http://www.paypalwarning.com/

Personally, I would be very wary now of any ebay private seller as there is very little if any support or reimbursement from ebay for items which are mis advertised.

Combine this with the extremely high risk to buyers from ‘hidden bidder identities’ seller friends and family shill bidding, the ever increasing inflated postal charges often double the cost of the actual package (that is if you receive the item which you have bought) and the risk of abuse from leaving negative feedback it becomes a recipe for disaster.

In brief, my advise is if you cannot or ‘not allowed’ to call to collect and pay in person, If the seller requires immediate payment etc, Just don’t bid!

I simply look at it this way, eBay has become a bohemoth in the world of online selling, like you have touched upon, they don`t seem to care about the actual business transactions carried carried out as long as the seller doesn`t upset the buyer, and that eBay makes the fees as one big fat middleman!

However, the only way to combat fraud drastically is to choose comsumable markets to sell into, that simply cater to people who want solutions to their problems, like for example in the skincare niche?

Cheers…Ed.

eBay did not reply to my two requests about this situation. They just ignore customers.

I had no chance to receive the feedback for this legitimate transaction.

I am wondering if I can take this case to a small claim court against the eBay?

on eBuster,co,uk we list 1000′s of adverts where feedback is being sold for as little as $0.01 and also publish some of the forum messages that eBay pulls in an effort to keep a lid on things get out.

Make no mistake eBay is doing all it can to protect scammers and does not give a dam about buyers or sellers so no wonder it’s going down which will be a good leson for other corporation to learn from and show that customers still have some say.