03-18-2016, 03:48 AM
I did a study in fraud on ebay years ago and some people do just decide to stop shipping product and keep the money. There was one guy who was a great seller of little figurines. He'd been doing it for years and had a great rep. Then he announced that he had just taken possession of a huge hoard of exceptionally fine, rare figurines. His listings exploded, he extended his handling time to something like 3 weeks. Racked up something like $800k, then emptied the bank account and skipped town leaving his wife to deal with the mess.
That was the biggest ebay fraud that I could uncover, but Ive seen the same thing on small scale lots of times.
That was the biggest ebay fraud that I could uncover, but Ive seen the same thing on small scale lots of times.