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Profile of an eBay Scammer
prostoalex writes "FastCompany is running an article about Jay Nelson, whose primary income source for about 5 years included selling goods on eBay. Considering that he chose to skip the delivery, the profit margins were at an all time high. Under the names of biggerthanu, harddrives4sale, diamondsoft, yoshiinc and susancutey Nelson would collect five-digit PayPal payments from the buyers on eBay and Yahoo Auctions."
I wonder what a beofulf cluster of these would look like!
He shoulda used Linux!
Microsoft Sucks!
He sure know how to reach the nerds. Brilliant open source businessmodel.
1: Write free software.
2: ?
3: Use a name like 'susancutey' to sell stuff to geeks who never had sex.
4: Profit!
...a mare. A must-have for every geek. Used, but in good shape. JustRightHeight NoBucketRequired(tm). Well behaved, knows when not to ask for sex. Very horny, requires quite high stamina. Likes sugar.
On the other hand... no way, I won't sell her no matter what!
How is this any different from a capitalist economy in which you add something imaginary called "profit" to the value of the actual, tangible materials you sell?
I once ordered a newest geek-style mare model, lean shape, fluffy fur, chrome-covered hooves, alluminium horseshoes, long sexy curly mane...
...
She costed much but was worth the money. She arrived undamaged and looked like in the photos, all features like desired
And now imagine...
She's lesbian.
It's Saturday night and I stroke my dick watching J Lo's magnificent ass.
If we were to go back 200 years ago in the united States of America, we would notice that in order to conduct business in a certified way that people would often work through notaries and would always subscribe to an oath in their commercial liability with gold. If you ever broke your oath then the party you offended would damage you at your commercial liability, or shall we say by how much gold you posted.
In eBay, they do not allow this. When someone or somebody registers with eBay to conduct their unalienable rite to exchange goods and services (rite of mankind) or their contracted permission to conduct commerce (corportations operate in "commerce" and need permission), the only information eBay asks for nowdays is a Credit Card. No gold is exchanged. If eBay operated 200 years ago, then it would ask for some ammount of gold from every persion (natural or fake) that if the person were to conduct with fraud then they would initialy lose their gold to whom they transgressed.
I may be posting Anonymous, yet for a good reason. When I entered the eBay scene two and a half years ago (about mid-year 2000), all I needed to conduct through eBay was post money on my account to cover my fees and if I was accuses of somthing then they would take it all away without investigation. So, it was a little ass-backwards even two years ago, compared with say 200 years ago of when the "We, the People" created the original charter to the Thirteen united States of America (not to be confused with the UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT (corporation).
eBay is not a full-service shop. They allow you to advertise a product on their websist with a preset time-delay to disappear. eBay is no different than a newspaper that offers some interactivity to post numbers in appearance to be an auction, with exception that a true auction lasts no longer than 20 minutes.
When I canceled my ol' eBay account to start a new one, eBay asked for a credit card account number to "confirm" my person. This doesn't stop fraud. People acting in Truth prevent fraud. The reason people are taken advantage of is because they do everything without certification/oath in their commercial liability; this is achieved by a public notary, but when you aren't using gold or silver then it doesn't realy matter anymore because money is infinite. 200 years ago, money was finite and you did your best to your ability to not cause scandel that put you in your commercial liability.
People, along with Federal Reserve Notes, are allowed to be more fraudulent then ever today. Now, they think a National ID Card with help prevent fraud. This is false, as everything can be broken and stolen out of our controll. Even going to the DMV to receive a "ID Card" isn't actualy an ID Card per se, but to associate a graven image (your mugshot) with a 3-party-agreement (Trust) with the alleged "STATE OF *" federal franchise. Identification as directed 200 years ago would mean that you take your family bible to a notary, in the best ability of truth you constuct a document describing your spirit (such as a church) as well as record your signature to be used as authentication. As you can see, all forgeries could cause ruckus back then, but with precise organization in perfecting your interests, as well as precise notary and custodialship on your documents, you are able to prevent certain frauds as identity theft.
This old system is much different from eBay. Anyone can libel you with eBay's feedback system. eBay created a "service" (actualy a non-service, unlawful) called SafeHarbor that attempted to consume two disputing persons and resolve their conflict, yet this was always achieved in a way like Jerry Springer and does not cause a lawful conclusion. It is always "He said this..." or "She said this..." mentality. And what is worse, nobody has prepared to present any custodial Titles of their property through the Uniform Commercial Code! Without the Uniform Commercial Code it is all just a Jerry Springer super-
He ripped off a lot of people, but he really fucked over one wife and child big time. In federal prison, he is still unrepentant, claiming he thought pay pal and visa would clean up his mess. I'm afraid after his early release, a bullet to the brain will be the only thing to protect society from his future actions.
He probably got away with it because he wasn't black. If some negro got caught stealing cars, he'd get a heavy fines and a sentence to pound-you-in-the-ass prison for years without parole. If some white person got caught ripping people off with auctions, he'd get fined for about 1/10th the actual theft and get a few months in prison (after parole).
He ain't lying! I can see him through his window!
I'm not saying this guy didn't steal a tremendous amount of money, but I'm shocked he was able to perpetuate such an series of thefts. Isn't this the purpose of the eBay rating systems, etc.?
Are you fucking serious? A half-assed "system" on a half-assed anonymous internet auction website is supposed to prevent fraud? Jesus, do you still believe in Santa and the Easter Bunny? There is ZERO guarantee behind any of that eBay shit. ZERO. Zilch. Nada. You're giving money to someone you haven't ever met, for something you haven't ever seen, and you're trusting that this person is going to mail it to you. That is the stupidest fucking system I've ever heard of. I don't care what the "rating" system says. A 10 year old could figure out the fake ID and rate yourself workaround. Why in the hell are you shocked? I'm shocked that you're shocked.