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Fuzzy Logic eBay rebels accuse eBay/PayPal over EBS fund “cover up”
Fuzzy Logic eBay rebels accuse eBay/PayPal over EBS fund “cover up” | eBay rebels accuse eBay/PayPal over EBS fund “cover up” |
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| by Alex Zaharov-Reutt | |
| Wednesday, 30 July 2008 | |
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iTWire has received a copy of this claim and its reasoning, as well as information about the claim's location at the eBay Forums. The information sent to iTWire is reprinted here with permission in italics: “STOP PRESS: EBS/PAYPAL SAGA-SPECIAL FUND TO AVOID COURT ACTION? “I'm no expert, but it looks to me like the so-called special fund to reimburse buyers who lost their PayPal payments is an ebay cover up job. “Check this logic (evidence also appended below): - PayPal only permits pre sales if the seller guarantees delivery within 20 days. - However, EBS advertised all their products as ready for dispatch in 30 days. - So looks like EBS listings were all in breach of PayPal terms and should not have been allowed by ebay to offer PayPal. (How long has ebay allowed EBS to do this?) - Put another way (a rather messy way), PayPal seems to have no obligation to EBS to provide PayPal Buyer Protection. - But how would unsuspecting ebay buyers know this - afterall the EBS listings all displayed the PayPal Buyer Protection logo? - And furthermore, would these same unsuspecting buyers also know that the many quads and bikes that EBS listed were in the Vehicles category (Cars, Bikes, Boats) and thus are specifically excluded from the PayPal Buyer Protection Policy? - Maybe .... I hear you say, but then the quads and bikes would be covered by ebay's Vehicle Purchase Protection policy, surely? Please? - Unfortunately, probably not. ebay's Vehicle Protection Policy states that the "The car must be in Australia". And lets not forget, the reason the quad or bike is so cheap to start with is because its not here yet - its somewhere between China and Australia because ebay has allowed it to be pre-sold .... for years. “But of course every mum and dad ebayer who wanted to buy a quad or bike for their kids will of course ignore the prominent PayPal Buyer Protection Policy logo plastered on every one of EBS listings. Surely they would have, wouldn't they? Please? “Of course, every mum and dad ebayer will have spent days reconciling the inconsistencies between the PayPal User Agreement, the Ebay User Agreement and that third thing called a fair commercial agreement which complied fully with the consumer legislation of Australia. “Sadly, but no. For they are just ordinary, honest, trusting mums and dads. “Now I know why ebay and PayPal are moved to buy off these unlucky mums and dads and keep this whole debacle out of the courts. “Shame on you ebay. Shame on you PayPal.” The claim is continued on page 2. |
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