Is Ebay Fraud Rampant?

Wally wrote this in the early morning:

Ebay FraudLet me preface this article by saying that I am a pretty experienced Ebayer. I have a feedback rating of nearly 500 and have been buying and selling (mostly buying) items on Ebay for years. And, I’ve had few problems with Ebay sellers over the years. I am disturbed, though, that if you do leave negative feedback for a fraudster you can be assured they will respond with negative feedback for you. Even after you’ve paid for their “not as described” or fraudulent auction. This is a big deterrent for Ebay buyers to leave negative feedback. Most buyers will just accept the loss and move on. I know because, shamefully, I’ve done this myself.

Blogging and RSS Feeds

Wally wrote this mid-morning:

Blogging and RSSFor whatever reason this concept seems very hard for most of us to get a handle on. Here is the basic concept so you can get your hands around this idea.

An RSS feed and a Blog go hand in hand. You first create a blog of articles (posts) that presumably is ongoing with new articles/posts occuring regularly. Ideally, you are posting useful articles to the blog that sometimes refer to items you sell with links in the text back to your web pages. You can allow others to post to your blog or comment on your articles depending upon how you set it up. This can create more new content and interest.