I know this sounds a bit “Community Service Channel”, but I’ve often asked before if anyone from ebay would like to comment on this.

a) Registering a “suspicious” through ebay’s own links is torturous
b) A meaningful reply takes days
c) That meaningful reply often isn’t meaningful; if you catch my drift.

In the meantime, scammers make use of short auctions, private bidder IDs, etc to fleece punters. Nobody’s expecting ebay monitors to be guitar experts, amp experts or whatever. How come it takes a posting here or on other sites for a dubious auction to be pulled? Why not make use of some of the expertise available on other fora, instead of imagining the problem doesn’t exist? I hate the idea of scammers ripping off bidders; I’d actually be willing to help if asked.

I’ve asked Tex if he complained. I’d like to know if it was his complaint or “ebay scam” forum posts that prompted them to move quickly. IME, they pull an auction quicker if it’s flagged on a forum rather than going through the ebay channels. I could be wrong, though. Perhaps Tex got them moving first.