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I am new to ebay. My husband
listed a Jeep and we were scammed by the high
bidder, the same person had doen it to another Jeep
seller, and now I have found out about two others
with a similar story. A brand new ebayer bids the
Jeep sky high, and cannot be contacted, does not
respond to emails, and DUH!, does not pay. We
complained extensively to ebay, and nothing was done
about it, we just ate the cost of the listing. We
have re-listed the Jeep with a warning to bidders,
and if someone is new, or has negative feedback, we
ask them to contact us PRIOR to bidding. If they do
not comply, we kick them off. This really sucks. I
think that there should be some kind of repercussion
for the deadbeats, ebay does nothing about this
(currently), hopefully this will change. Anybody
have something to say about that?
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False bidding or fake bids
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terryelric (168
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Oct-12-05 16:46 PDT
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Has anyone else noticed the
number of "false" bidders that seem to be
popping up on ebay. These people with usually 0
rating start bidding on vehicle and have no
intention of buying it. They either make
multiply bids or put down an orginal bid of huge
amount so they outbid any other person who is
interested in auction, Then if you attempt to
contact them you receive no answer? Ebay does
nothing abou this when you notify them? Any
suggestions or comments?
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carzamerica (363
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Oct-13-05 06:18 PDT
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I am totally convinced that
all the employees at ebay are "consumers"
themselves, meaning they have probably never
worked on the selling side of a business,
probably have never owned and operated their own
business etc.
I also think that those who run ebay motors have
never actually been in the car business.
So they see deadbeats as no big deal, their
attitude is "give the customer a break".."we all
can make a mistake" etc. Hey I am all for that
as long as it doesn't cost me MONEY, but it
does. If it were once or twice a year, maybe no
big deal, but as you can see it is rampant. And
when I ask ebay to refund my whole fee, boy all
of a sudden it is a different story.
Personally I would be embarrassed to work for
ebay, I just wouldn't feel too good about
charging my customer for a service NOT
delivered, which is bring me a real buyer and I
will pay your fee, bring me a deadbeat and I
should be charged nothing. But that's me I guess
I adhere to a higher standard....and I am a car
dealer.
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mainedog70 (142
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Oct-13-05 06:35 PDT
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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.
zkatsrus (0
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Oct-15-05 04:57 PDT
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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
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Nov-24-05 05:18
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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!
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notspock (6
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Nov-30-05
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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!
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Ferrari Item number:
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archer4851 (0
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Dec-08-05
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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
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posible scam?
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avantauto (52
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Dec-09-05 19:17 PST
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HMM?
H Luis using reserve
price now? or is that
auction for real?
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Need Major Help
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tlinkletter (51
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Dec-22-05
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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?
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geographical_oddity (659
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Jan-10-06
15:09 PST
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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
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carbonbuell (746
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Jan-11-06
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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. |
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My anti-virus caught it, and it was either harmless or
was set up incorrectly, as it didn't do any harm. I
think the scammers are testing eBay to see how much they
can get away with... What happens when it gets to the
point where you can't even click on any auction without
having to worry about virus down loads, fake re-directs,
etc? It is starting to get out of control.