I was just going through the feedback of some of the scammers that I've reported in the last month and
most of the buyers seem to be complaining non receipt but some are receiving small items like coins.
So I presume that's so tracking shows maybe,(it was happening before but only with the odd scammer).
The worrying sign seems to be that not a single one of them claimed to have started a dispute or mentioned
getting their money back,(so are they now not getting refunded or just being "written off" by eBay).
Three out of the last five scammers reported still haven't been removed either,(I have no idea what has
happened to Trust & Safety as that's now become a regular occurence),
With some of the reports they've even requested that I supply all the item numbers involved as they receive a
number of reports and it takes time to through them all,(a couple of click to bring up the scammers listings is
obviously to much hard work for them and having all the listings to start with makes it easier to see the scam).
Considering how many buyers have now been ripped off by scammers could ot be starting to have an impact
as they may vow to never buy again and then also tell others how they were ripped off and eBay has done
nothing to help them.
@bakeandfry wrote:
Maybe ebay are worryed that if scamming listings/sellers are removed then it will hurt there bottom line.
But eBay don't profit in any way when scammers sell their item,(scammers generally build up their accounts
with cheap items until they no longer have the 21 day hold on their account)
So when they sell items they transfer that money straight away to another account and eBay/Paypal will
no get a cent.
As they have a negative impact on this site I have no idea why they are not more pro active in removing
them,
@springyzone wrote:I
Maybe the wage cost of emplying people to investigate too deeply into smaller scammers isn't (in their view) cost effective. I suppose it depends too on customers making their claims and I suspect a lot of people who are ripped off a couple of dollars here or there don't bother.
That could be part of the problem where buyers don't think it's worth it or they simply don't know their option
in trying to bring the seller to book or get their money back.
I buy a number of lower priced items for "fun" and I know there could be problems with some of the items,(but I
know the avenues to take if things go wrong).
After checking the negative feedback that three of those seller have received in the last year,(over 3500
between them).
Most are for not receiving the items or not working and a number with one of those sellere,(items priced
from $1 to $20) state that the seller has dragged them past the 45 day mark,(so they still believe that the 45
days is the cut off mark).
So as they have been ripped off will they buy again,(that's a potential loss of 3000 plus buyers).
Multiply that by say a 1000 of these type of sellers with negative feeback from a 1000 buyers each and you
have a million disgruntled buyers that may not buy again from other sellers and/or tell others how they
have been ripped of on eBay.
Slow sales may be due to the number of buyers that have simply stopped buying on eBay as they have
been ripped off or have being told how others have been ripped off,
