| Ebay has over 120 million registered users and it can | | | | Nigerian won the auction and sent the seller a check |
| be a great place to make extra money by selling what | | | | for the amount of the auction plus a lot of money |
| you now longer need or even starting a business. My | | | | extra. The Nigerian said the rest was to pay for |
| wife and I used to have 7 employees doing Ebay full | | | | shipping and if the seller could please wire the balance |
| time and we were making a net of about $8,000 per | | | | back by Western Union. The check was counterfeit |
| week. But what about the buyers? They shop sites | | | | and by the time the bank realized this it was too late. |
| like Ebay hoping to find lower prices on items that they | | | | The seller had already wired several thousand to the |
| are looking at buying any way. A pair of pants that | | | | buyer via Western Union. He had deposited the check |
| sells at American Eagle for $40 and here it is on Ebay | | | | in his account and the bank gave him the funds right |
| for only $30. Is this a deal or what? But wait, after you | | | | away. Now this man is in jail, owes the bank the |
| pay the $12 shipping you are actually spending more. | | | | money for the check, and his car was seized by the |
| Sites like Ebay are like a drug. People keep bidding on | | | | FBI because it was used in the act of a crime. This |
| items going higher and higher in price because they will | | | | was this mans first time in jail and I think he ended up |
| do anything to win. People get in a frenzy and by the | | | | spending a month there. |
| time they have won the item they have paid a lot | | | | Ebay would offer no help because they claim it is a |
| more then they could have gotten that same item for | | | | liability issue. There are so many buyers and sellers out |
| at a local store. Once in awhile this would not be that | | | | there and they all are potential victims. You would think |
| bad but what about the people that keep on repeating | | | | that sites like Ebay, amazon,Yahoo, and the others |
| this? The cannot provide the basic necessities for their | | | | would issue a warning to their buyers and sellers but |
| kids because most of their money is being spent on | | | | they don't. My wife and I once got paid for some |
| these online auction sites like Ebay. Yahoo has auction, | | | | computers with stolen checks. We did everything that |
| amazon auctions, Ubid the list just goes on and on. | | | | a responsible merchant would do like calling the bank |
| People need to truly look only for deals. Maybe by | | | | they were drawn from and doing everything that we |
| looking for items with free shipping. I sold video games | | | | knew to do. I had to spend almost a month in jail for |
| that by the time somebody one the item and you add | | | | this and jail is no place I wish to have to go back to. |
| shipping they were still paying less than they would | | | | We lost 3 years of our lives because of this plus we |
| have paid at the local game store. Bargains can be | | | | lost out business. This is happening to millions of people |
| found you just have to look for them. Also look at the | | | | worldwide. |
| sellers user rating and read what past customers have | | | | It should be a law that if you have a site like Ebay that |
| to say about them. | | | | you need to protect your buyers and sellers but |
| Another area which can be very disastrous is all the | | | | unfortunately it is not. There are no second chances |
| scams that are on these online auction sites. I know | | | | with an online auction site like Ebay. With sites like |
| one gentleman who was selling a car on Ebay. Some | | | | Ebay you need to be careful if you are just a buyer. |