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Posted by Amun on 05/18/06 22:39
"Jim Reid" <jimreid56@aol.com> wrote in message
news:1147365402.381367.72670@q12g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> >>I did, which is why I responded. "Many sellers". How many?
> >>What are you buying? What's their feedback before you buy?
> >>If they don't ship, you don't complain to eBay and PayPal?
>
> I buy all sorts of stuff. There are many good sellers on ebay, but also
> some who don't seem to understand the concept of doing business.
> Feedback is pretty worthless in most cases. I know of some sellers who
> should be in jail who have pretty good feedback.
> It can be helpful if you actually read the feedback and not look at the
> numbers. I have complained to ebay and paypal and gotten no
> satisfaction. You're main hope is to use a credit card, where you have
> some protection. People who don't use paypal don't get my business.
>
> >>Your statement claims that eBay protects ALL sellers from
> >>nonshipment complaints from buyers.
>
> Show me where I said this is ebay policy. You are reading things into
> this that are not there.
>
> >>You must be from the anti-ebay group, and delight in smearing
> >>all eBay sellers based upon your experience with ONE?
>
> Nope, I've been buying and selling on ebay since the beginning and I
> think it's great. You can't just ignore the problems though. Ebay will
> bend over backward for the seller, and do next to nothing for the
> buyer. The seller's their bread & butter. The problem is you are
> trusting people, and that's a pretty inconsistant group. It has it's
> pitfalls.
>
You have hit the real problem with eekbay.
Blindly "trusting people" is basicly what it all comes down to on eekbay.
But as almost every transaction will be with a different person, there is
never any track record to base trust on.
In any eekbay transaction you have a 50/50 chance of getting an honest
seller.
While you may get lucky for a few deals, eventually the odds grow that you
will get burned.
Eekbay is like gambling at a casino,....never wager more than you can afford
to lose.
But why even take the chance when you can often get better deals elsewhere.
As for the OP.
I'm off on a long road trip this weekend.
I don't have any auto insurance, but it's okay.
If a cop pulls me over I'll just tell them that I "self insure" and so I
don't need real insurance,......just like an eekbay seller.
I'm sure the cops will understand.
AMUN
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