IonSpot wrote:
The Truth About Radio-Mart is this: The root cause of this fraud is the
simple fact that eBay allows it to happen.

Think of it: A seller sells gottahaveit1995 a radio. Ebay gets paid.
Martyn then sells the radio as radio-mart. The same item sells again some
three weeks later (usually for MORE money).....guess what: Ebay gets paid
again!

You have just described hundreds of thousands of Ebay deals... Every
sellers dream is to sell their goods for more than they paid.


What incentive is there for eBay to clean up these types of sellers?
Answer: none. Remember Martyn's "Summer Vacation" away from ebay about two
years ago....well, eBay did reinstate him after being caught shill
bidding....what (again) does that say about the Bay?

Ebay reinstates lots of sellers after a probation...so what.


Ebay is only as honest as the individual seller is honest. It can be as
corrupt as any seller wants it to be, within eBay's broad sellers rules.

Ebay can't police the quality of goods sold...that's up to the buyer
and seller to figure out. Ebay is first and foremost a broker. If
something is illegal, violates property rights, is dangerous or is on a
list of banned goods then they sometimes jump in.


We are the real dopes, selling Mr. Martyn all of our stuff and then bidding
it up when we know full well that it's trash. Take a look at some the
"mint" equipment he sells...you can see the knicks and rust on the cabinets
for heavens' sake.

I'm confused here. You know your stuff is trash and yet you sell it
anyway. And then once you have sold it to Mr. Martyn you then bid it
up???? If he's the crook you say he is then you are sounding more like
a co-conspirator......

Ebay is full of people selling worn out rusty stuff...it's up to the
seller to ask the right questions before sending in his money. Caveat
emptor is the first rule of doing business on Ebay!!



He's been blocked as a buyer of my equipment and shall remain so, no matter
how much he's willing to bid.


This and previous threads are beginning to sound more like whining from
a bunch of disgruntled sellers who can't compete with a high volume
dealer.