Gary S. wrote:


It is.

Except when it isn't.

Nothing they can do to stop every bit of it.

They can (and should) minimize it, and they should make sure that
transactions are tracable enough so that legal action can be taken if
needed.

They need to monitor, and shut down anyone who does something
improper.

They should really work to make certain that scamsters cannot make up
a new name and get back on the system.

But ebay makes money on scamsters as well, thus they aren't too
concerned about putting forth much effort to shut them down.

On Wed, 07 Jul 2004 16:05:16 GMT, "Lou"
wrote:

I can go along with your idea. There really are NO guarantees. Even with
pay pal - I've "heard" of people getting burned.

As I understand it, the easiest way to get aced by PayPal is
to have the seller send something worthless, but get a proof of
delivery.

According to PayPal's policies, at least a couple of years
back, they would not recover payment if you had a delivery receipt
even if you sold a radio and shipped a box of rocks. I suspect the
only way around this would be if the seller required a receiver's
signature (unlikely) and the receiver withheld the signature until
after the package was opened and verified.

On Wed, 07 Jul 2004 16:05:16 GMT, "Lou"
wrote:

I can go along with your idea. There really are NO guarantees. Even with
pay pal - I've "heard" of people getting burned.

As I understand it, the easiest way to get aced by PayPal is
to have the seller send something worthless, but get a proof of
delivery.

According to PayPal's policies, at least a couple of years
back, they would not recover payment if you had a delivery receipt
even if you sold a radio and shipped a box of rocks. I suspect the
only way around this would be if the seller required a receiver's
signature (unlikely) and the receiver withheld the signature until
after the package was opened and verified.

Just an update:
I have confirmed this all to be 100% true.
Also eBay did nothing to help neither did Paypal I assisted Mrs. Thompson in
filling out the forms for the Postal Inspector's Office to have Mail fraud
charges levied against XE2FLR. This guy even went as far as giving her
positive feedback at eBay saying "thanks!"
This old lady walked right into his trap but it will catch up to him in
time.

Just an update:
I have confirmed this all to be 100% true.
Also eBay did nothing to help neither did Paypal I assisted Mrs. Thompson in
filling out the forms for the Postal Inspector's Office to have Mail fraud
charges levied against XE2FLR. This guy even went as far as giving her
positive feedback at eBay saying "thanks!"
This old lady walked right into his trap but it will catch up to him in
time.