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Originally Posted by Modee (Post 2269)

What gets me is that EBAY Trust & Safety must be the one department of EBAY that is not only causing EBAY tremendous money losses, but is also setting them up for greater liability.

1 - Every time an EBAY account is shut down, auctions are pulled and fees are left unpaid. The person who is shut down loses all the benefit of his pending auctions, and some of his existing customers refuse to pay him because he is now suspended.

As a result fees are left unpaid , and rightly so, and EBAY is stiffed for these. So every time EBAY T&S shuts down an account, EBAY loses money! Multiple this by the thousands of accounts these T&S fools are closing down, equals some serious corporate losses!

2 - In the past, when EBAY was sued because some EBAYer pulled some scam, the company would always claim non-responsibility. "Wait a minute, we do not control the content - we simply act as a conduit between buyer and seller."

Now that T & S is trying to take an active role in suspensions, they are controlling content, and can no longer claim non-responsibility. They are now assuming the role of a PUBLISHER and EDITOR and are liable for what goes on in their forum!
Just waiting for the next class action lawsuit against EBAY based on this clear liability, pointed right at Trust and Safety!

Originally Posted by Modee (Post 2272)

Trust me it adds up. Also, when they get sued and this is used as the basis for liabilty, that is no small potatoes! (Or as Dan Quayle, who is on par with the intelligence of these T&S fools would say, "potatos.")

I think you miss the point - the people who are suspended for non-payment, yes they pay. But no one who is suspended for "abusing ebay" settles up the unpaid fees because this has nothing to do with the suspension! After being suspended for abusing EBAY the laughable threat to close the already suspended account for "non-payment" comes weeks on down the line, and anyone who pays his fees then should start up a new presidential candidacy with Quayle.