RE: [Leica] Ebay-fraud?

[Henry Ting <henryting@riteful.com>]

If the transaction is handled via Ebay and you paid by
credit card, you can notify your merchant bankcard to
reimburse the payment. I'm really sick and tired of
Ebay's attitude. Their "feedback" rating is also a
total misleading tool. You have jackass person who
will nail you with unreasonable negative feedback and
yet there are multitude of positve feedback that are
bought (they bid the $1.00 transactions and buildup
their positive feedbacks).

- --- Joseph Low <joelct@singnet.com.sg> wrote:
> Hi Frank
> 
> fyi I purchased two items from two different parties
> via ebay - paid for
> them but never got the goods
> 
> my complaints to ebay brought to nought and I was
> give the merry go round
> 
> I am now wiser and very much more careful
> 
> It appears that ebay will just tell you - we provide
> the platform - whatever
> else you do - it is caveat emptor
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Joseph Low
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On
> Behalf Of frank
> theriault
> Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 10:06 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Ebay-fraud?
> 
> 
> Neither of them have the ring of legitimacy to them,
> at least not to me.
> 
> I'm no eBay expert, but AFAIK, eBay wouldn't
> "protect' transactions done
> outside the purvue of an auction (unless it was
> something bought at "my
> store" or whatever that's called, but this isnt that
> situation).
> 
> There may be nothing wrong with contacting bidders
> and offering them a
> similar item (somehow I think that eBay would frown
> upon that, though), but
> leading one to believe that it's sanctioned by eBay
> raises all sorts of red
> flags for me.  If the sale is being done outside
> eBay, why would it be
> covered by eBay's Fraud Protection Policy?  Just
> don't make sense.
> 
> Hey, maybe both these guys are on the up and up, but
> I wouldn't risk my hard
> earned money on them.
> 
> cheers,
> frank
> 
> 
> 
> "The optimist thinks this is the best of all
> possible worlds.  The pessimist
> fears it is true."  -J. Robert Oppenheimer
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >From: "Jim McIntyre" <mcintyre@ca.inter.net>
> >Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> >To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> >Subject: Re: [Leica] Ebay-fraud?
> >Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 10:15:22 -0400
> >
> >Karen,
> >
> >This first message has a ring of legitimacy to it,
> but I probably wouldn't
> >pursue it. I haven't done much ebay stuff, but I
> don't see anything too
> >unusual for someone going directly to am
> unsuccessful bidder to make a
> >deal.
> >However, unless I knew for certain the guy was on
> the up and up, I would
> >pass.
> >
> >The second message sounds like a scam though.
> Selling a lens to donate to
> >charity? Like you said, yeah right!
> >
> 
>
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