[coco] ebay scams

[John R. Hogerhuis]

On Sun, 2005-04-10 at 09:26 -0400, RJRTTY at aol.com wrote:
> sorry John,   I sent this to you by mistake....
> 
> << 
>  Given that all this has a forum -- EBay Feedback comments, and that Ebay
>  reviews and resolves disputes like this all the time, perhaps it is all
>  better kept on ebay, or at worst in private emails. >>
> 
>   Well I would like a heads-up if somebody was taking advantage.
> 

Yeah, I would too, and certainly the sentiment of your warning is not in
question... but I'm just saying that the Ebay feedback system is the
right place to do that for run of the mill problems (poor packing, late
shipper, hidden shipping charges or overcharging, etc.). If the buyer or
seller disagree with feedback, Ebay will try to resolve the dispute.

For serious infractions like shill bidding, which are hard to detect and
prove on one's own, Ebay is probably the best party to investigate any
claims since they have lots of data to look at, and they see this kind
of thing all the time.

I doubt georgep is on this mailing list, so he has no opportunity to
defend himself in this forum.

-- John.