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My mind read it as "stickied".
I had read it as "Sticky-D", which didn't evoke the best imagery. Yours is much better.
I stopped selling things like this on eBay a long time ago because I do not sell things frequently enough to keep up with the scams du jour. My local craigslist is where my for-sale items now go. Sure, I may get a little less than top-dollar for an item, or it might take a little longer to sell, but I'm never left with some after-the-fact dispute where I have no control (note: I'll only accept cash). eBay was fun whi…
> A true "amateur to amateur" auction type sales website is an area begging for competition... Really? Because this is the area eBay started in, and they pivoted to more "online retail" than "online yard sale" because (surprise!) there is a lot more money in retail. Really, eBay is more today's Viaweb than an evolution of either p2p sales or auctions.
Keep in mind a LOT has changed since the beginning. When eBay did that pivot, there were far less options for small retails sellers to put their products online easily and efficiently.
Ultimately, I think it would be near impossible to serve both markets well. eBay certainly serves the amateurs poorly, so that area is ripe for competition (IMO). Maybe serving the "pro" market would be bigger overall, and maybe even more profitable, but an "amateur eBay" executed properly would make someone a metric fuckton of dollars.
The OP says he "Only sells to people with significant positive feedback", "Only ships to CONFIRMED Paypal addresses", and "Requires Signature Confirmation for items over $250" Does ebay policy allow this? I thought the seller had to sell to the winning bidder, regardless of buyer's feedback, etc.
Those are flags you can set in your sale, regarding feedback at least. If someone has negative feedback, or lives outside of a list of countries, or has unpaid item strikes, the user won't even see your sale. Confirmed address is a paypal policy you can also turn on, which forces the seller to use their paypal confirmed address when checking out or none at all. If someone wins and they ask you to ship elsewhere, you…
So if I am a brand new ebay account with zero feedback, I can still buy.
Its annoying.
Stop using eBay and Paypal. If you look, you can find stories like this every week since about 1999. This sort of behavior isn't new yet eBay continues to grow.
Because it works for most people most of the time. That is why I continue to use eBay as a buyer.
Is this behaviour of PayPal possible only in USA, or it also applies to EU countries? Does EU regulations enforce some additional protection mechanisms for both sellers and buyers?
Just my 2 cents, i've sold two smartphones on eBay and not had any issues. I once did have a scam buy-it-now where they'd asked to ship to a foreign country but was able to relist quickly and sell to a legitimate buyer.
I stopped selling things like this on eBay a long time ago because I do not sell things frequently enough to keep up with the scams du jour. My local craigslist is where my for-sale items now go. Sure, I may get a little less than top-dollar for an item, or it might take a little longer to sell, but I'm never left with some after-the-fact dispute where I have no control (note: I'll only accept cash). eBay was fun whi…
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But I won't, because I don't want to sign up to be able to window shop...
and I stopped looking at your site after about 15 seconds as a result.
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It would be considered a form of shoplifting wouldn't it? (Honestly curious here)
I'm not a lawyer or a police officer, but doesn't this sound more like fraud?
His car insurance paid out on a theft claim. I'm sure there were more details to it, but I've never heard of "fraud insurance" as part of an auto insurance policy.
The whole "not as described" is an impossibly giant and stupid loophole.
Back to asking for checks I guess.
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Of course. If you look their website now and their SEC filings, it is clear that eBay is not any more "garage sales on internet with auctions". It is more like discount store. Are there any of YC companies building "garage sales on internet"?
just wondering how would you expect or how do other companies currently avoid fraud. The costs associated or added with constantly investigating fraud would almost seem like a deterrent in making a system useful.
Is that workable? Quite possibly. Is it probable? Probably not.
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