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