Stephen King is in PD? - bet that's news to him.

[ApK]

Originally Posted by mr ploppy

Not if it's the seller that gets scammed they don't. Ebay is a thieves' paradise these days.

Get a lot of people crawling through the Internet wires to steal stuff from you, do you?

I don't doubt there's plenty of ways to scam sellers -- my cousin accepted an overseas check and immediately shipped her laptop to Nigeria...really -- but I have no idea why eBay should be singled out over--well, any other possible way to buy and sell stuff. We used to get scammed and outright robbed all the time when I worked in brick and mortar retail.
For myself, the worst I've had to suffer is a non-baying bidder, and eBay returned my listing fee in that instance.

[mr ploppy]

Originally Posted by ApK

Get a lot of people crawling through the Internet wires to steal stuff from you, do you?

I don't doubt there's plenty of ways to scam sellers -- my cousin accepted an overseas check and immediately shipped her laptop to Nigeria...really -- but I have no idea why eBay should be singled out over--well, any other possible way to buy and sell stuff. We used to get scammed and outright robbed all the time when I worked in brick and mortar retail.
For myself, the worst I've had to suffer is a non-baying bidder, and eBay returned my listing fee in that instance.

One of Ebay's new innovations is when a buyer says they're not happy with an item they get a refund and don't have to send the item back. It used to be that your money was safe from thieves if you sent it recorded delivery, but not any more.

[covfam]

Originally Posted by jgaiser

As have I.

so have i

[ApK]

Originally Posted by mr ploppy

One of Ebay's new innovations is when a buyer says they're not happy with an item they get a refund and don't have to send the item back. It used to be that your money was safe from thieves if you sent it recorded delivery, but not any more.

I do know that in a dispute they do tend to be buyer-friendly, but I'm not aware of the policy you are referring to. Do you happen to have a link handy?

[elcreative]

Since it's difficult to find such info on eBay, here's a starting point: http://pages.ebay.co.uk/businesscent...s/returns.html

Please note that this refers to eBay in the UK and UK law...

Originally Posted by ApK

I do know that in a dispute they do tend to be buyer-friendly, but I'm not aware of the policy you are referring to. Do you happen to have a link handy?

[ApK]

That Distance Selling law is interesting. I'm not sure if we have anything like it in the US. But in any case, that's a matter of law, not eBay specific at all, and I'm trying to find where eBay thinks it can take a refund from me and not have the item returned. (if they want to give a refund out of their own pocket, more power to 'em.) Last I heard, eBay doesn't even require a seller to allow returns, but I haven't read on it recently.

[jgaiser]

Originally Posted by ApK

Guess you'd better not buy anything anywhere then, as people get scammed everywhere.

If you're satisfied with Ebay, more power to you. I've long ago given up on Ebay. I've been buying on the internet for more than 10 years and I've yet to be bitten as hard as I've been on that site.

[jgaiser]

Originally Posted by glendalekid

Check out this listing on eBay, then check her other listings. She's getting by with it because only the actual copyright holder can complain or report her.

The Seller is no longer a registered user.

[crich70]

Originally Posted by jgaiser

The Seller is no longer a registered user.

There seems to be a lot of that going round of late. I seem to recall something of that happening in regards to Kindles going cheap as well.

[bobavey]

Just another indication of the moral decay of this country.

[mr ploppy]

Originally Posted by bobavey

Just another indication of the moral decay of this country.

Or a reaction to entertainment industry clampdowns and domain seizures. The more difficult it becomes to download pirate content the more sellers like that will come forward to fill the void. It will be interesting to see what happens to entertainment industry profits when people are forced to buy copies from people like that instead of downloading it for free. It's unlikely they will continue spending 4 times as much on legitimate digital content when their disposable income is reduced in that way.

[carpetmojo]

Originally Posted by elcreative

Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of some people, you know the ones, they are those who get caught by the "too good to be true deals" that are too good to be true or send nice Nigerians all their bank details and personal info because they'll get 15% of the 10 million when it's sent to them...

That's an absolute disgrace - I only got 10%.

I knew I could've held out for more...............