auctions used to be great for bargains, and hard to get items.  Ebay has become a big business now, and P.T. Barnum may have been right about suckers being born, but fool me once shame on them.......if I am stupid enough to use it again I would deserve to be ripped off.  And that is common.  The internet isn't regulated as we all know, and sad to say that people's hard earned money is going to the con artists and big business/high priced ebay sellers.  When was the last time you saw someone with a low number of feedback?  Sellers are making a killing.......on our money.  Unless you want to give these people......honest money suckers and scammers.......don't bid on auctions.  I used to make a little bit of extra money selling on ebay.....now I wouldn't be able to compete with all the professional sellers and con artists to sell anything.........and I don't want my good name associated with this kind of company. 

 

 
-----Original Message-----
From: jimbedavis@yahoo.com
To: eBayFraud@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 2:24 PM
Subject: Re: [eBayFraud] A victim of fraud

I recently bid on a car. It was a desireable motor that I woud have liked to have owned.

 

The biidding was running higher than I really wanted to pay but I stuck in there as the reserve was not met.

 

Then I got an email from the seller telling me the next bis would reach reserve price and urged me to bid " in order not to lose it"

 

Next came an email from EBAY advising the high bidder had dropped out using the excuse that he had entered to the wrong bid-----WHAT I ASKED ALL ALL HIS 8 BIDS?----NATUARALLY NO REPLY FROM EBAY.

 

So the price fell back to a 1/3 rd of the bid value leaving me high bidder but still not at the reserve price.

 

Now the seller is pesting me to buy.

 

 

Not bloody likey it was a con from the start.

 

EBAY needs to be better regulated.

 

I have stopped using it and I spread the word that you can buy most EBAY stuff elsewhere.

 

Ever thought why so many write books on how to make a fortune on EBAY---------I THOUGHT AUCTIONS WERE FOR BARGAIN HUNTERS.

Michsimmon@aol.com wrote:

As we have learned in the last year since we started this forum, due to the vagaries of the internet and the power of ebay's money and inability to contact them, even as a group we cannot get together the money and legal muscle to fight them.  The only thing we can do is to boycott ebay, and this will only work if we spread the word and get everyone we can to boycott them as well--otherwise they will never feel the loss.It will take an awfully large number of people to leave ebay--sellers and buyers--for them to notice.  We need to encourage people to look elsewhere for bargains, especially since ebay is no longer a bargain location.  Sellers aren't stupid, and experienced sellers  know how to manage auctions that are not only profitable but usually more than you can buy for the item for elsewhere.  Other auction sites offer auctions for specialty items.  Add the (very) hefty shipping and handling which is more than common on ebay and you are generally over paying significantly on ebay.  Just say no! 

 

 
-----Original Message-----
From: k2olz@yahoo.com
To: eBayFraud@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 8:53 PM
Subject: Re: [eBayFraud] A victim of fraud

I totally agree - I spent so much time tracking down my $225.00 that I lost to no avail. It's not worth the couple of dollars saved to risk the lose. Ebay does nothing about it, absolutely nothing. They were so difficult to deal with.

----- Original Message ----
From: Jim Davis <jimbedavis@yahoo.com>
To: eBayFraud@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2006 7:11:14 AM
Subject: Re: [eBayFraud] A victim of fraud

Ebay wont help you, I have sent them so many fraud reports in the past three months I have now decided to close my account. both ebay and paypal are really not worth th bother as you can find most of the stuff there cheaper elaewhere if you look and without going thr8gh a silly bidding process which is often fixed..

pfaffnan <pfaffnan@yahoo. com> wrote:

I have had my second victimization on eBay. The first was my getting
a deal too good to be true. This happened about a year ago. I went
through all of the legal process and nothing happened. The overall
attitude was "when enough people complain, then maybe some action will
occur to remedy the situation or look for the perpetrators. Just this
past weekend I had my msn account and my eBay identity stolen. eBay
didn't catch it until the winner sent them an email asking some
questions about the seller. I was actually talked with an eBay
representative on Monday night and they were telling me how to protect
my accounts. Aren't they responsible for some of this happening? On
Monday evening I finally got into my msn account and discovered all of
this. I emailed all of the people who had been communicating with me
and told them about the fraud. The seller actually was trying to sale
this item to two other people besides the individual who had won the
auction. He said that he had removed the item when he found out the
buyer was a fraud and was offering it to others on a second chance.
I am reporting all of this again to the legal authorities, but know
nothing will happen.
Thanks for a forum to complain on. I want to get these hacks. I have
a nephew who is quite computer savvy. I think I am going to give him
all of the emails to mess with.

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