There seems to be a lot of embellishment going on here.  For instance, the
CBC article (http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2007/12/03/ebay-hijack.html)
doesn't mention anything about eBay hanging up on the cops.

Also... eBay guarantees auto purchases for up to $20,000, if you use the
eBay payment system for the transaction.

Like I said before... economic Darwinism.

Cheers,

Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of Greg Potts
Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 8:11 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Buying Vans on e-Bay

Hi Rob,

Exactly my point. eBay knows more than they are letting on.

An IP address would help the police figure out where the scammer is
located, and if he's stupid enough it might lead all the way to his
door. Hanging up on the cops is not cool.

Happy Trails,

Greg Potts
1973/74/77/79 Westfakia "Bob The Tomato
www.pottsfamily.ca
www.busesofthecorn.com

On 4-Dec-07, at 10:34 PM, Rob wrote:

> At  12/4/2007 06:06 PM, Mark Drillock wrote:
>
>
>> It is silly to think that Ebay could somehow reimburse people for
>> outright frauds perpetrated through use of their auctions or
>> spoofs of
>> their auctions.
>
> I would not expect Ebay to reimburse anyone in a spoof but I do
> expect Ebay to help the law find out what happened.
>