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Am I the only one getting tired of all of this scam s**t on
eBay? Don't mis-understand me. It's comforting that those
of us that see these things bring them to eBay's attention.
But, enough has to be enough! EBay needs to get the message
that it needs to be their responsibility to look for
questionable auctions like these ( VIN plates too ) and get proactive about stopping them. I've addressed this topic
before and I'm sure many of you feel the same way. Perhaps
we should do some type of mass emailing from the Yenko site
and maybe eBay will get the message. We could do it from
the CRG also!
Is that feasible? Can any if the administrators chime in
on this?
Steve
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Steve,
The only reason I invest my nights chasing scammers from eBay Motors is because eBay does
nothing. 
I have not only emailed them several times and shut down several auctions, but I have also
HANDEDthem the scammers' Western Union pick-up locations and the tracking numbers
in advance of the bogus transfer!
eBay doesn't give a rat's a$$ about the scams or who gets hurt by them. They only care about collecting their auction fees and in the case of the scammed eBay IDs, the person who got phished is the one who gets billed for the bogus auction!
eBay ---> 
Anyway, it would be quite an accomplishment to pull togther classic car boards across the US and Canada and pull a "Flash Mob" email campaign to force eBay into doing something about the problem.
Of all the
MILLIONS eBay makes, you'd think they could have a
single IT person on scam patrol.
Not only would they dump the scam auctions, but they'd also return the user ID to its rightful owner.
For now I'm an "eBay Motors scam auction vigilante," and I do this only because these thieves are stealing thousands of dollars every day from people in OUR hobby.
FYI: In my latest scam bait, I told the idiot I was a 17-yr. old kid who had saved his afterschool $$ for 2 years in order to buy his 1st GTO.
Do you think that criminal cared that it was a kid?
Nope.