Re: [MBZ] eBay Shenanigans

[Dan Penoff via Mercedes]

I asked them if they blocked the buyers who did this, and they said they did it 
immediately.

Apparently, the buyers have no knowledge of being blocked.  In one instance 
they know that the buyer got snagged by this as they sent the seller a nasty 
note about it after the auction ended.  Heh.

Karma is a b*tch, I guess.

Dan

> On Feb 6, 2016, at 3:35 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes  
> wrote:
> 
> EBay became an all buyer's game a couple years ago, all the protections are 
> for the buyer. If you buy something and have buyer's remorse just say it 
> arrived and isn't in the described condition, eBay always sides with the 
> buyer and screws the seller.
> I haven't sold anything on there for years because of it.
> -Curt
> 


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Re: [MBZ] eBay Shenanigans

[Curt Raymond via Mercedes]

EBay became an all buyer's game a couple years ago, all the protections are for 
the buyer. If you buy something and have buyer's remorse just say it arrived 
and isn't in the described condition, eBay always sides with the buyer and 
screws the seller.
I haven't sold anything on there for years because of it.
-Curt

  From: Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
 To: Mercedes List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> 
Cc: Dan Penoff <d...@penoff.com>
 Sent: Saturday, February 6, 2016 3:32 PM
 Subject: [MBZ] eBay Shenanigans
   
Was just talking to someone the other day about selling cars on eBay.  They 
were telling me that they’ve had a couple of instances where bidders will 
purposely bid high to expose the reserve, then immediately retract the bid.  
This way they know where the reserve is and whether or not they want to go 
after the auction.

I was wondering if this behavior isn’t banned by eBay.  They said not, that 
even if you report people eBay doesn’t do anything about it, at least not that 
they knew of.  They also pointed out that you can look in a member’s feedback 
profile and see the number of retractions they’ve made to get an idea of how 
they operate.  Didn’t know that.

Interesting.

Dan
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[MBZ] eBay Shenanigans

[Dan Penoff via Mercedes]

Was just talking to someone the other day about selling cars on eBay.  They 
were telling me that they’ve had a couple of instances where bidders will 
purposely bid high to expose the reserve, then immediately retract the bid.  
This way they know where the reserve is and whether or not they want to go 
after the auction.

I was wondering if this behavior isn’t banned by eBay.  They said not, that 
even if you report people eBay doesn’t do anything about it, at least not that 
they knew of.  They also pointed out that you can look in a member’s feedback 
profile and see the number of retractions they’ve made to get an idea of how 
they operate.  Didn’t know that.

Interesting.

Dan
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