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Ebay to ban pyramid Schemes |
jcwhite_uk
Joined: Feb 18, 2004
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From: Dorset, UK Phone:Xperia Z1
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Ebay are to ban "Multi-level Marketing, Pyramid, Matrix and Trading Schemes".
At last there will be an end to the listings being filled with "get a K700i for £20".
See the annoucement here: ***New Prohibited Items policy – Multi-level Marketing, Pyramid, Matrix and Trading Schemes ***
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gbrooks3
Joined: Jun 02, 2003
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Sounds good but i am sure the ripoff merchants will come up with even more scams and tricks to cheat the honest consumer. |
methylated_spirit
Joined: Jul 07, 2004
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From: Bonnie Scotland
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They always one step ahead, how can you stop a crime if it doesnt exist yet?
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Sammy_boy
Joined: Mar 31, 2004
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I do hope they do dissapear those stupid listings - thing is, people fall for it, or at least don't read listings properly. I've seen listings for P900s about to end with bids up to £150+ on them, then when I read the listing, it says in small letters at the bottom of a usually huge listing (with all the specs cut n pasted off SE's website) something about just info to get that phone for £20.
They'll just find a way round it, like those scammers who 'sell' feedback on Ebay by 'selling' jokes or pictures of something. Where there's muck, there's brass! 
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The Little Master
Joined: May 23, 2004
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From: East London (UK)
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correct me if im wrong here but.......those auctions that say £20 for phones or whatever are already prohibited arent they?
whatever they do they can never stop scammers making auctions like that....i still see the same volume of scam auctions as i was seeing over a year ago? which means no change
the anonymity of online auctions means itll always be there..sadly
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Sammy_boy
Joined: Mar 31, 2004
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From: Staffordshire, United Kingdom
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They probably have.... but they got round this by 'selling' something like a copied CD ebook or a signal booster, something like that, and say that the phone is a 'free gift' - which got round the ban! I paid £20 more through curiosity to one of these sites. I won't be getting the phone any time soon, not unless another 275 people sign up anyway! I certainly wasted that money!  
As I say, I'll be glad when these things are banned totally. But I bet they'll find a way round it, as they must make a fortune 
"All it takes for evil to flourish is for good men to do nothing" - Edmund Burke
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Posted: 2004-11-11 17:45
