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The absolute, 100% way to solve this is to let sellers decide who can bid/buy on their items. If I can say "Only users who have been on ebay X months/years with
by DanBlake 14y ago
The absolute, 100% way to solve this is to let sellers decide who can bid/buy on their items. If I can say "Only users who have been on ebay X months/years with Y feedback" that is such a major awesomeness. It also puts the control back in my hands. Maybe I dont get as much money when I sell a item, but I have way less risk of getting fucked.
Also, it would not stop new ebayers from being able to buy things. eBay could 'eat the risk' or make them guarantee if a seller set up his auction that way.
- kamjam 14y agoYou can already do this on eBay, the sellers with Y feedback thing http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/sell/buyer-requirements.html http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/sell/buyer-requirements.html More specifically: http://imgur.com/xvAYd http://imgur.com/xvAYd But it still doesn't get round the way this specific scam works, see post from Spooky23 above for a great explanation.
- DanBlake 14y agoUnfortunately that only lets you block people with bad feedback. You cant say "you cant buy unless you have 10+ feedback" Most scammers have no bad feedback, they are just new accounts with 5-10 positive feedback for bogus items.
- kamjam 14y agoYes you can, what do you think "Block users who have a feedback score equal to or lower than X" means? X can be set to 10 if you want. That imgurl I linked to was directly from my eBay account.