But you shouldn't buy from a seller whose ratings were obtained only as
a buyer.
Paul
On Oct 19, 2005, at 12:33 AM, graywolf wrote:
Nothing keeping you from buying a hundred bucks worth of $1ea
merchandize and getting 100 positives either.
graywolf
http://www.graywolfphoto.com
"Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof"
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Tom C wrote:
I may be asking this out of total ignorance Paul, I hope not. As far
as reliability of ratings goes, what makes them reliable?
What's to stop me from conducting a series of BIN auctions on e-bay
and having my wife create multiple e-bay accounts with different
e-mail addresses from multiple locations, and then having her make
the 'purchase' and leave positive feedback? Little I suspect.
The one time I got ripped on the guitar, the seller had a rating of
over 99.5% with 1000's of transactions. I am inclined to believe that
the vast majority of transactions go smoothly, but a seller who
decides to be occasionally unscrupulous is easily able to hide the
fact in the numbers. The more successful transactions a seller may
have, the easier it can get to hide the stinkers.
Tom C.
From: Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: Re: Used gear
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 21:19:04 -0400
Fraudulent auctions aren't hard to spot, except for the fact that
they're very few in number. Ebay seller ratings are reliable, and
the site is closely monitored. Have you used ebay extensively? I
have. Without problems. But each to his own. I just think it's a
shame to skip what is actually a valuable resource due to
misinformation.
Paul
On Oct 18, 2005, at 9:20 PM, Tom Reese wrote:
Paul Stenquist wrote:
I've made literally hundreds of purchases on ebay without any
problems.
I received two lenses that were defective. In both cases, the seller
took them back. Of course the days of really great deals on ebay are
probably over, unless you can get lucky on a just posted buy it now.
But there's nothing to fear.
I've seen way too many fraudulent auctions to agree with your
nothing to
fear statement.
Tom Reese
