In the case of one apparent ebay dead-beat--I say 'apparent' because the
lens eventually showed up on my door step after many unanswered email
messages and weeks of waiting--I was contacted by the New York (if memory
serves) police, by a member of their fraud squad asking about my experience
w/ the seller. Because I did get the item nothing came of it, not that I
expect that the NY police would have been able to do much of anything to
help a poor little left coast Canadian comme je suis.
My point is that ebay and the authorities do seem to be in touch. How much
enforcement power either have is I expect neglible.
Glen
A splokesman for EBay talked on BBC Radio 4 (the best talk radio
station in the world BTW) 2 days ago on the subject of the sale of
Nazi and Concentration Camp "memorabilia". He was asked why EBay was
associated with such a despicable trade; the answer was "..EBay is
only a listing service, we cannot control what is sold through this
service ...". This is a paraphrase BTW.
I'm not sure therefore that EBay has the inclination to police its
operation. It would certainly add to its costs and reduce its
profitability.
Chris
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