posted on August 26, 2005 01:33:38 PM new
I love to watch the reality court shows on TV. I used to watch Judge Wapner many years ago. He was the first reality based judge. Now there are tons of different ones on TV. I have noticed alot of Ebay cases on these shows. Today, on Judge Judy, there was one about a jetski. Did anyone else catch it? Yesterday, there was an Ebay case on People's Court regarding tires and rims.
The jetski case was really interesting in that although the seller accurately described it accurately and to the best of his knowledge, the buyer put a stop payment on the check because it didn't run. The seller then filed with the state attorney's office and the buyer was arrested. It was a very interesting case. The buyer was very dishonest in his e-mails to the seller.
The tires and rims case was interesting too in that the seller was dishonest, but the buyer was equally dishonest.
Sometimes, by viewing these cases on TV, I wonder how many bidders are scared away from bidding on items ... It certainly is not good PR for ebay.
posted on August 26, 2005 02:17:22 PM new
I whole heartedly agree with you, Diane. Ebay won't get in the middle of something like this since the are just a service, a vehicle(taking their money and running). You would think that they would get involved with this type of situation to prevent adverse negative publicity & news about the website. I believe that we have lost a good many great buyers because of one horribly bad transaction where they won't come back. I hear ofter from people I meet and they ask me where I work, that they would rather go to a mall or discount B&M than to deal with bad sellers.
posted on August 26, 2005 03:26:13 PM new
I know I've dealt with some fairly demanding buyers that are that way because they've had bad transactions with someone else. They'll ask me to detail how I will pack an item before they bid or they will ask what we may find to be annoying or redundent questions.
The PR on some of the larger cases really makes all of us look bad. Many of them are isolated incidents. The good transactions aren't newsworthy though.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Caroline
posted on August 28, 2005 05:46:16 PM new
I agree...an elderly friend is reluctant to have me sell some of her treasures because she's heard some "bad stories" about eBay. When I question her, she can't name anything specific...just "bad things". eBay used to run some pretty clever ads although I haven't seen any lately. Perhaps they could create some new ads that show some "real little people" (like us) who are reputable sellers on eBay.
posted on August 28, 2005 10:24:22 PM new
I saw the one about the jet ski. The buyer lost, did in by his many lies, among other things.
Judge Judy asked the buyer if he was a lawyer, he said no.
He wasn't, but in an email to the seller he stated he practiced law. She had a copy of the email & nailed him on that one.
Caroline