@vintagecraze50 wrote:
Yes, a lot of the posts do come from new sellers or new buyers who seem to not know that these types of things can happen. It's not to discourage people from buying or selling here at all. Most of the scams involve the transaction done outside of Ebay. Some involve using the postal service is some way to do one. The INR when a new buyer does not use a tracking number, the one where people try to say that their package was delivered somewhere else, the one where the seller Does send something somewhere else, where you need the postmaster to give the intranet tracking to show where the parcel was actually delivered. Being forewarned is a good thing, and encourages people to do business safely here.
That resonated with me~~to do business safely here. I, like many others, have felt for the OPs who come here after the package is delivered, after they sent off an item that wasn't paid for, after anyone can help them. And they say they will never use Ebay again. We've all seen these threads. It's frustrating to know we can't do anything to help them, and it's sad to see they have suffered a significant monetary loss.
So there is a loss of both a buyer and a seller, with a bad experience, and possibly a large financial loss to boot, who feels betrayed, and let down by Ebay, and who has the potential to tell everyone he knows how he was scammed by Ebay. Those people may tell more people, and thus the one diaster grows to a ripple effect of epic proportions, leaving much damage in its' wake.
You can flip the scenario and the same thing would happen. Buyer gets scammed, feels betrayed and let down, may be outside the dispute deadline, doesn't know to go to Paypal or their cc, and they say they will never use ebay again, and they tell everyone they know, and so.
