The auction site eBay is one of the largest companies in the Internet market. In 1995 the company was founded in the USA. Today it has annual sales of about 8.5 billion to U.S. dollars.
1999, established the online auction house with the acquisition of just 6 months of existence auction house "Alando" for 43 mil. U.S. dollars in Germany.
Since then enjoyed ever-increasing Ebay reputation and popularity. Popular
This, unfortunately, not only the serious buyers and sellers ...
for fraudsters especially the mesh of the "timeless seller is:
The scam:
in online advertising portal ads that an ebay seller is sought, the taking over the setting and managing the sale on Ebay and I paid for it with a commission.
Well, of course, all this sounds for super fast money earned, so very tempting and it is this very tasty offer locks for some people to reason metaphorically in a cage of stupidity, because:
• Why can not someone sell on Ebay, when eBay sellers already so easy as possible to stop services?
• Why can advertise your ads in someone ZIG online portals and recruitment services and then complain they have no time to sell his wares?
When it is so considered, it sounds like everything already but not logical, right?
Yes, but come Once laid out such a fraud if you make an offer!
course, agrees to take over such a sale and report on such ads.
is then spoken of electronic items from acquisitions and bankruptcy auctions, you can auction off. As mentioned above, is then usually given as an excuse for the non-existent time.
(Actually, this is a very plausible explanation, but we should remember the above ads displayed in abundance!)
The seller is friendly and easily and weighs one in the belief that they can earn quick money.
will be sent to Ebay typical photos and item descriptions already pre (!!!).
(Note that the item descriptions are already pre-assembled and the seller did not have time to adjust itself for sales on eBay. When Nature Calls, for the setting of an offer to Ebay costs one maybe 5 minutes of his oh-so valuable time and he would have easily made it more profitable than anyone else to engage in a sales commission in order!)
Well, who now carries on is your own fault, or let himself be lulled gullible.
usually missing from the article description proper shipping methods and shipping costs. The inclusion of such would be obviously important for someone wanting to sell goods profitably, but on request needs to hear it often only on the tone of the responses in order to determine that Seller's damn about what you writing down there (for he is the Items shipped eh never).
As a listing period usually done on a very small period of time.
Sure, why because even 10 days if you can hold somebody in 3 days on the table?
The middleman, the opposite is the seller so in good faith, will only think that it is indeed an even faster Bargain, it was as if he had previously suspected.
THE ARTICLE IS SET ON EBAY!
Auuuu, a very bad moment, for now automatically connect legal mechanisms in force: between each bidder and the seller (ie the intermediary) is automatically in a legal contract (purchase agreement). The buyer offers to supply the item description, the seller undertakes to fulfill the offer and (here comes the crux:) deliver the item. Well, how can you deliver but something you do not own?
It therefore goes into the dangerous situation of having to trust someone, you do not even know.
THE ARTICLE IS SOLD ON EBAY!
Well, now is actually sealed the misery. The middle man is dependent on the shipping of the seller, this would probably only see the money.
ado, the matter quickly to get off the table, they'll agree on money to flow to the seller. Most likely as 1 Rate half of the sales price / net income. Note, however, that electronics sold here, which is:
first In any event, sale, and;
second Very expensive.
The half can then that is still quite a lot of money to be!
The following is a concatenation of "mishaps":
first The buyer pays the money to the middleman.
second The intermediary deducts his commission and all other fees and sends an invoice to the seller.
third The seller wants a transfer to a foreign account (!!!).
4th Half of the profits is paid (the seller).
5th The seller reports NEVER AGAIN!
Why we are in a situation of Gelackmeierte?
first It is a legal agreement with the buyer, which is entitled to the payment of the goods and the receipt of this.
second Transfers to foreign accounts are usually not refundable and the money is not simply return bookings, as the account holder must agree to the chargeback (which of course is unlikely, it should be a cheater).
third Chargebacks cost of foreign accounts without guaranteed success, 80 € upwards.
4th The role of the middleman in the auction may be cited in the description, but ultimately one only the person who sold the product also.
5th The article will never be sent.
6th The damage is the middleman did not occur directly, but since the buyer does not receive goods even though he has paid, he will not accept that simple.
7th The buyer may contact Ebay. With cheaters, I suppose, makes short work of Ebay and although the middle-men can not help it, it's still his fault that another Ebay member stands now without any money.
8th Ebay may interpret such behavior as damage to reputation.
9th Scissors In with the letter of advertisements, correspondence and Opinions both temporal and financial effort.
10th At the end, you even then the financial loss, even though you originally wanted to make money.
What can I do to protect me from Ebay scam? There
a right protection does not exist. On Ebay and other auction and sales portals can be continuously traded with virtual goods and rarely you can check before the sale, whether the product exists.
In the above case, it is my opinion right to refund the buyer his money in full. Even then if the financial Damage is a self, one must yet (it should be in writing with the buyer some) fear any legal action against him.
"buying" I would call it. Such as the exact legal position is like in such a situation, I can not say and whether you have the buyer to repay the money split, the opinions.
We conclude, however, that one can do without such trade confidently.
However, I think the trading on Ebay for very good.
But as always, it is probably here: "Discretion is the better part of valor."
