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> Im fairly new to ebay but the recent ebay Les Paul fake thread has got
> me thinking about the way their system seemed almost to help a
> fraudulent seller to pull off his escapade.
>
> In the case of the Stunning Les Paul, I submitted two questions but
> they never appeared on the listing. Presumably because it was a private
> auction.

>
> Im fairly new to ebay but the recent ebay Les Paul fake thread has got me
> thinking about the way their system seemed almost to help a fraudulent
> seller to pull off his escapade.

>
> In the case of the Stunning Les Paul, I submitted two questions but they
> never appeared on the listing. Presumably because it was a private
> auction.

>
> The fact that it was private also had the effect that no-one with any
> doubts could even contact bidders to warn them.

>
> Several of us contacted ebay to point out the potential issues with the
> auction but aside from an automatic response, I for one have had no
> feedback whatsoever.
>

> It seems that ebay arent interested in giving buyers some form of forum
> in which they can discuss these issues.
>
> Now, whenever I book a hotel or a holiday, I always have a quick look at
> the various independent review sites, holidays uncovered, trip advisor or
> suchlike. The kind of thing where I can enter a hotel name and location
> and get feedback from other punters. this has got me wondering:

> What do you think are the legal issues behind setting up a similar thing
> for ebay auctions?
>
> A site where people could enter independent observations on individual
> ebay listings. A prospective bidder could then enter an ebay item number
> and see if anyone has expressed any opinions on it.
>
> Technically speaking, it would be reasonably easy to do with one or other
> of the server-side technologies, backed by a database.
>
> Of course, if successful, the database *could* grow rather large fairly
> quickly. That could result in the need to generate revenue fairly quickly.

> anyway, just musing. Probably a daft idea.

>
> /MikeB

> forcing the display of
> questions & answers would be prone to abuse.
>

> Im fairly new to ebay but the recent ebay Les Paul fake thread has got
> me thinking about the way their system seemed almost to help a
> fraudulent seller to pull off his escapade.
>
> In the case of the Stunning Les Paul, I submitted two questions but
> they never appeared on the listing. Presumably because it was a private
> auction.
>
> The fact that it was private also had the effect that no-one with any
> doubts could even contact bidders to warn them.
>
> Several of us contacted ebay to point out the potential issues with the
> auction but aside from an automatic response, I for one have had no
> feedback whatsoever.
>
> It seems that ebay arent interested in giving buyers some form of forum
> in which they can discuss these issues.
>
> Now, whenever I book a hotel or a holiday, I always have a quick look at
> the various independent review sites, holidays uncovered, trip advisor
> or suchlike. The kind of thing where I can enter a hotel name and
> location and get feedback from other punters. this has got me wondering:
>
> What do you think are the legal issues behind setting up a similar thing
> for ebay auctions?
>
> A site where people could enter independent observations on individual
> ebay listings. A prospective bidder could then enter an ebay item number
> and see if anyone has expressed any opinions on it.
>
> Technically speaking, it would be reasonably easy to do with one or
> other of the server-side technologies, backed by a database.
>
> Of course, if successful, the database *could* grow rather large fairly
> quickly. That could result in the need to generate revenue fairly quickly.
>
> anyway, just musing. Probably a daft idea.
>
> /MikeB

> A site where people could enter independent observations on individual
> ebay listings. A prospective bidder could then enter an ebay item number
> and see if anyone has expressed any opinions on it.

> nog wrote:
>> forcing the display of
>> questions & answers would be prone to abuse.
>>
>
> How? I cant see any way that could happen. Sellers are free to lie in
> their answers with little comeback. eBay will only take action for
> unhappy customers if the item is *significantly* not as described.

> Id possibly like it to go further and have unmoderated comments on each
> page.

> MikeB wrote in message
> news:EnqRj.28937$wc2.23417@en-nntp-01.am2.easynews.com...
>
>> A site where people could enter independent observations on individual
>> ebay listings. A prospective bidder could then enter an ebay item number
>> and see if anyone has expressed any opinions on it.
>
> You could try here:-
>
> http://www.paypalsucks.com/forums/showforum.php?fid=16
>
> icarusi
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