posted on June 28, 2002 02:20:27 PM
That's his own dumb*ss fault.
FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS for a car he hasn't seen with his own eyes? Come on, if I'm going to spend that kind of money on ANYTHING, I'm going to fly there and pick it up myself or handle the transaction in person. What's a couple hundred dollars for a plane ticket and motel when you're buying a 50,000 car?
Some things just do NOT belong on eBay. Cars and Real Estate in my opinion shouldn't be done on eBay.
Anyone here ever buy land on eBay? How did it work?
posted on June 28, 2002 03:23:50 PM
I agree if I was going to spend any large amount of money like $50,000.00 I would have spent a few hundred to fly to see the car.
The real prblem here is greed. People get to the point they think they have found the deal of the century and are so caught up in it they don't do their home work. This is a great example. If people weren't greedy crocks like this wouldn't be able to take advantage of people.
I always remember what my folks have told me over and over again, "If it sounds to good too be true it probably is."
posted on June 28, 2002 03:28:24 PM
When my daughter was 18 she bought a car off ebay. But it was local, they let her come out and test drive it, have my brother look it over, and she forked over a whole $450.
I don't think they have actual bidding on most of ebay real estate any longer
posted on June 28, 2002 06:02:42 PM
I have sold cars on eBay and never had the person come look first - In fact I sold a Porsch 928. But I had a street address they could see was listed in a phone book for the last 18 years as my address and associated with a car dealership that was in the phone book and working phone numbers.
I had extensive pic showing all defects and a reasonable price - not a come on.
Reasonable people know what a car should cost and know they are not going to find a fool selling a $50,000 car for say $10,000.
posted on June 29, 2002 06:09:19 AM
reading the above article one discovers that legit accounts are taken over by thieves who guess your password. they use a computer bot and a dictionary.
So if your password isn't in the dictionary, you have less a chance of this happening to you.
But there is still one BIG flaw not addressed: eBay encourages you to play the HINT game with them in case you forget your password. You choose from a series of questions, like "what is your favorite resturant" and then you pick the answer.
This is silly to participate in this. It is child's play to crack someone's password using eBay's own hint scheme
posted on June 29, 2002 01:43:58 PM
From what I read in the article the buyer did some sort of escrow. With escrow, he could take delivery of the car and not release the funds until he had looked it over.
