Who’s Responsible For The Crap On eBay?
Should eBay be held responsible because the crap people sell on the site? Should we really expect them to examine each item that is put up for sale and guarantee the authenticity of that sale? Well, apparently a French court does.
A French commercial court Monday ordered eBay Inc. to pay more than $59 million to a high-end fashion company because counterfeit goods were sold on the auction site.
Maybe we should all get together and file a class action suit and demand our money back for all the items we bought that were clearly marked “in excellent condition” that ended up being just mediocre in quality.
Would I be mad if people were counterfeiting my products? Sure I would. I would also work with eBay to get those items removed, you know, like eBay already does.
I have purchased dozens of items off of eBay and have received “substandard” or non-brand parts and items from time to time. Not once did I think it was eBay’s fault and took appropriate action each time.
There was even a time when I ordered a micro sd card and received a much better quality product than I thought I would. Was that eBay’s fault too?
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While some sellers are dishonest most sellers do describe their items correctly. I can’t see holding eBay responsible, I don’t get to go after the newspaper when classified ads aren’t exactly honest about the condition of an item.
Hi there, I could not agree more. Ebay should take part of the blame when a lot of crap are being sold on their website. Just as you wrote I bought some roman coins that supposed to be in perfect shape and when I recieved them I then realized that I have been ripped off. Yeah, you can give this seller bad rating but for some sellers that really does not matter since they have sold all of the good that they wanted to get rid off..