11-03-2005, 10:52 AM
Quote:A leading fashion designer was forced to watch helplessly as a stolen collection of her hand-made clothes was sold for a fraction of its value on the online auction site eBay.
Jessica Ogden said she had notified both eBay and the Metropolitan Police that her stolen clothes were being openly sold, but neither took action.
Ogden said yesterday that the site had now contacted her to apologise for its delay in responding. But the success of the auction site, which is said to have up to 10 million UK users, has been accompanied by persistent reports that it has replaced the pub and the car boot sale as a means of selling goods obtained illegally.
full article: http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/a...324295.ece