Unless anyone starts to return messages, it looks like I might be running three-for-three this week on NPBs...two ietms are small and one is a vehicle.

Yet all of these threads are ignored by the pinks. When you talk to someone at eBay, their attitude is that people are generally good and to cut them a break. Heck, we even had a pink come on here before and basically tell the world that deposits should be returned - even though we have to pay our fees, waste our time and tie up our inventory (which costs money in interest for every day that we sit around and hold it for a NPB).

It was suggested once that requirements for a bidder's account should be tightened and the pink response to that was that it wasn't going to happen.

The NPBs are the biggest single problem with eBay Motors right now and management refuses to admit that it is a problem, much less will they do anything about it.

I would be a lot more understanding and patient if somebody at least made the token gesture to say that this is a problem and they plan on doing something about it, rather than trying to tell us to accept Paypal for the full amount (which has its own problems) and the deadbeat bidders will go away.

Take some action eBay, look like you care about your business. I list less and less every month (go back and check my invoices over the past three years) because of problems like these, spend a little bit of time and money to fix your problems and your bottom line will increase. Otherwise, you are on course for a steady decline in business. That's what happens when a vendor stops listening to their customers.

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Hey, folks, thought you might be interested to know that I took Doc's advice, ran a newspaper ad, and the car sold in 2 days.   slimslender  (26 ) Nov-24-05 05:18 PST How is that people are allowed to run these scams! Every other Supra on Ebay is a scam. They just ruin it for those that are truly offering a good deal, because you don't know what is real and not real! I am sick of this. People need to stop taking advantage of people!   notspock  (6 ) Nov-30-05 05:57 PST   danmad02; Please excuse the rude comments from the folks on this board. In the past few years, hundreds of people have posted questions similar to yours on this board. The regular, many of them sellers have just become fed up with the fact that so many people think (hope) that they can buy a vehicle for less than half its value. The board regulars are mostly good folks, but the scams on Ebay have nearly ruined their online auction business. Yes, it is most likely a scam! Remember the old saying. If it seems to good to be true, it probably is!   Ferrari Item number: 4595548791 archer4851  (0 ) Dec-08-05 07:06 PST It's too good to be true - $25,000. What do I need to do to protect myself? 1. If I purchase through eBay the transaction has "Vehicle Purchase Protection up to $20,000". 2. AutoCheck vehicle history report. 3. Independent vehicle inspection service. 4. Personally inspect the vehicle. Doesn't "Vehicle Purchase Protection" actually protect against fraud? Thanks, Ron   posible scam?  4596590642 avantauto  (52 ) Dec-09-05 19:17 PST HMM? H Luis using reserve price now? or is that auction for real?   Need Major Help tlinkletter  (51 ) Dec-22-05 03:51 PST I won an auction on ebay quite a few months ago for a Ranger Rover. The transaction seemed to go smoothly for a while. Sent the money to the seller the next day via a wire transfer and was supposed to get the title asap. Well the seller kept telling me he never got the transfer. Tried to work with my bank to sort it out and they just said he did. Well this kept going on for a few weeks. Finally I gave up and reported this as a fraud and ebay tells me I'm past the insurance date and can't submit a claim. That's just great now I'm out $10,000. I live in Canada and the truck I was buying was in New Jersey. I went to a local lawyer and they tell me that their is nothing that they can do because it's in the US. Local cops tell me the same thing. Called the New Jersey police and they basically say they are too busy to do anything about it. I submitted an incident to the Internet Fraud complaint center but haven't and don't expect to hear anything back. At this point I don't know what to do. I need to recoup that money somehow but it seems like I have no options what so ever. I was in contact with the seller for like 4 months but now he won't answer the phone. Does anyone know of anything else I can do?   geographical_oddity  (659 ) Jan-10-06 15:09 PST I was a skeptic but decided to try to sell my car on ebay. Had 35 bids and now one week after the transaction the high bidder tells me he can't come up with the money. I'm not sure what to do -- any suggestions would be appreciated.   carbonbuell  (746 ) Jan-11-06 22:26 PST Hello. I purchased a Jeep from ebay and it arrived quite differently from described. It has suspension problems and dented fenders that were stated as repaired. It also came with a filthy interior, burn holes in one of the seats, and scratched plastic windows on the top. I thought ebay would reimburse you for vehicles up to $20,000, but I just heard from a friend that they wont cover the car unless the misrepresentation is at least 1/2 of the car's value? Can anyone tell me if this is so? My friend also said that ebay's buyer protestion program is pretty much useless and hell would freeze before I would ever get a refund from them. Can anyone that has used this system please elaborate their experiences? Thank you.