Quote:It is the biggest eBay scam ever, with more than $100,000 stolen from innocent bidders all over the continent, KMBC's Lara Moritz reported.
Danielle Stange said she was ripped off and has no way to get her money back
Stange said she got back on eBay and saw that complaints canceled out the previous compliments she had seen.
"He had gotten more than 100 negative feedbacks from people with the same experience as me. They'd sent in money, had gotten confirmation of the payment, but had not seen any of their items," Stange said.
full article:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/kmbc/20051222/lo_kmbc/3137157
82.3% of their 600+ buyers thought they were good sellers
http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback&userid=alisher71
More info is available at the "Alisher Sucks" blog set up by the latest victims of eBay's failure to police its site
http://alischersucks.blogspot.com/
Quote:eBay spokesperson Chris Donnelly said they only "provide the space. How people come together and trade on the space is really up to those individuals."
If I took that attitude with my customers' safety I'd be out of business.
If people want to commit fraud on eBay's site it is up to the individual to decide. If sellers want to accept an online payment service other than PayPal eBay will make the decision. Also up to eBay to decide: shipping times in listings, linking to your web site, etc :
Quote:If I took that attitude with my customers' safety I'd be out of business.
You know it. I hope ebay will be soon. I still see top players being indicted.
Quote:In response, eBay spokesperson Chris Donnelly said they only "provide the space. How people come together and trade on the space is really up to those individuals."
They just keep playing that "only a venue" thing. It's gonna come back and bite them on the ass one day, it's just a matter of time
Angel
