I'm getting a bit fed up scanning down the Dukes that I can't afford on eBay and seeing the number of scammers at work.
At the moment there are two dodgy looking bikes on eBay. The 2004 999 and the 1000SS (although I haven't checked today so that might have changed - there could be more).
I'm fed up with trying to be public spirited and trying to report them to eBay, cos their feedback email to report these things never seems to work, so I have an idea, but I need the help of someone more eBay savvy than I am.
So the idea...
Since we, as a group, are much more knowledgable than Joe Public in being able to spot bikes that don't look right, instead of putting in bids of £1,000,000 to deter scammers what is to stop one or several of us putting a £0.01 item up for sale with a title that says something like...
"Today's scams on the Ducati auction page(s) are..."
Then go on to put the titles of the scam items and their ID number
It might trap a few genuine sellers along with scammers, but then they should've been a bit more careful wording their ad shouldn't they? Might make people a bit more circumspect if they're trying to shift anything with dodgy credentials.
Drawbacks are that I've never sold anything on eBay, so I don't know the score.
I wouldn't want to pay anything
I wouldn't want to get hate mail from scammers
So what's to stop anyone doing this? Exorbitant listing fees or what?
Maybe if there's the odd listing fee to pay, could a daily scam busting filter be a service offered (and paid for) by the DSC to stop potential future members being royally shafted? We could even set up a
scambuster@ducatisportingclub.com email node to act as a hate mail dustbin?
And of course we could put in something like..."This is a public service bought to you by the DSC"
What do you think?