I had a surprisingly similar experience from the other side. I purchased an iPhone 4 off of eBay and realized after receiving it that it was locked to the wrong carrier. I reviewed the auction and confirmed that the seller had listed an unconditional return policy (which I had specifically looked for while scanning auctions just in case ). The seller ended up refusing to honor the return policy and taunted me to contact eBay with it, who then simply refused to enforce the return policy. I was thankful in this situation that sellers can't leave negative feedback because I was able to leave negative feedback without anxiety over possible retaliation, but I can see how it'd be really annoying if I were a seller dealing with a dishonest buyer.
Fine, eBay. Here’s your $2. I hope you choke on it.
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#103eBay is a great place for scammers to get free stuff! every few years, my girlfriend gives eBay another chance and tries selling something. Every single time, she gets scammed. Each time, the buyer claims he didn't receive the goods or received the wrong thing. eBay automatically sides with the buyer and immediately refunds their money. In cases where the buyer claims they received the wrong thing, they either fail t…
I've used eBay to buy and sell furniture locally with some success. This is, however, a very small niche that is starting to be better served by http://gumtree.com.au here.
... And it's apparently owned by eBay. Nevermind. :(
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#104I've had better success with eBay after using their buyer requirements option. It lets you ban users who do not meet your requirements from bidding.
As a result, my last batch of sales (3 computers and a few other items) had all of the bidders paying immediately upon completion of auction. Whereas my previous batch of sales when I did not know about this option, I had 3 time wasters who never posted payment.
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#105Earlier quoted context omitted.
Don't you think that "no buyer protection" is just heading too far in the opposite direction? Especially with callmeed's post[1] above... [1] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4730281
With bitcoin you can do some surprisingly complex things. Such as move money into a fund that the other people can verify are there, which only pays out on a trigger condition.
An escrow account? :)
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#106Earlier quoted context omitted.
With bitcoin you can do some surprisingly complex things. Such as move money into a fund that the other people can verify are there, which only pays out on a trigger condition.
An escrow account? :)
Yes, but totally verifiable and automated. Which means less trust than a regular escrow account.
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#107Earlier quoted context omitted.
If you ever launch it, let me know and I will do my utmost to promote it. If you'd launched already I would have happily sold my iPhone through you. There's really no way you could have provided a worse experience unless you actively tried.
> There's really no way you could have provided a worse experience unless you actively tried. Oddly enough, that's been tried at least once: https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/28/business/28borker.html?pa...
Thanks for that. The last paragraph is pure genius.
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#108This is a timely thread for me. I've been working on an idea called Auctionful - http://www.auctionful.com . Its still in an early stage - but you can signup and use it if you want.
* It lets people run auctions on their website.
* It ensures that the seller gets paid for the winning bid. The payment details are stored in a credit card vault when the bid is made.
* It uses the seller's account Stripe account to manage all payments.
* It verifies the seller's phone and email. And in cause of disputes, both parties are expected to resolve it themselves.
I've been incorporating feedback I've gotten so far to change the product, so feel free to comment on it.
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#109Way to go, adsense: http://grab.by/hdEo
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#110I wanted to provide somewhat of a counterpoint – I have been using e-bay (Australia) for about 7 years. I sell all kinds of stuff ranging from a broken bookcase for $1, which I didn’t want to haul to the tip, all the way up to a boat for $950. I also run a small business selling items via a website and my e-bay account [1][2]. Overall I’ve found my e-bay experience to be very positive. I’ve only had one person who I…
http://gumtree.com.au is on the rise for things like your bookcase, but I agree, the market on eBay is much larger.
Yeah, funnily enough I listed the boat on gumtree as well, but got nothing but scammers! There was about 5 people that contacted me trying to run this scam: http://www.mactalk.com.au/8/80486-paypal-scam-carsguide.html
With the listing on e-bay I got two enquiries, both of which were legit. One of the interested parties ended up buying.