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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vess1, post: 628899, member: 13650&quot;]This explanation doesn&#039;t satisfy me.&nbsp; I understand there may be some trouble pegging ebay with a crime since they put some &#039;window dressing&#039; rules in place and take token actions once in a while to ban someone, and then they just create a new username and are back.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; A phone company cannot legally track what their services are being used for so no, they could not be held responsible.&nbsp;&nbsp; A phone call involved in a crime may last for a minute.&nbsp;&nbsp; An Ebay auction lasts for 7-30 days, with many people who are able to legally view it and contact the company of wrong doing.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Say a manager of a park knows that a drug deal goes down once a week in a corner of the park.&nbsp; He charges a fee to the dealer to keep his mouth shut and not call the cops.&nbsp;&nbsp; He&#039;s still only providing a venue?&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; You may say that scenario would not apply to a park but it does apply to Ebay.&nbsp; They are running a business that they are profiting from and they are responsible for the scumbags they allow to continue to operate on their site.&nbsp; It is solely used for internet auctions that not only they can legally monitor but anybody on ebay can help monitor.&nbsp; It is very likely that you could provide plenty of proof to show that multiple people notify them about a fraudulent auction and they may or may not remove it.&nbsp; They may or may not suspend the seller&#039;s account.&nbsp;&nbsp; They do not have a zero tolerance policy which is B.S.&nbsp;&nbsp; This could easily be implemented but they don&#039;t want to lose profits.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; You hear about people winning a lot of bogus lawsuits that are absolutely nuts.&nbsp;&nbsp; Ebay has tried to do more in the past to combat illegal activities but now are doing less.&nbsp; They have acknowledged that there is a problem but now do less.&nbsp; The case against ebay seems like an easy one to me.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; I&#039;m talking about repeat offenders.&nbsp; I&#039;m not blaming them for somebody who just signs up, rips people off for a week and runs.&nbsp; They allow it to go on.&nbsp; If a park manager knowingly allowed drug deals to go on for years in the park, is that ok?&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; I had a guy verbally harrassing me after an auction for 2 months.&nbsp;&nbsp; They &#039;temporarily&#039; suspended his account after I forwarded about 10 e-mails to them that were insane.&nbsp; &nbsp; They then thought he had learned his lesson and decided to let him back on (for the sake of profits).&nbsp;&nbsp; Which he then did the same to someone else and got permanently banned.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; I&#039;m not impressed with their policing one bit.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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