alt Hacker NewseBay ten years ago. (At least, much more effectively than now, where a large percentage of listings in some categories are scams.)
eBay ten years ago. (At least, much more effectively than now, where a large percentage of listings in some categories are scams.)
Just because they got worse doesn’t mean they were good.
The reason why it’s worse now is that automation of the scammers got better, it was more of a manual job back then.