Arthur Daley of Ebay Tried On a Convertible Con ; Internet Auctions May Be Popular, but They Offer Fewer Guarantees Than a Second-Hand Car Salesman

Mail on Sunday › August 09, 2004

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Trading on eBay may now rival house prices as a favourite topic at dinner parties, but the auction website is not without its pitfalls as I have just found out to my cost.

When things go wrong, it prefers buyers and sellers to work things out between themselves. That is easy when both sides mean well, but it may not be possible when you are dealing with a cyberspace Arthur Daley.

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Arthur Daley of Ebay Tried On a Convertible Con ; Internet Auctions May Be Popular, but They Offer Fewer Guarantees Than a Second-Hand Car Salesman

Take car sales, one of the fastest areas of growth for eBay, which claims to sell a vehicle every four minutes. In r...

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