If you google "ebay fraud" it returns 4,180,000 hits.
Angel Garcia Verona, Italy, where it was a nice day for cycling but I didn't see any vintage road bikes....
On 3/4/06, EdVintage63@aol.com <EdVintage63@aol.com> wrote:
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> > This time it is item # 7224042263. Apparently the fraud on E-Bay has
> > reached such a crescendo that their management is completely unable to
> deal
> > with it. The fraudulent auction yesterday was allowed to run to
> completion
> > even though I know at least three people reported it. I am getting to
> the
> > point where I am having reservations about dealing with them at all if
> they
> > are unable and unwilling to police their auctions. Too Bad!
> > Obviously they need an easier fraud reporting system and a more
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> > response to such reports. I wonder if they are able to change at this
> point
> > or have they reached such a size that sheer inertia renders them
> helpless.
> > Tom Sanders
> > Lansing, Mi
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> When you report a fraud, the email response from eBay says that they
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> respond within 24 hours (at least it used to). That's practically an
> invitation to scammers to run 24-hours auctions. I suspect eBay just
> doesn't have the
> peoplepower to act swiftly enough, reports get stuck in the cue, and the
> auction's over before or the damage is done before it's pulled. I agree
> that it's
> getting to the point that it's soon going to damage eBay as a business.
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> Ed Granger
> my '73 Paramount ain't chrome
> Lancaster, PA, USA