[SEL] O.T. E-bay Dead Beats

John Culp johnculp at chartertn.net
Sat Sep 10 07:54:20 PDT 2005


> He is no longer a register user on E-bay but when he was he had made 
> five purchases and received (3) negative feedbacks so he got a few of 
> us trusting folks (sounds better than saying dumb).

It's a well known fact, regularly exploited by crooks, that honest, 
trustworthy folks expect others to behave the same way. Those who have 
cheated others, even more than those who have been cheated, are 
suspicious of others. That even shows up in behavioral studies of apes 
and crows.

John Culp
Bristol, Tennessee, USA



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