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Originally Posted by warfrat73
I've always been curious as to why I see so many "I'm selling this for my friend" things on eBay. If it's legit (not referring to the OP here) I've always assumed that it's because either:
1) a lot of people have lazy friends
or
2) the selling friend has better eBay feedback, and it's assumed that people will be more likely to by from them than the friend that actually owns the item
or
3) the friend that owns the item is away (at school, military service, etc.), need money, and can't get at said item
I guess it would really never occur to me to ask a friend to sell something for me, just wondering why it happens.
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Call me cynical, but I echo your observations and to me, it works totally the 'wrong' way - I wouldn't touch it with a barge-pole.
My immediate question is: Why doesn't the owner sell it. If he hasn't got an account, the 'friend' can help him set one up.
Perhaps I'm just not a particularly trusting soul.