ebay ... & kilted Doctor

[lcjones]

http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.ph...1-013219-2879r

[cessna152towser]

Yet another sign that e-bay's heading down the toilet. As if a non-adult would be likely to bid anyway. I've had a lot of hassles with e-bay lately and don't think I'll be using them much in the future. I had six non-paying bids recently on items I sold. I reported the bidder to e-bay and as he did not respond they agreed to refund my final valuation fees. However only three of the six fees have so far shown up on my seller account. I wanted to leave negative feedback to warn other sellers but e-bay won't allow this as they say the bidder is no longer a registered user - yet only yesterday they added another positive feedback to his score.

[Mattg]

I'm not a big fan of ebay either. But now I'm even less of a fan. The guy is doing something for a charity!

[Yaish]

Ebay has no idea if the money actually goes to charity. They are just trying to be uniform in their policy and not become a clearing house for prostitution and escort services.
Yeah, we're all sure thats not the case this time, but what about next time? Should they investigate each and every case, or just let those who wish to auction off their dates find a different venue?

[KiltedKnight]

Being a married man I would have no reason to bid on this doctors offer, however, I would have no qualms about writing a letter in protest to e-bay and giving them a piece of my mind and telling them how much lower they have sunk in my eyes for denying needy children this gift.
Something like this might have spread like wildfire and been a fantastic source of funds for many a charity benefiting childrens causes. Think of the doctors and Research Fellows at places like the City of Hope or the Mayo Clinic that would surely have donated their time to dine the highest bidder?
Anyone have any idea where I can direct my letter?

Chris.

[ozmeath]

Being a married man I would have no reason to bid on this doctors offer, however, I would have no qualms about writing a letter in protest to e-bay and giving them a piece of my mind and telling them how much lower they have sunk in my eyes for denying needy children this gift.
Something like this might have spread like wildfire and been a fantastic source of funds for many a charity benefiting childrens causes. Think of the doctors and Research Fellows at places like the City of Hope or the Mayo Clinic that would surely have donated their time to dine the highest bidder?
Anyone have any idea where I can direct my letter?

Chris.

Good luck with that Chris,. I just had a good look and it seems that ebay prefers to be yet another faceless corp that answer to no-one...the old tar-baby trick for wont of a better metaphore. this was a quote from there complaints centre:

"...the Answer Center and Discussion boards are on systems owned by another company hired by eBay, called LiveWorld. They arent really eBay, but work as an eBay partner."

Maybe just maybe they have an office and heaven forbid a phone number in the book.