Getting so frustrated with this sites inability to remove scam listings.
The scammer 141488104893 has sold 137 of these at $17.89 each and they will receive $2450.93 via
PP,(as that's their preferred payment option).
The buyer will receive nothing and wont be able to start a PP claim as it's listed in Pocket bikes,(they would have to
ring PP to get a refund,"maybe").
That's on top of the $5000 plus for their other scam items that "sold".
Then they'll get more for their 5 multi listings for items under $20 that have a true value of $350 plus.
Each listing has: Welcome to my eBay Store
eBay can't even see that's it's a hijacked listing as they don't have store.
Then you get the other 50 plus scam items in that category including the Micros SD memory cards,(that will all
be 16 or 32 maximum instead of the posted 64 or 128).
They ran the same scam last year and some of these sellers where involved then,
Trust & Safety just don't seem to excist anymore as these listings where reported via Live Help and passed on
to T & S.
Just that one seller sold over 500 items so that will be more members that will think that this site is scam central
and they may never buy again,(if they then post their experience on FB there could be 1000's that might
never trust this site).
Bottom service as always and it almost makes you believe that they must have a vested interest in those scam
listing,
True Lyndal, it reminds me off a mushroom - grows in the dark and is fed with bull..............
And we think our kids and grandkids are sometimes wrapped in too much cotton-wool so that they don't have to see or feel the perilous world around them, only to discover that there really is some nasty stuff happening around and to them that they are not prepared for..
Well I think eBay's members are being treated exactly the same way, except the motive there is not parental care, it appears to be a combination of monetary greed, favored sellers and an almost inactive T&S section.
Oh to go back 5 or more years ago when I joined eBay and it was a pleasant platform to trade on........I'd defy anyone to say it's better now in 2014 than it was back then.
Spoiler
"jumps off hobby-horse..................."
So listing items in motors means that a buyer has no PP protection?
eBay motors has higher fees but which categories in Motors are exempt? Yes I have a lot of questions after my browse in the wild west earlier 
I noticed that pocket bikes is a scammer frenzy with more items listed in the wrong category than i have ever seen before.
Many many car,boat & motor bike listings,so is it that Motorbikes,Boats & Cars have the higher fee?
I read in eBay motors that eBay are bringing out vehicle checks as a buyer option.Buyer can check the VIN number listed,but every item in Pocket Bikes escaped all the listing details that are usually required.Most had virtually no details provided except the sellers phone number.
It seems crazy that a seller on the boards got spanked for listing some girls shoe tie thingies in Shoes,i think,yet there is a whole seething world of way off category in PocketBikes.A couple of other sub categories there are affected. too.
@2011.narelle wrote:So listing items in motors means that a buyer has no PP protection?
eBay motors has higher fees but which categories in Motors are exempt? Yes I have a lot of questions after my browse in the wild west earlier
I noticed that pocket bikes is a scammer frenzy with more items listed in the wrong category than i have ever seen before.
Many many car,boat & motor bike listings,so is it that Motorbikes,Boats & Cars have the higher fee?
I read in eBay motors that eBay are bringing out vehicle checks as a buyer option.Buyer can check the VIN number listed,but every item in Pocket Bikes escaped all the listing details that are usually required.Most had virtually no details provided except the sellers phone number.
It seems crazy that a seller on the boards got spanked for listing some girls shoe tie thingies in Shoes,i think,yet there is a whole seething world of way off category in PocketBikes.A couple of other sub categories there are affected. too.
That is correct, which is why they do it. However, there have been a few success stories lately of scammed buyers managing to get a refund, after they received the computer generated message stating that motors had no protection. I think they all had to ring eBay/PayPal, but they got their refunds.
It just concerns me how many other buyers don't know to ring or don't think to and just go with the message they get when they open a dispute saying there is no protection, therefore there is nothing they can do. I will guess that half the scammed buyers wouldn't know how to fight for a refund, so the scammers are still doing well out of this, even if they do get their listings removed. It seems a lot of low feedback buyers buy from these tools, so they probably just accept they have lost their money and give up on buying on eBay.
