[geeks] FYI - crazy offer from Microsoft Live, eBay, PayPal (25% cashback)

[Nadine Miller]

On Jul 1, 2008, at 10:20 PM, Shannon Hendrix wrote:

> On Jul 1, 2008, at 18:31 , Lionel Peterson wrote:
>
>> Net result Party A fronts $1,000 plus one set of PayPal/eBay fees,  
>> Party B fronts the PayPal/eBay fees, each has $250 deposited in  
>> their PayPal account 60 days after their "purchases"...
>
> They wait 60 days to deposit the bonus thing?
>
> Since I don't trust them, makes me wonder why.

45 day limit to report buyer/seller disputes; 60 days total available  
for resolution through Paypal.

If you're an eBay buyer or seller, it's important to understand  
PayPal's operating policies.

For instance, much as you see it posted in auctions, there is no such  
thing as "AS-IS" in PayPal's purview.  If you say X is broken on an  
item, and Y ends up being broken instead, the purchaser can file a  
dispute and return that thing to you.

If you don't ship with delivery confirmation (and signature  
confirmation) on items over $250, buyer scam #1 is to file a dispute  
claiming the item was never received.  In the majority of cases,  
PayPal will side with the purchaser and refund monies.  Another buyer  
scam: purchase an item they already have that's broken where the  
seller seems sloppy (and therefore unlikely to keep serial numbers or  
other means of identifying the object, like a "seller's mark").  Then  
file a PP dispute, returning the broken item.  Scammer keeps their  
money and the working item.

With no neg feedback for buyers anymore, it's going to be a lot harder  
for sellers to keep up with scammers.  Reading forums is all we have.   
I'm sure some enterprising individual will come up with a way to  
augment eBay's system...there's still too much money left on the corpse.

I find it interesting that M$ is taking a direct "throw money at the  
problem" approach to try to get eyeballs on Live Search.  I wonder how  
far they are willing to empty their deep pockets to undermine the big  
Goog?  As for the circle of cash idea, think of it as your M$ OS tax  
refund.  Unfortunately, right now I have nothing viable as a seed for  
such a ruse, nor the capital.

=Nadine=