Why does Ebay facilitate obvious scams? | Buying

manhattangrade · 2024-06-05T12:33:52.366000Z

Having been scammed more than once on Ebay the patterns become obvious. But there is no way to flag them. Furthermore, the rating of sellers who are caught does not change! Now I want to buy but all I can see is scam listings. Some so obvious that the unattainable shipping fees scream of scamming. Ebay's fallback is to let it happen and continually refund the buyer but the outcome is a retreat from use. Regardless of Ebay's guarantees the scammers persist which means this is occasionally lucrative... and that fear is enough to keep me from continuing to buy. SOLUTIONS: 1. Add "Report Scam" button! If multiple experienced (scammed) users flag a scam, then take action.2. Adjust seller's ratings to accurately reflect their transactions.Most scam sellers are only selling one item. Feedback is based on unrelated items and mostly, if not entirely on buying, not selling, and surely not items as highly priced as the item for sale.3. Confirm mailing rates!Some of these rates aren't even available from the associated carriers yet Ebay's broken system allows sellers to list impossibly low shipping fees without confirming.Example: 77lb (Aventon Aventure: $950 current listing) ebike offered through USPS, which only ships up to 70lbs, at a rate too good to be true.4. Recognize incongruent listings.Most often the item listed does not fit with the seller's history. A HUMAN can see this. (<-- hint for Bezos). Most obvious scams lack bids even though the price point is accurate and the number of watchers are high, (most likely having been scammed themselves and perfect candidates for flagging future scams)5. HONOR the erroneous suggestion that we are safe until our items are received.Ebay does NOT protect the buyer from being charged BEFORE receiving the item. Contrary to all the reported safeguards and seemingly useless pick-up code verification system Ebay fails to mention that YOU WILL BE CHARGED before receiving the item. This leaves YOU responsible for monitoring your charges. It leaves YOU responsible for making a timely claim.6. Penalize scammers!The scammers are not labelled. Their rating DOES NOT CHANGE after being caught! Why are their accounts still active? If you want to stop scammers.. CHARGE THEM! There seem to be no monetary or legal repercussion to attempted theft when facilitated by Ebay. So why should they stop? Whats the problem? There are so many red flags that I have to assume Ebay isn't treating their devs correctly. Otherwise it would stop.. like my feeling secure about buying here.

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