6 Jan
2010
6 Jan
'10
6:23 p.m.
They could have instituted a double-blind contact
system so that you could still contact winners, but neither party
would know the identity of the other in the communication unless they
chose to reveal it. ?In other words, they could have solved the
problem without fracturing the community.
And then then is a huge exodus of sellers from Ebay...
There has been talk for some time about Ebay doing exactly this, and
their is FIERCE opposition from the seller community. We like to know
who we are selling to. Sellers are pretty wide open to fraud, believe
it or not, and we have little faith in what Ebay and Paypal do to
fight it. We like to know that is we get defrauded, we can cut to the
chase and talk to USPS or the FBI without Ebay getting in the way.
Ebay actually is not doing that great. There are many available
solutions for plug and play web stores, completely independent of
Ebay. The only thing that keeps many sellers from jumping ship is the
huge marketing advantage Ebay provides.
--
Will