"Item did not work. I have tried to contact seller but have had no response."
"DO NOT trust,took 5 weeks 2 get REFUND,seller sold faulty memory&didnt apologies"
"avoid using if possable, no personal contact, worst service ever"
"Item paid 06/04/07 never received 01/05/07.Not willing to solve problem=TO AVOID"
— random fastmemoryman feedbacks

fastmemorymanSUCKS.com


But don't just take my word for it! I'll tell you why in a moment.

05 Mar 2008: Recent events have me just beaming. Retaliatory feedback — the spark that started voxluna.org and fastmemorymanSUCKS.com in the first place — may finally be addressed. An article in Forbes entitled EBay Feedback: Fatally Flawed?, and another on arstechnica.com, lay out what I've been saying for years: the system is unfair, and sellers (especially power-) know full well that buyers are afraid to leave negatives. At last, eBay might do something about it, but only because it fosters an atmosphere that is not conducive to buyer confidence (read: lower sales and the worst stock values for eBay since September 2006). Bravo!

First, let's have a look at this email from eBay on 26 October 2006. They demonstrate how disloyal they are to the bread and butter users who buy all this garbage online: they've taken a power seller at his word, claiming my site was publishing his contact information. In fact, this data is freely available elsewhere online (and will continue to be, whether eBay likes it or not). Why wouldn't a seller want his contact information to be publicly available?

I'm not sure whether eBay means for me to just take down his real name, email addresses, etc — or to turn off this URL entirely. We certainly wouldn't want to think they're suppressing facts concerning the PayPal dispute that he lost with me... that would be a chilling effect, indeed! So before I show what an arrogant, condescending fraud this seller is, let's just bask in this delightfully friendly takedown letter. Notice how they "respectively request" that I not do this again... because RESPECTFULLY isn't a word eBay knows:

 
moreinfo@ebay.com <moreinfo@ebay.com>
Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 8:48 AM
To: voxluna/at/gmail/com
eBay eBay sent this message to Jeff Bonner (voxluna).
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INV Alert: Publishing Contact Information - eBay Information Notice- voxluna/at/gmail/com
Dear voxluna (voxluna/at/gmail/com),

Recently we became aware your eBay registered account was involved in the following activity which is prohibited by eBay policy:

* Publishing the contact information of another user on ANY online public area.

Please note that all contact information belonging to another eBay member published at the below URL must be removed within the next 24 hours or your eBay account may be suspended:

http://www.fastmemorymansucks.com/

Our goal is to help you understand our policies to ensure successful experiences at eBay. We realize you may not have been aware this activity was prohibited, so we would like to take this opportunity to invite you to review our policy at the below help page:

http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/privacy-contact.html

In addition to promptly removing the published contact information in question, we respectively request that you refrain from this activity in the future to avoid possible suspension of your eBay registration.

Thank you in advance for your cooperation in this important matter.


Regards,

Customer Support (Trust and Safety Department)
eBay Inc

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Wasn't that fun? Now, we'll look at some of fastmemoryman's long-established antics... on to the eBay® Shysters & Deadbeats Page.