Petition to eBay:
1. That specific items be allowed to be discussed on chatboards in an open and frank manner.
2. That fraudulent descriptions be a reportable offense.
3. That for the stamp category, eBay hire someone who can act when fraudulent descriptions are reported and confirmed by the advisor.
signed (ebay handles, feedback number, country):
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1covers (591) (US) |
petrelet (198) (US) |
trianglemaarten (112) (Netherlands) |
malolo (431) (US) |
|
underhi2p (124) (US) |
cwilliam@joplin.com (1037) (US) |
lavart (627) (US) |
knuden (937) (Denmark) |
|
vonbag (91) (Netherlands) |
selecto@cafebueno.com (332) (Virgin Islands) |
iomoon (584) (US) |
rcl.wa@verizon.net (561) (US) |
| gkop80639@aol.com (126) (US) |
ddetr@aol.com (342) (US) |
abt1950 (151) (US) |
stampmad (668) (Australia) |
|
bjbjr (732) (US) |
kassi_de (1456) (Germany) |
longley (198) (Canada) |
billsey (333) (US) |
| g.1 (499) (Canada) |
chrisfam33 (354) (US) |
antonius-ra (417) (US) |
rich@icontech.com (159) (US) |
| nomad55 (459) (US) |
776 (544) (US) |
dkru (262) (US) |
philcomp (522) (US) |
| blangoren (27) (US) |
tycophil (556) (US) |
jaywild (391) (US) |
tidbinbilla1 (57) (Australia) |
| tallan.ent (33) (UK) |
dbenson (2983) (Australia) |
sneeky37 (211) (US) |
ajmax37 (167) (US) |
| cjyuan00 (324) (US) |
jakstay (157) (US) |
philatarium (131) (US) |
oggilby (712) (US) |
| rfaux (309) (US) |
peregrine15 (474) (US) |
smolcott (142) (US) |
rbpuzzles.com (357) |
| vandemonia (124) (Australia) |
cwhutch (106) (US) |
waves_1 (241) (South Africa) |
rhs (417) (US) |
| horadam1@airmail.net (277) (US) |
sheryll-oswald (88) (Australia) |
cableguy52 (553) (US) |
chipg (109) (US) |
| bmy1 (119) (Canada) |
quokka999 (53) (Australia) |
erich11226 (369) (US) |
jimbo (330) (US) |
| jpf1@aol.com (209) (US) |
hi-r-luv (780) (US) |
rdhinstl (467) (US) |
hep (213) (US) |
| totallyswede (480) (US) |
cobbie10 (584) (US) |
rpm992 (349) (US) |
bt56 (844) (UK) |
| mrsamoa (180) (US) |
kmichael (192) (US) |
hispatrek (17) (US) |
postalhysteria (1111) (US) |
| rscott71 (930) (US) |
trianglerene (138) (Netherlands) |
hungaryjim (298) (US) |
sayasan (54) (UK) |
| three_rows (66) (US) |
flip138 (172) (UK) |
tomloweculturalanthropology (2096) (US) | pertinax (218) (Australia) |
| liz_and_warren (209) (UK) |
wrd3 (61) (Texas) |
shuzilla (266) (US) |
pavos (163) (US) |
| pops6 (97) (US) |
broker (403) (US) |
bradstonian (105) (UK) |
jim_lawler (448) (US) |
| rmhubbs6326 (157) (US) |
xzephyr (359) (UK) |
paper_antiquarian (250) (US) |
ed845 (1372) (UK) |
| swayzee-j (26) (US) |
kchrist499 (307) (US) |
abelstamps (644) (US) |
ddaannv (957) (US) |
| anerdman (369) (US) |
stampviper (67) (US) |
rioroyal (309) (US) |
vcparker (12) (US) |
| marktolps@aol.com (15) (US) |
acme_books (21) (US) |
22028 (639) (Germany) |
keleofa (1973) (US) |
| u_got_sniped! (304) (US) |
kathmoon (128) (US) |
rockyraccoon (216) (US) |
weeks41@hotmail.com (218) (Canada) |
| harten10@erols.com (321) (US) |
hangover1 (372) (Germany) |
bhlmk (906) (US) |
rule69 (106) (US) |
| miekiemuis (1) (Netherlands) |
ronc14 (136) (Australia) |
canadianphilatelics (868) (Canada) |
lee4317@msn.com (79) (US) |
| kcaramat (389) (US) |
swankyspoon (28) (Canada) |
plumeria321@aol.com (138) (US) | poppadawg (236) (US) |
| breadchef (178) (US) |
jskrewson (114) (US) |
dfh2000 (100) (Australia) |
pajcoleman (136) (US) |
| juvabu (210) (Netherlands) |
hobbytime100 (302) (US) |
revenue-bc-2* (105) (US) |
agondocz (35) (Canada) |
| ser1851 (1115) (US) |
vinobub (76) (Singapore) |
thurgoona (152) (Australia) |
dakter (1908) (US) |
| kiompie (99) (Belgium) |
c_warner (69) (US) |
dcderoo (898) (US) |
stampn01 (10175) (US) |
| redsoxx1 (16) (US) |
deast-lr (193) (US) |
agmurin@wic.net (18) (US) |
mowadave@aol.com (371) (US) |
| gormley@net1plus.com (747) (US) |
k-dub (42) (US) |
brconline (81) (Canada) |
srailkb (2562) (US) |
| laum1@aol.com (1261) (US) |
georgel@ns.sympatico.ca (63) (Canada) | yes@pressroom.com (837) (US) | tsuper211 (125) (US) |
| ilikenicestamps (67) (US) |
jimrowe (283) (US) |
bjornmu (92) (Norway) |
top_totty (172) (UK) |
| hornje@msn.com (83) (US) |
el-zet (520) (Germany) |
in-heaven (165) (US) |
ivymontcpa (164) (US) |
| poulsbo (137) (US) |
timesurfer-lv (366) (US) |
py12 (193) (US) |
theswedishtiger (1070) (Sweden) |
| sarge (647) (US) |
sperotech (34) (US) |
haw75@aol.com (114) (US) |
elkman3 (72) (US) |
| southernstamptrader (116) (Uruguay) |
ljmolnar (359) (Canada) |
billtbird (22) (US) |
pk12 (194) (US) |
| rufusbmore (56) (US) |
sanmrkfri (178) (US) |
buckeye-steve (US) |
arkcpa (33) (US) |
| collectatool (308) (US) |
mjbpark (825) (New Zealand) |
oldmanwillow (0) (US) |
richwong (169) (Hong Kong) |
| cdmblue@pacbell.net (136) (US) |
saintsmarket (109) (US) |
davidroper (164) (US) |
58-les-paul (40) (US) |
| lmarques (990) (US) |
andrewukusa (61) (US) |
drugalcohol-testing@cox.net (137)(US) |
sal-man (550) (US) |
| obeahman (0) (US) |
openy38@hotmail.com (87) (US) |
victoria-regina (133) (UK) |
halong (65) (Australia) |
| the-friar-sven (95) (UK) |
1d_blk (1) (US) |
gwanghoops@cox.net (261) (US) |
figmente (449) (US) |
| jeff@zexxco.com (2112) (US) |
laedwa (139) (US) |
ceremuga@hotmail.com (169) (Australia) | loepp (134) (US) |
| wcpeters@charter.net (444) (US) |
michaelperlman (29) (US) |
flensburg.de (718) (Germany) |
crnurseryman (209) (US) |
| jarvisto (215) (US) |
barjjr (135) (US) |
redlion48 (812) (US) |
byrder (14) (US) |
| davace007 (118) (US) |
ken777 (663) (US) |
mwhiteco@pacbell.net (33) (US) |
mrjsp1st (81) (US) |
Totals: 204 unique signers with 152,974 total feedbacks (not unique feedbacks), 119 negatives. This translates to 1 negative feedback for every 1,285 positive feedbacks. This petition drive was begun August 8, 2002 and closed on August 17, 2002.
For an article by Richard Frajola (1covers) about description fraud on eBay see here.
For replies and follow up correspondence with ebay, see here.