Hey Michiganjfrog! Glad to know that we have your support! Any idea on how many actual chipod ebay sellers we have here on this forum?
Well, I have the same screen name on eBay, so maybe..
It is sad that the list of suckers is endless, and a new one is goind down every minute!
Though I am in not an ebay lover, and myself had a very tough time with them as i was trying to warn people about the Scam, & they suspended my account, and made me loose the entire christmas sale. But somehow, I still find it hard to believe that ebay would be in on this. Look at it this way - the scammers are contributing maybe about $20 million a year to ebay & paypal combined. This is only about 0.33% of ebay's revenues. They have much more to loose in the form of reputation than gain in this. Secondly, if the scammers were 100% stopped, ebay would not loose. The average selling price of the products would go higher, thereby generating more revenues for ebay. yes maybe 10 or 15% of people who are buying the fakes today, would not buy from ebay due to the higher cost, but I think in the end it would all even out.
Anyway, the point is that we should find a way to stop the scammers.
Alberta - I discovered that you can list in the ebay.in (india) website, and mark as 'ship worldwide' - in this case you could list for 35 cents, and it would still show up with gallery pictures in searches on ebay US & Canada. (although I am not sure in which category, because if you search MP3 or MP4 in ebay us, it forces you to go to the 'other mp3 players' category before showing listings). Listing in India will not however sho up with gallery images when searched from ebay uk or australia (also heavily infested with the scammers). ebay india also does not have any scheduling charges.
If you list in ebay UK, then is will show up in US + Canada with pictures, and I think also in Australia. UK is a little more expensive though.
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