Fraudulent eBay listing

[soundgen]

still on ebay they haven't listened up to EUR 4,860.00 US $5,479.41

[HMVDevotee]

Exactly what does eBay do in a circumstance like this if a sale occurs and a payment is made?

[gramophone-georg]

Exactly what does eBay do in a circumstance like this if a sale occurs and a payment is made?

They collect their fees.
This is exactly why nothing is done about these listings. Smart scammers, buyers and sellers both, realize that as long as they do not consistently cost eBay money, there are no repercussions. For eBay, 3rd party scamming is basically a revenue stream.

Cynical and sad, but true.

[Inigo]

Then the only way it's to post a comment on the fraudulent article to prevent potential bidders from acquiring it. If questions and answers to the sellers are public (I'm thinking about a Spanish site where you cannot write comments except in that form) that is the way to proceed.... Then anyone investigating the item description will read the Q&A to the seller and see there is a fraud therein... Can this be done?

[TinfoilPhono]

It would only appear in the listing if the "seller" clicks a box to allow it to be seen publicly. Obviously, they won't do that. It's not automatic.

[ClassM1890]

i just checked 9:08 pm. dec. 18
still listed.....about 13+ hours left.
reported.....

[HMVDevotee]

Curious, I searched the internet for how eBay deals with fraud and found this eBay page that basically says that you should contact your local police:

https://pages.ebay.com/securitycenter/l ... omers.html

Apparently, eBay will be helpful should the police contact them on your behalf, after the fact, but I find no evidence whatsoever on their website that they will take an active role in preventing a fraudulent transaction that does not fall within their "prohibited" transactions policies. Apparently "caveat emptor" is their principal customer service policy.

[tomb]

I noticed one bidder bid it up nicely. Seems something is wrong in Dodge City. Tom

[gramophone-georg]

Curious, I searched the internet for how eBay deals with fraud and found this eBay page that basically says that you should contact your local police:

https://pages.ebay.com/securitycenter/l ... omers.html

Apparently, eBay will be helpful should the police contact them on your behalf, after the fact, but I find no evidence whatsoever on their website that they will take an active role in preventing a fraudulent transaction that does not fall within their "prohibited" transactions policies. Apparently "caveat emptor" is their principal customer service policy.

Yup. They are leaving it for the payment services (PayPal and Ayden) to deal with. They gave up coming down on fraud after PayPal was spun off.

Like I said- cost someone else money and eBay shrugs their shoulders. Cost eBay money and they will shut you down, ban you, and send you to collections before you know what hit you. Try not paying your fees and watch how quickly the waters get stormy. eBay wants to micromanage every aspect of selling on their site, with one exception- the risk. That one is ALL yours!

[Sidewinder]

I reported as well just to add to the many people here who also tried to make eBay aware of this fraud. But in the knowledge that ebays silence is their way of showing customers the middle finger.

I had a friend who worked at eBay many years ago, and when I raised the topic of fraudulent listings he said that eBay is aware of it, but its cheaper for eBay to do damage control after the fact than employ people who take action against fraudsters.

eBay is a very rich company, and in ignoring tsunami's of warnings on specific frauds, I hope that good lawyers are taking note of $$$ that are to be gained through a class action lawsuit because of ebays inaction