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Originally Posted by not_so_new  Well.... because at any one time they have a million plus active auctions perhaps? 
I am not going to cut Ebay any slack, they should pull this acution. On the other hand their whole business premise is that you are reasonable for doing the research on the product and the seller yourself. That is the whole point of the feed back system right?
You can't blame EBay that some folks are going to try abusing the system, it happens with every system and you can't blame Ebay for not catching every scam out there. Trust me they do try VERY VERY hard because it hurts their business. Not only do they not want any scammers they actively pursue them as a mater of business survival. |
Exactly -
It would be the same if you walked into an auction house and a painting went for $50,000 over it's original price. The market sets the value for an item and it is between the seller and bidders where the price is set.
They do pursue scammers - now scammers are inserting a link on photos of an item you are viewing (like a U47) which takes you to a page that looks EXACTLY like the ebay login page. Only it's not ebays page but when you log in and hit the button it sends your account information to the scammer. Now they have that ebay account to host these auctions.
When this first happened to me I almost typed in my info but the page looked a little funny and the font was different.
Type in "digi 002" ... you will a bunch listed for $100 and if you view it there is an email. These are the easiest scams to notice but ebay can't stop them because scammers are capable of getting ahold of account info. They will always find a new way.
Let's face it though. These jerks were around before ebay and no matter what ebay does, short of finding and killing them, they will still be here tomorrow.
Just be careful, PAY ATTENTION (see above scam) - trust your gut instinct and follow the rules.