MyAnh P

Thanks for your reply. Sadly you are right we evidently require new and ever lower levels of trust when dealing with the trading standards of some unprincipled dealers on the internet -a fundamental problem, given it's nature, of this exciting global communication system- because it's not possible to look the person in the eye you engage with it is not possible to form a judgement of their character. It's certainly a wretched thing to be unable to accept a trader's credentials on their written face value and thus enter into the spontaneous deals the immediacy of the internet encourages but it seems this is the price to be paid for the global internet market, it gives a charter for the unscrupulous - which makes me wonder how long it can continue without some effective form of self-policing (I refer to trading only rather than free expression of the many shades of opinion, political and otherwise) method being imposed.

Unfortunately there is evidence of these unprincipled trading standards extending like a cancer into the general market beyond the internet rather than the other way around - this trend is very worrying for the future if nothing is done to eliminate the fraudulent activities on the internet

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MyAnh P

Thanks for your reply. Sadly you are right we evidently require new and ever lower levels of trust when dealing with the trading standards of some unprincipled dealers on the internet -a fundamental problem, given it's nature, of this exciting global communication system- because it's not possible to look the person in the eye you engage with it is not possible to form a judgement of their character. It's certainly a wretched thing to be unable to accept a trader's credentials on their written face value and thus enter into the spontaneous deals the immediacy of the internet encourages but it seems this is the price to be paid for the global internet market, it gives a charter for the unscrupulous - which makes me wonder how long it can continue without some effective form of self-policing (I refer to trading only rather than free expression of the many shades of opinion, political and otherwise) method being imposed.

Unfortunately there is evidence of these unprincipled trading standards extending like a cancer into the general market beyond the internet rather than the other way around - this trend is very worrying for the future if nothing is done to eliminate the fraudulent activities on the internet

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Hmm, interesting thoughts here, Terence. I know that the FBI has a certain sector for internet scams and frauds, but I don't know entirely if it is also based outside of the United States and if there's a universal one. =/

I know that you have to have a lot of trust on the internet and certain standards are the norm, like ebay having seller/buyer ratings or having secured badges on your website, but not all of them are failproof. It's up to the individual person.

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