[xyst]

Unfortunately the potential for abuse makes this idea hard to implement.

Abusers would use the system to sell their drugs (ie, junk item stuffed with cocaine lists for $9999). Let’s not forget the sale of illegal firearms (aka teddy bear stuffed with handgun with filed off serial number).

Now you need a proper drug detection protocol, X-ray machines to scan all packages, dedicated security personnel.

Then there’s the potential of dealing with disputes buyer claims item was not received. More people to hire, protocols to develop.

[consumer451]

What prevents Ebay from being abused like this?

[acc_297]

But the user doesn’t pick the buyer the “reverse Amazon” does

Or did I misunderstand

[jovial_cavalier]

Don't all of these problems apply to existing successful platforms like Craigslist or eBay? In fact, it seems like it would be harder to do on 'reverse amazon' than on eBay.

[jjk166]

How would reverse amazon know to price your junk item extremely high? Seems like you're just losing a whole bunch of cocaine.

How would reverse amazon know to ship a potential illegal firearm buyer your teddy bear versus one of the others in comparable condition they have in stock? I imagine you could set up some elaborate code to make side arrangements, like someone agrees to wire you money and you communicate to them a very specific pattern of damage to look for in a used item so they know which one to buy, but at that point why not sell direct?

And people claiming not to have received items they purchased is a common problem to all online sales platforms.