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Ebay scam burns bride, dashing her dreams, eBay blames the victim
02-28-2006, 02:58 PM,
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Ebay scam burns bride, dashing her dreams, eBay blames the victim
eBay issued a statement yesterday saying they're tough on fraud.  I thought I'd counter that by feeding our RSS feeds some eBay fraud stories  :twistedevil:

Quote:Police there [Michigan] are investigating, and may catch the scammer or a confederate. But there are broader lessons in Smith's story for anyone new to eBay.

One is that eBay says it can only warn against scams, not prevent them. "Ultimately, this is between the buyer and seller. This is just a venue," spokesman Hani Durzy told me.

Don't expect much sympathy, either. Durzy even suggested that Smith "let her greed get the best of her" in falling for the scam. "What she did is the online equivalent of walking out of a store and buying something in a back alley," he says.

For that matter, eBay doesn't even count such "back alley" crimes as frauds when it boasts that only a small fraction of total listings - just one-hundredth of 1 percent - "lead to a confirmed case of fraud."

Sure, it's small fraction. But eBay reported 1.9 billion listings in 2005, so it translates into 190,000 confirmed frauds in one year...

Smith is understandably angered by the suggestion she fell victim to her own greed...

full article: http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/inq...source=rss&channel=inquirer_business
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02-28-2006, 05:45 PM,
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Quote:One is that eBay says it can only warn against scams, not prevent them. "Ultimately, this is between the buyer and seller. This is just a venue," spokesman Hani Durzy told me.

Don't expect much sympathy, either. Durzy even suggested that Smith "let her greed get the best of her" in falling for the scam. "What she did is the online equivalent of walking out of a store and buying something in a back alley," he says.

Hazy Dizzy is an Confusedmileyazwipe: and always has been...even when he was the spokesIT for ChipShot.  eBay might protect its ass from liability by blaming the victim, but its "blame the victim" statements are also a good way to drive away both current and prospective customers.

Quote:For that matter, eBay doesn't even count such "back alley" crimes as frauds when it boasts that only a small fraction of total listings - just one-hundredth of 1 percent - "lead to a confirmed case of fraud."

It also doesn't count the huge number of designer knockoffs and replicas as fraud, or auctions for "information" on where to buy a laptop, or auctions for pictures of XBoxes as fraud either.  :Smile

Quote:190,000 confirmed frauds

Now add in the number of frauds like this one that were initiated through the eBay site, and the number of knockoffs listed at any given time...

I won't have much sympathy when eBay's "just a venue"  Bs finally gets successfully tested Smile
"Well, Jay was so giddy that someone named Jay was involved with this site we posted our first non-eBay listing in 3 years here at Lunarbid (we tried two items at Yahoo once upon a time, they bombed)" -Marie posting in a LunarBid thread at OTWA in 2005 wins the award for 'most moronic reason ever given for choosing a venue"

"thanks twat u must have nothing better 2 do. do u talk to all your members like that. will not be recomending your site.
best way to put it is TULIPTOOLS.COM IS REALLY SHIT. DONT JOIN." -pubescent owner of rinky dink off2auction.com in 2011
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02-28-2006, 10:10 PM,
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Hissy Dipsy is an  :asshat2:
OAI Moron Hall of Fame
<i>sell-thru is an irrelevant and illogical consideration.</i>
-KaRay, owner of WP giving selling advice, 2006

<i>the site was 'NOT' hacked but the little script that had recipes on had the link altered</i>
-Plunderhere Owner Mark Taylor after his site was hacked by a Chinese hacker gang, 2008

Some people have it like that, others don’t. I do.
-Probidscripts owner Spencer Osama Binweb Laden Ray bragging about his ability to scam the OAI without feeling any guilt, 2008.

How does an auction site get buyers?
-question asked at PSU by owner of auction site BidBeaver.ca, 2008

How do I get sales?
-question asked at PSU by online store owner, 2009.

I was told by my Tech. Support that my site dont really need SSL.. his servers
are well protected and that info your providing to join aint really top secret information

-owner of auction site TheTraderOutlet.com discussig his site's lack of basic security, 2009
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04-03-2006, 07:41 AM,
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A followup.  The victim wrote a letter to the Philadelphia Inquirer criticizing eBay and Hani Durzy

Quote:I wanted to respond to remarks about me by eBay spokesman Hani Durzy in Jeff Gelles' Feb. 27 Consumer Watch column, in which Mr. Durzy suggested I was a greedy person because I allowed a criminal "to get the best of" me.

Mr. Durzy: you have essentially, insulted a majority of your 157.3 million customers who are also shopping in your own "back alley" looking for lower-cost alternatives. Meanwhile, eBay apparently doesn't think twice about turning its back, even thumbing its nose, when the site has been a welcome mat for greedy criminals who walk confidently into its customers' homes like a trustworthy friend, eBay logo in hand, to steal their hard-earned money.

full article: http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/business/14241363.htm
photo of eBay spokesh.IT Hiney Dirty-> Boinktard
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