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- RevJonathan, on 05/09/2008, -4/+510Dear Google,
Please make an eBay competitor for ***** *****'s sake.
Thanks,
Me - quakerorts, on 05/09/2008, -7/+355ebay is broken.
- mrshiney, on 05/09/2008, -7/+213Ebay was awesome at first. But then the people just trying to have "a business" ruined it. Unfortunately now they are stinking up Craigslist too. What's next, freecycle? Sheesh.
- kennyg1055, on 05/09/2008, -2/+137eBay should just blacklist the whole country of Nigeria..that would fix it
- mustafya, on 05/09/2008, -5/+134I'm so happy that I stopped using ebay years ago. I had heard horror stories but this one is just frightening. That the company can care that little about its users. I'm sure the poor guy never got any fees refunded either.
- dvsbastard, on 05/09/2008, -0/+122Knowing why these 419 scammers exist is the key to making millions of dollars... I will tell you how, but first you will need to transfer some money to me (through western union) so I can send this valuable information to you...
- inactive, on 05/09/2008, -2/+114NEGATIVE: Seller wouldn't give bank account number to transfer the monies. Won't deal with again!
- slayernine, on 05/09/2008, -2/+90Google probably has this one in the works already, just trying to figure out the perfect anti-scam algorithm I bet.
- thelastcivilian, on 05/09/2008, -4/+91I hate to say it as it blankets a whole nation, but blocking IP addresses from Nigeria might do some good for sites like eBay. (Yeah, they could get around it by using proxies, but it at least puts another roadblock in the way)
- RevJonathan, on 05/09/2008, -1/+83They wouldn't do it if it didn't work.
- Hangly, on 05/09/2008, -3/+76So that's the reason legitimate customers outside the US like me can't get anything off Ebay.
- Chompy, on 05/09/2008, -5/+75Nigeria should be cut off from the Internet.
- prisoner24601, on 05/09/2008, -1/+64The most broken part I've noticed is that PayPal is about the only safe/practical way to pay for a purchase, but eBay/PayPal corporate has become a complete privacy-invading control-freak that disables your account eventually unless you give them your bank checking account information (or sign up for a credit card you don't need, thereby also giving them tons of marketing information on you.)
I've almost completely stopped using eBay now. My purchases were fine for awhile, but then my PayPal account hit the limit they imposed without "verification" and its useless now. Imagine the audacity of what they demand! It's like if you went to a restaurant over and over again for a few years, each time spending $50 or $100. Then after many visits, the maitre'd comes over and says you'll have to pay in cash tonight or give them your social security number so they can run a credit check! "But I've been here dozens of times!" "Well, we don't really know you are who you say you are" "But why do you even care?! Has ANY payment from my credit card EVER been declined?" "Well, actually no." "Is my credit card company declining this charge tonight?!?" "Well, no..." "Then what's the problem?!?" "Well, we just feel it's in our best interest to have more information about you than we do. We don't like having anonymous people walk in, pay with a credit card, and not give us any more information about themselves than just the card number" "Well, you know what? It's none of your business and I won't be returning to this establishment again."
eBay's turned PayPal into nothing more than a way to get a treasure trove of personal information about users that they have no legitimate need for. There's no excuse for them demanding identifying information from people who are JUST BUYING something that no other retail establishment expects for a similar purchase. Just process the credit card payment and keep your nose out of my checking account PayPal!
/end vent at privacy-invading corporation - JaredXM, on 05/09/2008, -1/+58If they just use the captcha with the cats and dogs I'm sure it'd work.
- thewump, on 05/09/2008, -1/+52Glad I don't live in Nigeria and need a used laptop.
- Chompy, on 05/09/2008, -6/+56Agreed. I can only imagine that the people still using eBay haven't yet heard of Craigslist. It only took me 24 hours to sell a sailboat.. in the frigging *desert*.. using CL. And since PayPal wasn't involved, I didn't even have to get rape counceling after the fact.
- Gforce20, on 05/09/2008, -5/+52Why are there still 419 scammers? Do they seriously still think people will fall for those lies? :|
- getoffmybridge, on 05/05/2009, -1/+44Yeah pretty much
- farfegnugen, on 05/09/2008, -0/+43But what about all the Nigerian princes that have great fortunes they want to spend?
- Hangly, on 05/09/2008, -0/+38Someone famous once observed that a society simply ceases to function once a certain percentage of its members are dishonest.
I think he put the figure at around 30%, but realistically I think 5% is all that's necessary for things to fall apart. - crapmatic, on 05/09/2008, -0/+38What will it take to get some competition against eBay and Paypal?
- FatLoser, on 05/09/2008, -4/+42I don't know how to feel about your situation. I commend the Canadian for releasing you from the contract, but I imagine you are the one who brought up the "unfairness" of the selling price. Anybody who buys something from a seller who thinks it was "too cheap" knows that those deals never go anywhere good. He probably was shrewd and realized you were going to make up some story about him just to get out of the deal, and figured it wasn't worth the negative rating and weeks of hassle. I'm getting angry just thinking about the situation. Please elaborate and assure me that you didn't try to pull that crap, and that you would have gone through with the deal if he wanted to.
- dn11, on 05/09/2008, -0/+36Paypal has blacklisted Nigeria, but you will get these hilarious stories from bidders "I must send money from friend in Canada, you send laptop express over nite, I will spend double price. we agree A OK?"
- greenlight2001, on 05/09/2008, -1/+35Next time, put a ***** starting bid higher than 99 cents. The fair thing to do would have been to send him the Wii and accept the bid.
- PhoenixAvatar2, on 05/09/2008, -0/+34It's your fault you didn't put a half decent reserve bid. They're there for a reason.
- inactive, on 05/09/2008, -0/+34I used to be a Power Seller on eBay. Now, I might list one thing a year just to see if it still sucks. It does.
- cdawzrd, on 05/09/2008, -1/+28And make it have protection against hoarders and other businesses who take advantage of supposedly personal auction sites.
- n8r0n, on 05/09/2008, -6/+32I have not used ebay in years. I think the last time I used it was in 2000 or 2001. It has become a cesspool of items listed by hoarders and people who read "how to make money on ebay" books. I find better deals in the classifieds and "thrifty nickel" and "penny saver" papers. Craigslist is getting overrun with hoarders as well.
- johnlandes, on 05/09/2008, -12/+38Those are the same people that make up W's 28% approval rating
- kyouteki, on 05/09/2008, -0/+26What about email? Who doesn't have a gmail account nowadays?
- bobbydiamondz, on 05/09/2008, -1/+26I agree that eBay has changed for the worse. However, I've sold several laptops on eBay in the last year. No Nigerian scammers. I don't allow international bids, and I required PayPal payment immediately. Maybe I got lucky, but with those conditions, it wasn't difficult at all.
- omeomi, on 05/09/2008, -0/+23You've never heard of Google Maps or Gmail?
- bxblox, on 05/09/2008, -0/+22There's a sucker born every minute. Some of them have money.
- Ikulus, on 05/09/2008, -2/+22They need to cap the number of items sold by one person over a given time period. That should cut down on the businesses and return eBay to the international yard sale it once was.
- hipnerd, on 05/09/2008, -0/+20I'll buy it, but I'm vacationing in Nigeria right now...
- spdorsey, on 05/09/2008, -0/+20I live about 1 half-mile form eBay's corp HQ. I can throw a brick through a window there for you if you like.
- musntSurfatWork, on 05/09/2008, -1/+21and Thialand please. oh, a-and any other country selling the same item 7564 times 87 pages in a row.
- gweedo767, on 05/09/2008, -0/+19I just sold a laptop on eBay. My first auction ended with a Nigerian scammer trying to get it, the second go was a legit customer thankfully.
- leftfoot, on 05/09/2008, -0/+19p-p-p-powerbook!
- inverselogic, on 05/09/2008, -1/+20Good idea, no one cares about Nigeria ;)
- cdawzrd, on 05/09/2008, -10/+29That's a very slippery slope.
- SasquatchBill, on 05/09/2008, -0/+19Petrodollar forgot to mention the fact that each one of these bikes is taped to a laptop. That's why his story is pertinent.
- ryan83189, on 05/09/2008, -1/+19they are getting so desperate they are willing to pay 1000 dollars extra through an escrow account :(
- cdawzrd, on 05/09/2008, -2/+19There should be an auction site that doesn't allow businesses, period, and has a team to check if people are sneaking around the rules. Craigslist is good for finding stuff, but they don't have everything. eBay has its place, though, because it can be a useful tool for certain types of businesses (in its current state), but people who want to do real auctions are screwed.
- RetlawST, on 05/09/2008, -0/+17I had this Quebecer tard try to scam me a couple of years ago. Multiple times the paypal transaction begin, I'd get an email from him telling me I could ship it, only to have the transaction canceled a day before it was going to be approved. This was for a pimped out G5 I no longer needed.
Thankfully one of my friends spoke fluent french, and I ended up calling him. Turns out it was a 15 year old boy whose mother was getting suspicious of all of the ***** he was suddenly able to afford. - Murdats, on 05/09/2008, -1/+18google maps (earth, mars, space, moon included), gmail, google docs, google calendar, google reader, youtube etc
I know people who use all of these on a daily basis (myself included) and all of those arent just search or adsense - jayb1rd, on 05/09/2008, -10/+27Ah, the joys of capitalism.
- misterjangles, on 05/09/2008, -0/+17That is true, however the prince's funds are currently tied up and he desperately needs your help. If you would only agree to have the funds transferred to your US account, he would gladly offer you 5%
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