[Milsurplus] E-bay / FB fraud

[J. Forster]

The party that leaves FB first can ALWAYS get screwed. That's the basic flaw with the
FB system. Actually, eBay is smart not to get involved, because it's a can of worms
that leaves the screwee out in the cold. IMO, for this exact reason, the FB system is
essentially useless because it can penalize the injured party as much as the rip-off
artist. I basically ignore FB now..

What REALLY fries my goat is that eBay has the NERVE to advertise that "eBay is a safe
place to trade" because of their FB system. I'm strongly tempted to complain to the FTC
about that. It's false and misleading advertising, IMO.

FWIW.
-John


WA5CAB at cs.com wrote:

> John,
>
> We happen to agree with you.  But I can explain the obvious reason some
> sellers don't do it that way.  Once the seller does leave Feedback, they are at the
> mercy of the buyer.  Contrary to what some buyers think, eBay doesn't favor
> sellers, they only favor eBay.  If your buyer happens to be high on drugs, or
> several other horrow stories I could recount, and decides to give you negative
> FB, you're just SOL.  eBay won't do anything about it without a court order.
>
> In a message dated 6/16/2005 5:36:14 PM Central Daylight Time, jfor at quik.com
> writes:
> > You did the right thing. I've been in the same situation, and gotten
> > screwed. It  highlights one of  the practical problems with eBay's scheme.
> > IMO, once the buyer has paid within the contract's terms, the buyer is
> > ENTITLED to  positive FB. PERIOD.