"Extremely surprised" cosmetics company to appeal

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7 commentsWednesday, August 13, 2008

L'Oreal Loses Belgian Case Against eBay

"Extremely surprised" cosmetics company to appeal

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By تحميل (WPN reader) - Mon, 10/13/2008 - 14:11

great article

By CDC (WPN reader) - Sun, 08/17/2008 - 10:25

I am in complete agreement with the Belgian courts. How can an online auction, not just e-Bay, confirm the validity of a seller's product. As a seller on e-Bay for almost three years, I take exception to Darlington's comments. While there are many dishonest sellers on e-Bay, the majority of sellers are honest people. The same came be said of buyers. A scammer is a scammer, no matter what side of the fence you are on. Fraud is a fact of life. E-Bay has implemented a number of security measures to try to cut down on its existence.

Are we ever going to see a truly safe e-Bay or other online system? The answer is "no". Not unless we see a central warehousing location for all seller's product where it is inspected and validated prior to shipment.

But then...that's the way it is.

By Darlington (WPN reader) - Fri, 08/15/2008 - 03:08

Quote "I think it's only

Quote "I think it's only logical. How could one prevent a user from uploading a legit description and picture yet shipping a fake one?"

That's actually a really good point and one I don't know the solution to. Ebay can't do much to stop people being ripped off or prevent scammers from signing up so the chances of them doing anything about that are very slim!

In the long run, hopefully, people will stay clear from ebay because they'll see it for what it is - a place where you go to buy dodgy fake goods, or to get your money scammed off you.

By Koen (WPN reader) - Thu, 08/14/2008 - 08:44