[bksvol-discuss] E-Bay
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 09:33:59 -0700 (PDT)
My daughter's roommate buys lots of stuff on E-Bay
(and, I think, sells) and has had no problem, but I
recently saw, on one of the "judge" shows I watch when
I iron (yes, I'm one of those rare people who still
irons), a man suing a seller because he didn't get
what was advertised -- what the product was supposed
to be, or the shape it wa supposed to be in. He'd
checked the seller's rating and it supposedly was
good, but it turns out, when the plaintiff did some
research, that this seller has scammed other buyers,
too. Apparently he'd found a way he could change his
E-Bay identity and so any bad comments he'd gotten
from people didn't show up -- or else a lot of people
don't bother to "ding" when they've been scammed.
I'm not sure what PayPal is, but if it's a sort of
escrow thing like the plate company has (I can't
remember the name but I was trying to sell the plates
my deceased father had bought over the years), I'd go
that way. I know that E-Bay has something like that,
and I'd say the security would be worth the extra fee.
You put in your order and send E-Bay the money to hold
and don't give them authority to release the money
until you have the item and are satisfied with it.
Cindy
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