It gets worse, "Let Auction Drop sell your items on eBay"..............must weigh less than 25 pounds they charge 38%.
Would be a great way to sell off all of my meteorwrongs!
NOT!
Dave F.
mjwy with auctions running!
mark ford wrote:
I have to agree with Mike on this, it's pretty evident that ebay, are
not capable of policing their auctions, something may look fake to us,
but how are they to know?
If you ask me we should concentrate on policing ourselves...
Best,
Mark F.
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Farmer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 26 July 2004 15:51
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] LETTER FROM EBAY
Guys, with MILLIONS of auctions on at any time, it is not Ebay's job to
be
police. Think about it, do they know the laws regarding everything from
Cars
to meteorites to artifacts?
If it looks fake don't buy it, let the buyer beware.
I am not saying that we can't call a fake a fake, but you can forget
about
ebay's help, hell, they let Matteo back on after a two week suspension
for
scamming me buy making a new name and bidding on a bunch of my items
after I
blocked him.
Mike Farmer
----- Original Message ----- From: "Marc D. Fries" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 7:19 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] LETTER FROM EBAY
Greetings
I have a similar story - about a year ago I came across someone
selling
"AZTEC TEMPLE ARTIFACTS" that the seller claimed he had pocketed while no one was looking on a trip to Chichzen Itza (sp??) in Mexico. I contacted ebay on their "theft, fraud, abuse, or what-not" page and received a very similar email in response. How much more blatant can one get? "Aztec temple artifacts"
lifted,
transported back to the States, and posted on ebay??? I was shocked
to
watch the auction go all the way to its posted finish. Don't count on these yahoos to do any policing of meteorite, or any other, sales.
Cheers, MDF
After reporting to ebay an obvious fake listed on ebay I get this response. Thought that some of you might be interested. There is no doubt whatsoever that what I was reporting was a fake. Read em and weep. Cheers DEAN _____________________________________________________
Hello,
Thank you for taking the time to write us. We know your time is valuable and we appreciate your taking a moment to express concern over this particular item.
Since eBay does not possess or examine the items that are listed on our site, we are not in the best position to judge the legality or authorized nature of the item for auction. This means that we cannot remove items, such as the one you have reported. Of course there may be occasions where we do act on items such as these, but only in extreme circumstances.
We truly appreciate your knowledge about these types of items, however, we often cannot remove items based on representations of third parties. The reason for this is because we can not independently verify the credentials and accuracy of the information that is provided by third parties. As a result of this, unless the item is, in our judgement, plainly prohibited by law or by our own rules, we instead rely on help from government agencies for an authoritative view on the legality of a particular auction.
However, I can suggest, if you would like, you can contact the appropriate government or law enforcement agency regarding this issue. eBay has a longstanding policy of providing full cooperation with law enforcement agencies and we will gladly assist them in an investigation of unlawful conduct.
Again, thank you for your report. We appreciate your help in keeping eBay a safe and reputable forum to conduct business.
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