isworeiwouldneverdothis
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posted on December 6, 2000 08:08:17 AM new
Well. Now that I have had my adrenaline rush for the morning.
Rainybear? You better go change some passwords. If anyone knows his email addie, they should contact him.
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packer
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posted on December 6, 2000 08:09:10 AM new
Well already changed my password.
YIKES!! This is scary!
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codasaurus
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posted on December 6, 2000 08:09:28 AM new
I went to the site and browsed very briefly.
I like the fact that shipping cost is stated explicitly.
I don't like the fact that there isn't an list of options with related costs.
What if I want the item insured?
What if I want it in a hurry and would rather the seller ship it overnight or priority?
The existing format seems reasonable for non collectible books as the shipping costs seem to reflect special standard mail rates.
I could almost believe that this site would remain free if it were affiliated or owned by PayPal since, if successful, it would produce a lot of PayPal money transfers such that the money would remain with PayPal longer and thereby increase PayPal's float.
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rosiebud
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posted on December 6, 2000 08:09:53 AM new
double post.. sorry.
[ edited by rosiebud on Dec 6, 2000 08:10 AM ]
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rosiebud
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posted on December 6, 2000 08:10:04 AM new
pocono.. oops.. sorry.
To anyone.. (hopefully you have your email on for this thread), if you've signed up.. it would be prudent if you went to PP and changed your password, for the time being. If it's on the up and up, you can re-edit your information on this new site.. but if it's not, then you won't get screwed.
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anggellene
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posted on December 6, 2000 08:12:44 AM new
Passwords really should be changed periodically anyways so just consider this to be a 'scheduled maintenance' of your password.
Geez, someone comes up with a good idea and it turns to crap. Hope PayPal picks up on this and actually starts their OWN thing.
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RainyBear
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posted on December 6, 2000 08:12:45 AM new
Well crap!!
I just changed my PayPal password after deleting my bank account number and CC#, but if this is a scam them it's probably too late anyway since they automatically pulled my name/address/phone from PayPal. No reason they wouldn't have already gotten the bank account number and CC# too.
Double crap!! Do I need to close my credit card account and bank account too???
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itsmylife
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posted on December 6, 2000 08:12:48 AM new
I just signed up with AUXPAL but to play safe, after I registered I went in and changed my Paypal password. It sounds almost too good to be true but possible. If it was a password harvester - they won't be able to get into my Paypal account with the passowrd I registered with them
If I find out that it is a good deal, I can always go back and change it again.
Just a thought for playing safe.
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gboy
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posted on December 6, 2000 08:13:42 AM new
Somebody e-mail me when ONE item on AuxPal sells for more than it does on ebay.
What's my e-mail address? Don't worry, you won't be needing it.
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Empires
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posted on December 6, 2000 08:15:27 AM new
RainyBear- sit tight, I've emailed to PP Damon in hopes he's there ... If they got you, we're all there with you for the ride...pulled my monies minutes ago!
I cross posted this thread on the AW Partner Services Site as well...
[ edited by Empires on Dec 6, 2000 08:23 AM ]
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Pocono
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posted on December 6, 2000 08:15:50 AM new
***POSSIBLE SCAM***POSSIBLE SCAM***POSSIBLE SCAM***
DO NOT GIVE OUT YOUR PAYPAL PASSWORD
***POSSIBLE SCAM***POSSIBLE SCAM***POSSIBLE SCAM***
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[ edited by Pocono on Dec 6, 2000 08:19 AM ]
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Pocono
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posted on December 6, 2000 08:18:03 AM new
I just spoke with upper management at PAYPAL.
They are investigating this as we speak, and advise to NOT visit the website!
And more impotrtantly, DO NOT ENTER YOUR PAYPAL INFORMATION!
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rosiebud
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posted on December 6, 2000 08:19:45 AM new
RainyBear ~ *if* they beat you to the punch and they've obtained your information before you changed the password ~ and you did not close/change those accounts...... you would not be held responsible for any moneys taken out. You would be reimbursed by the bank or CC company....... but that doesn't come w/out a price.. an inconvience and your funds tied up until it is resolved.
I would recommend, contacting the bank and your CC company.. let them know what's going on.. and ask their recommendations.
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packer
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posted on December 6, 2000 08:22:49 AM new
CRAP!!!!!!!!
You really think they got our CC and Bank numbers?
It never did let me register at there site but they did get my PayPal user ID and password as they showed my name and address.
CRAP!!!
Damon...where are you??????
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Pocono
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posted on December 6, 2000 08:23:00 AM new
EVERYTHING YOU COULD WANT IN A SITE TOO...
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dixiebee
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posted on December 6, 2000 08:25:05 AM new
The site is down either from overload or has been pulled.
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Meya
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posted on December 6, 2000 08:25:37 AM new
I'm a tad confused. Most of you are really savy when it comes to trolls and fraud. Why would you jump to sign up for something like this without doing some research first????
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packer
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posted on December 6, 2000 08:27:01 AM new
I can't get back onto their site now. 
I wanted to see if my new password has taken affect
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isworeiwouldneverdothis
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posted on December 6, 2000 08:27:38 AM new
Wonder how many people got ripped off.
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trs64
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posted on December 6, 2000 08:28:30 AM new
It doesnt seem to be down...I'm browsing around the site right now.
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Pocono
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posted on December 6, 2000 08:29:11 AM new
I didn't sign up.
Never do until I print out and study all the terms, privacy, agreements, etc.
Sure as hell is the way to go though if any other sites are listening!
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Pocono
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posted on December 6, 2000 08:31:16 AM new
auXpal.com
Organization:
NoBidding, Inc.
Edward Orlando
5636 Grace Ave
Bethlehem, PA 18017
US
Phone: 610 866 9349
Email: [email protected]
Registrar Name....: Register.com
Registrar Whois...: whois.register.com
Registrar Homepage: http://www.register.com
Domain Name: AUXPAL.COM
Created on..............: Wed, Oct 04, 2000
Expires on..............: Thu, Oct 04, 2001
Record last updated on..: Wed, Oct 04, 2000
Administrative Contact:
NoBidding, Inc.
Edward Orlando
5636 Grace Ave
Bethlehem, PA 18017
US
Phone: 610 866 9349
Email: [email protected]
Technical Contact, Zone Contact:
Register.Com
Domain Registrar
575 8th Avenue - 11th Floor
New York, NY 10018
US
Phone: 212-798-9200
Fax..: 212-629-9305
Email: [email protected]
Domain servers in listed order:
DNS.OMEGAMICRO.NET 151.198.220.1
NS2.OMEGAMICRO.NET 151.198.220.2
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kraftdinner
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posted on December 6, 2000 08:34:00 AM new
~pocono~ thanks for finding out for everyone!
Your posts are always so cool.
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rosiebud
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posted on December 6, 2000 08:37:02 AM new
sorry, this is kinda strange:
The owner of this site also 'owns' nobidding.com. He also owns med-files.com. (BTW: look at some of the auctions on the site, and you'll find the email address for the 'owner' and see that his is not verified at PayPal) If you look up med-files.com you'll see that the person who registered it, is using the email address planetbeanie.com. Planetbeanie.com is owned by tymail.com. Tymail is, of course, owned by Ty Inc. So, will the real owner of these domains please stand up.
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dixiebee
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posted on December 6, 2000 08:39:38 AM new
Should it come as any surprise that Mr. Orlando has an automated mail service and that he is unavailable?
Edited because I can.
[ edited by dixiebee on Dec 6, 2000 08:41 AM ]
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RB
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posted on December 6, 2000 08:40:31 AM new
I recall a similar scam that occured a few months ago. It involved the infamous Apex 'do everything' DVD player with the hidden menu. The manufacturer, realizing that their product was garbage and was not getting sales, 'accidently' let the hidden menu code slip out onto the geek sites. Suddenly, the prices started to soar. eBay entrepeneurs started buying them up at Circuit City for $299.00 and resold them on eBay for $500.00 plus.
eBay eventually put a stop to these auctions because one of the hidden features allowed the user to defeat Macrovision protection and make/sell illegal copies of DVD's. The sellers went underground and continued to make huge bucks.
Then, one day, a post appears on one of the geek sites saying anyone could get one of these machines for 200 bucks - all they had to do was telephone an 800 number and provide their bank account number to the operator. Hundreds of naive people got scammed (for more than the 200 bucks!) and there is no recourse for them. The scammer did not have an address, although s/he is probably living in luxury off the coast of Spain by now.
btw - the term 'geek' is not dis-respectful ... that's what these electronics whiz-kids call themselves.
If something looks too good to be true (eg. "free PayPal" , it probably is - avoid it 
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potvin48
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posted on December 6, 2000 08:44:23 AM new
Ok, I was suckered, so I changed my Paypal password...should this be enough to stop them if it really is a scam??
thanks
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katiyana
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posted on December 6, 2000 08:46:20 AM new
Even if this turns out to be a scam, I think Paypal would REALLY get a benefit out of this. They have 4 million members, that's a good potential auction base to work from.
I see they are opening up Paypal shops - I think they should look into doing this themselves once they shut this potential scammer down (if its a scam).
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packer
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posted on December 6, 2000 08:51:14 AM new
I finally got in,
Have you seen there listings, they are increasing by leaps and bounds.
I think everyone is just so eager for something "new" and different from eBay that they RUSHED to sign up and give it a try.
It didn't occure to me that they wouldn't be PayPal related.
They have a link to PayPal if you are not a registered user of PayPal yet.
This could really be good for PayPal.
I see paypal has their account page done and they even changed it a little bit.
Guess we'll have to wait and see what transpires.
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Pocono
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posted on December 6, 2000 08:54:42 AM new
I don't really BELEIVE this is a scam, just need to wait and see what transpires.
I HOPE for the sake of all potential users that it isn't, because it is a GREAT idea.
If i had backing, I would take this idea and run with it.
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