Well, Ryan, that's four accounts to the negative as well as positive. And I
can report a 1400 I bought out of CA had a past police are interested
in...hard fact. EBAY did nothing. NOTHING. In fact, neither did the
police...
If you're keeping count, you can add me to the positive side. I've been buying and selling on Ebay since early on, and I've only had one bad experience, and that was with a buyer. Ebay dealt with him promptly after I complained about him.
But with all this chatter about how most of the Powerbooks on Ebay are scams, I decided to take a look for myself. After reviewing more than 100 Powerbook listings, I've found four that were obvious scams. One gentleman even offered to include the latest version of Windows XP - if that's not a clear indicator, I don't know what would be.
I did find half a dozen or so that seemed suspicious, but as someone pointed out, requesting escrow is a sure way to weed out someone who doesn't intend to send you the product. I, for one, don't have any problems with paying escrow fees when I'm sending $2,000 to someone I don't know in a foreign country (That would be the US for me).
But by and large, the vast majority were people who seemed to be making honest transactions. One guy even suggested that you drop by to pick up the machine, if you felt unsure. The really sad thing that I did notice though, was people bidding up the price on auctions so high that they might as well buy at a retail used/refurbished store. Foolish.
Cheers - Steve K.
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