accompany tube descriptions in auctions?
VTV: They can’t. Most Internet auction websites are dicey, at best. There is always an element of risk in dealing with auction sellers, the site operators know it, and are more interested in making big profits than in helping people. So, for now, con artists have a reasonably free hand. Someday those sites will be closely regulated by legislative fiat. Until that happens (and we feel it is inevitable), use them at your own risk. Look at the recent Jay Nelson case. He sold non-existent computer equipment on eBay and Yahoo Auctions for more than 2 years. Nobody knows how much money he took in. Only after numerous complaints and legal actions were filed, did the federal government get involved. And it still took them months to track down Nelson, because getting money without valid ID is easy–get some stolen credit-card numbers, buy products, then resell them. And changing online identities is absurdly easy. So he could travel and operate freely. All he needed was a motel room with a phon
