'69 Yenko in Canada for $9K

[nuch_ss396]

Wilma,

The reason this stuff happens on eBay is that they really
don't care one way or the other! Think of the $$ they make
every day. If 50 people a day list bogus auction, and that
is probably quite conservative, eBay gets that little listing fee regardless - right?

Now, eBay has been notified thousands of times by now about
sham auctions like this one. All they do is shut it down!
But, only if we ( the eBay community ) find out and shout
about it! What a great place for them to be.

So let's look at it another way. If you had a business and
some "people" were using your business to do sham sales,
what would you do? At the least, you'd find a way to stop
such things from happening again. It's not good for your
business - right? Aaahh! Unless you get a deposit into
your account for using your name. Well, sort of. You see
my point. EBay can just sit on the mountain and blame the
unethical sellers. I've been down this road with eBay many
times.

So, if eBay wanted to stop this stuff, they would institute
fraud procedures to thwart this activity. One such measure
could be an escrow type account for new sellers, or sellers
that have "questionable" items. A probation period, if you
will.

That's just a fast example for you. I'm sure others here
could come up with lots of great ideas on this subject.

The point is simply this: EBay is in this to make money.
And, they are making tons of it! I doubt they really care.

Steve