[Milsurplus] E-bay / FB fraud

[Peter Gottlieb]

Now there's a complete waste of your time.  Tens of thousands of companies, how 
many does the FTC go after?  They must all be honest, right?  When I was in 
investment banking I heard many CEOs laugh at the FTC.  They make an example of 
some company once in a while to make the public think they are being protected 
but besides that they won't help you.  Think about it this way: what is your 
little complaint next to the jobs and money that eBay generates?



J. Forster wrote:
> 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.
> 
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