC's probe on Ebay and Paypal policies and practices - and their forcing people to use paypal exclusively.

I hate ebay.


http://www.blognow.com.au/fuckebay/85826/Ebay_now_forces_all_sellers_to_ONLY_use_paypal.html

http://www.blognow.com.au/fuckebay/83494/Jason_goes_Gunning_for_PayPal.html

http://www.blognow.com.au/fuckebay/85837/He_hates_Ebay_and_Pay_Pal_too_-_wwwscrew-paypalcom_-_Aussie039s_fight_back.html

http://www.blognow.com.au/fuckebay/24012/Fuck_Ebay_-_here_are_some_75_alternatives_to_Ebay.html


Cheers


Shane


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eBay: Friend or Foe - Part 1?
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DeathBySlinky
Apr 24, 2008 10:19 PM
Jammit,

Yes, E-Bay is not the most reliable of auction sites out there, but it IS trusted by many people in this country, myself included...

There are some dishonest people out there, as there always will be. I, myself, only buy from Paypal users, as I use paypal myself for the buyer protection that is offered up to a certain amount.

Don't Diss What You Can't Control, mate.

Peace Out,
DeathBySlinky
3sun
Jun 16, 2008 2:07 PM
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Jun 16, 2008 2:10 PM
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willwhite
Jul 22, 2008 1:09 PM
I have used eBay a lot over the years. And have ever been scammed up until recently! :-(

I still make the odd purchase but use this service before making bids

http://www.auctionerrol.com
Jim.Dude
Jul 22, 2008 6:16 PM
I actually used to sell graphics cards on eBay back in the day of the Radeon 9200SE...woot.
I think it's important to remember that eBay isn't evil, people are evil. If shoddy people weren't ripping off naive nooblets then the problems would cease to exist.
Slatts
Jul 22, 2008 7:25 PM
Jim.Dude wrote:
I actually used to sell graphics cards on eBay back in the day of the Radeon 9200SE...woot.
I think it's important to remember that eBay isn't evil, people are evil. If shoddy people weren't ripping off naive nooblets then the problems would cease to exist.

Or to paraphrase: "Ebay doesn't rip off people.[-x People rip off people.:evil: "
gramma1111
Jul 31, 2008 6:06 PM
I have to beg to disagree with those of you, like Jim Dude and Slatts, who say that "eBay is not evil, people are evil",or that "eBay doesn't rip off people,people rip off people". Puhlease! I operated a small store on (pardon me) Greedbay, I finally shut it down, because the "upper eschelon" got so greedy that their fees were blowing off the roof. Sure, there are evil people, and when I encountered a couple in particular, did Greedbay step in to help? Why of course not, why should they, all they have to do is sit back in their easy chairs and rake in the dough. I have opened another small store, not on GreedBay, but on eBid.net, where the upper eschelon actually still interacts with their sellers and buyers. If I have a problem, the top dog comes to find out why! Now that is the kind of place that GreedBay should strive to be.
Jim.Dude
Jul 31, 2008 7:03 PM
gramma1111 wrote:
I have to beg to disagree with those of you, like Jim Dude and Slatts, who say that "eBay is not evil, people are evil",or that "eBay doesn't rip off people,people rip off people". Puhlease! I operated a small store on (pardon me) Greedbay, I finally shut it down, because the "upper eschelon" got so greedy that their fees were blowing off the roof. Sure, there are evil people, and when I encountered a couple in particular, did Greedbay step in to help? Why of course not, why should they, all they have to do is sit back in their easy chairs and rake in the dough. I have opened another small store, not on GreedBay, but on eBid.net, where the upper eschelon actually still interacts with their sellers and buyers. If I have a problem, the top dog comes to find out why! Now that is the kind of place that GreedBay should strive to be.


Well, I was talking from the buyers perspective (although I can't speak on Slatts behalf).

But! I do completely agree with you about the fees, I used to sell FX cards on there in the old days. Ebay charges ALOT of fees, most of which aren't required and they take ALOT of money for doing very little.

Having said that, that occurs because MANY buyers simply don't pay their fees, instead choosing to register new names over and over again, thus robbing ebay blind. So it's a two way street.

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