Is ebay popular in Australia and New Zealand? -

eBay s popularity is in rapid decline in Australia. Many Aussie eBay power sellers have closed their accounts and selling elsewhere.Recent major scams on eBay got a lot of media attention. One of which saw people losing millions of dollars after buying non-existent Cold Coast holidays on eBay. As per eBay rules, a person selling holidays has to provide their Travel Agent registration to eBay prior to listing holidays. eBay in that example, did not verify the guys Travel Agent status, and even after numerous people complained to eBay, no action was taken by eBay to stop the guy who continued to sell non-existent products.There is also a major eBay seller who lists and sells second hand and used computers, advertising them as new. Again, even though buyers complain to eBay,they do nothing to stop the guy from continuing to sell used computers as new.Then there are the multitude of scammers in China, listing non-existent items on eBay Australia, resulting in buyers having no legal recourse to claim lost funds, and eBay continues to allow fake listings. They even email the buyer saying not enough proof of a scam and the scammer continues to list things that do not exist.eBay claim over and over that fraud and scams represent less than a tenth of one percent of transactions on eBay, but never provide data as to how they came to that figure. Meanwhile, independent analysis suggests that fraud and scams on eBay exceed 8% of transactions.Check out this site for a complete expose`of scams on eBay and the administration of eBay taking little or no action.http://www.thebaysidediner.comRead here about the holiday scam on eBay. 500,000 Aussies were ripped off.http://www.thebaysidediner.com/forums/vi��Read here about the used computers sold on eBay as new...http://www.thebaysidediner.com/forums/vi��

In NZ we use trademe.co.nz