This is a GREAT idea!
I do a LOT of retail business over the internet, and a "Name And Shame" setup like this for deadbeat bidders/buyers has been a long time coming. Example:
Person sees Item A for auction.
Person bids on Item A, sometimes repeatedly.
Person wins Item A.
Person then refuses to pay for Item A, and comes up with every manner of excuse imaginable why they can't: "My kid bought that!" (Sure sport, your kid knew your account password and entered it three times to confirm the bids? Sure.) "I was drunk!" (Drive into a minivan and see how far that goes.) "I changed my mind!" (So did I, I mistook you for an honorable person with a lick of sense.) And my favorite: "I DIDN'T READ THE AUCTION!"
I have to deal with 2-10 of these retreads every week, lose anywhere from hundreds to thousands of dollars (edited to add; per year) in unrecovered listing/selling fees from the brokerage website I use, not to mention re-selling the item itself and risk selling it for less or not selling it at all. These asshats cost me money and effort, and fair quantities of both. If somebody's found a way to Name And Shame the jerkoffs, I'm all for it.
Last edited by The_Dunedan; 01-02-2010 at 05:58 PM..
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