Comments on: What’s Going on at eBay? http://www.mechdrew.com/2009/12/17/whats-going-on-at-ebay/ Yeah, whatever. Mon, 04 Jan 2010 03:11:22 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: dravani http://www.mechdrew.com/2009/12/17/whats-going-on-at-ebay/comment-page-1/#comment-80 dravani Mon, 04 Jan 2010 03:11:22 +0000 http://www.mechdrew.com/2009/12/17/whats-going-on-at-ebay/#comment-80 Or... it could be someone trying to falsely raise their ebay score - as buyer or seller - imagine if you create false transactions, claim that the person paid quickly, the buyer claims the packaging was good etc - then you settle down for a little while - sell some real stuff at much more moderate prices, then switch to big ticket items - and then break out with the money. Grifting 101. The only way to make this work is to guarantee that you are absolutely the winner. That way, you don't have to ship, and don't have to pay (anything except Ebay's share). Don't know why one would really want to do this, but it reeks of scamming. Or… it could be someone trying to falsely raise their ebay score – as buyer or seller – imagine if you create false transactions, claim that the person paid quickly, the buyer claims the packaging was good etc – then you settle down for a little while – sell some real stuff at much more moderate prices, then switch to big ticket items – and then break out with the money. Grifting 101.

The only way to make this work is to guarantee that you are absolutely the winner. That way, you don’t have to ship, and don’t have to pay (anything except Ebay’s share). Don’t know why one would really want to do this, but it reeks of scamming.

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