Why Ebay Sucks To Infinity

[tbob]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

As a seller, I wish Ebay still showed Bidder ID's to everybody. I would regularly get guys bidding on the same items that genuinely disliked each other, for some reason or another. The boxing field is really full of individual personalities.

They would engage in bidding wars that would last throughout the week when one of them saw the other was bidding on it. Almost out of spite it seemed.

Between sniping and private ID's, that no longer happens.

Then on the other hand, you would have guys who were friendly with each other, lay off an item if they saw one of their friends was bidding on it, so it worked both ways I guess.

The good ol' days of Ebay.

I agree. I miss 'em. There were lots of good reasons for showing bidder IDs but even though the number of good reasons far outweighed the one bad reason (others emailing winning bidders), once again the majority and intelligent decision loses.

[Exhibitman]

As someone whose bids used to get tracked and who was frequently shilled on boxing cards during the bad old days, I am OK w/not seeing bidder IDs during the auction but feel that they should be left open to view after close so that we can see shilling and other suspicious activity. Of course, the real reason Ebay blocked it was to prevent a rash of shilling and other fraud-based complaints by stopping access to the evidence. As Orwell wrote: "if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed—if all records told the same tale—then the lie passed into history and became truth. 'Who controls the past' ran the Party slogan, 'controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.'"

[tbob]

Well, one reason I miss it is because I liked seeing who was bidding on cards I wanted. If it was a 54 member, I used to email him to see how strong his interest was and often I backed off on cards just like others backed off for me. Of course the advent of sniping changed much of that but it was still useful. Also, when you saw who the winning bidder was it sometimes helped you with your strategy for the next card in terms of bidding early, or sniping or laying down a strong bid early, etc. Finally, it was good to see who was buying what because you could communicate on them about trades, etc. I developed some friendships among collectors that way back in the day.
And yes, I used to get tracked also so I know that feeling.

[tbob]

I also remember the days when several of us here used to email bidders of obvious fakes and warn them. Then eBay dug in its heels to "prevent bidder interference" and eventually screwed up the whole system.

[tothrk]

If the original/reprint field is not filled out, ebay should automatically insert a poll where bidders could vote authentic/fake. It could immediately update, just like the current bid.

[Doug]

Originally Posted by tbob

I also remember the days when several of us here used to email bidders of obvious fakes and warn them. Then eBay dug in its heels to "prevent bidder interference" and eventually screwed up the whole system.

By prevent bidder interference I think they mean let people get screwed on these fake cards so that they bring a higher price and therefore a higher final value fee. At the rate they're going, eBay will be overrun with fake cards and be about as reputable place to buy cards as craigslist.

[iggyman]

Believe me Dan, I feel your pain! Just received my first ever negative, but I'm a better person now (serenity now.). Not sure what I did wrong but at least I can spell a little bit better then my eBay buyer...

http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAP...ab=AllFeedback

Lovely Day...

[GoldenAge50s]

Sounds like he tried to free it from the slab & probably whacked it up himself!

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by iggyman

Believe me Dan, I feel your pain! Just received my first ever negative, but I'm a better person now (serenity now.). Not sure what I did wrong but at least I can spell a little bit better then my eBay buyer...

http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAP...ab=AllFeedback

Lovely Day...

That sucks...I'm pretty sure this Joe guy will give me my first negative. I looked through your guy's feedback left for others and he left this gem (Neutral) for someone who sells DVDs.

"thaer are plink pagies"

Here's another

"a pice camof"

This one was actually a positive

"it whas a good precis"

Here's your chance to give him his first negative -

http://cgi.ebay.com/lego-curve-train...1#ht_500wt_947

When you win the track leave him a negative that says "The train was missing."

[t206hound]

"i took card out ove its chase and the card is ripet and bent"
Let me translate: "I took card out of its case and the card is ripped and bent"

Did this guy try to crack it out of the holder? How the heck could an encapsulated card be ripped otherwise? It's a shame because it was a beauty of a 30.

Originally Posted by iggyman

Believe me Dan, I feel your pain! Just received my first ever negative, but I'm a better person now (serenity now.). Not sure what I did wrong but at least I can spell a little bit better then my eBay buyer...

http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAP...ab=AllFeedback

Lovely Day...