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Ina Steiner is co-founder and Editor of EcommerceBytes and has been reporting on ecommerce since 1999. She's a widely cited authority on marketplace selling and is author of "Turn eBay Data Into Dollars" (McGraw-Hill 2006). Her blog was featured in the book, "Blogging Heroes" (Wiley 2008). She is a member of the Online News Association (Sep 2005 - present) and Investigative Reporters and Editors (Mar 2006 - present). Follow her on Twitter at @ecommercebytes and send news tips to ina@ecommercebytes.com. See disclosure at EcommerceBytes.com/disclosure/.
Look up any complaints about the entire marketplace before you decide to purchase one particular item from one particular seller? Really?! That’s about as logical as looking up complaints about brick-and-mortar stores and then when you find some, deciding to never purchase from any brick-and-mortar store.
You can also purchase from the seller’s website directly and in many, many cases you will get better prices and customer service.
This tells me that the S.2992 – American Innovation and Choice Online Act will not pass, getting approved.
Mark my words!