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I'm not sure I feel strongly about either side of the discussion, but just to be clear you're saying you think it would be "an overwhelmingly bad idea to [creat
by trotsky 15y ago
I'm not sure I feel strongly about either side of the discussion, but just to be clear you're saying you think it would be "an overwhelmingly bad idea to [create ebay]"?
- coderdude 15y agoDoes eBay not handle payments? Edit: I actually didn't know, so I looked it up. Turns out that eBay does not handle payments. Though I suppose they're relying on the reputation system. So it's not an overwhelmingly bad idea to allow sellers to hide behind usernames when they're handling payments and shipping as long as there is a good reputation system in place. Which makes sense since that's why you would want your name there anyway, to lend or gain reputation.
- trotsky 15y agoebay started in 1994 and bought paypal in 2002
- fookyong 15y agoexactly. that's actually one of the reasons I don't use eBay to sell things, I have no reputation on eBay. but selling to my locality, I'm happy to give away my identity in exchange for an instant boost of reputation / buyer peace-of-mind.