There was only 1 auction I didnt go thrrough on, this was for some old
memory I wanted that was cheap. The auction specifically stated checks were
ok. Once I won the guy said he only wanted a money order. I didnt feel like
getting a money order at the time since I was busy as hell so I told him
forget about it. If you state a check is ok, then its OK. If not keep your
item.
These days I pay mostly by paypal. I have never got burned on a transaction
so far from EBAY, newsgroups, or from people I talk to on swaplists or
websites. I must be lucky.
I even had one computer show up DOA (purchased on ebay)and the guy sent me
another one even before I shipped the dead one. I also purchased an old ISA
video card needed for a game rig from a guy on a newsgroup that was doa but
he replaced it without any fuss.
I think the most I ever spent on 1 item was maybe $200. I guess if your
buying more expensive items the chance of fraud goes up quite a bit more.
Expecially on any graded collectables like stamps,coins,porcelin etc...
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Allain" <allain_at_panix.com>
To: "CCTalk" <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 2:26 PM
Subject: Re: eBay sniping
> Since this seems the time to air eBay gripes, I thought I'd add mine.
>
> Little complaint about the system on the face of it. But my main
complaint
> is on the oft published figure of 1 fraud out of 10,000*. Now, I've done
a
> LOT less than that number of purchases, and in that time I've seen enough
> frauds to make me want to push the number closer to 1:200... That's a
> pretty big difference.
> Secondary to that is just the hilarious lack of control over how the
seller
> will disclose his acceptable payment methods, or shipping price.
> Some will leave everything out of the eBay system and send a personal
> eMail, Some threaten "Do Not use Unified Checkout", others will send
> nothing and rely completely on Unified Checkout... while still leaving
off
> the shipping price. Then there's the sellers who claim to accept
> Check/Money Order on the offer page but the UC'out will Only have
> PayPal. Makes me think its all a mess sometimes.
>
> So, they should be more honest about fraud, and they should make
> Unified Checkout work for everyone.
>
> just my $0.02 bid
> John A.
>
> *may have even been 1:40,000. Anyway, way off.
Received on Thu Apr 24 2003 - 15:33:01 BST