fluffythewondercat
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posted on June 11, 2007 07:49:23 AM
Six months after this article appeared in the SF Comical, feedback auctions are still alive and well on eBay.
That's some enforcement job you're doing, eBay. Way to go!
Psst! Hey you! Wanna buy some feedback?
1 cent auctions that sell feedback
fLufF
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[ edited by fluffythewondercat on Jun 11, 2007 08:08 AM ]
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digitalbruce
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posted on June 11, 2007 09:18:17 AM
That is just scary! We are WIDE open for fraud at that point in time. But would you honestly buy from a seller who sells 100 items for .01 that are all ebooks? That to me just screams FRAUD!!
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mingotree
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posted on June 11, 2007 09:28:19 AM
Didn't know much about ebay when I started but knew right away that anyone who has listings for a penny is either an idiot or a crook.
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pixiamom
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posted on June 11, 2007 10:00:32 AM
eBay could end most of this immediately by requiring that items must sell for 99 cents or more to be eligible for feedback.
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ST0NEC0LD613
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posted on June 11, 2007 12:06:27 PM
I think we all should bid just one penny, and then pay with PayPal. This guy would lose a ton of money.
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fluffythewondercat
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posted on June 11, 2007 01:13:57 PM
Snork. I don't think you're catching on. The people who put up these auctions know quite well they'll lose some pennies. They don't care. The idea is to run up feedback for other IDs so they can perpetrate fraud on eBay under a seller ID with a respectable feedback score.
If you bid on one of these auctions, you run the risk of being NARU'd.
Got it now?
fLufF
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ST0NEC0LD613
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posted on June 11, 2007 01:43:10 PM
Snork right back at you. I know why they are doing it. I am suggesting to bid the penny, pay with PayPal so they get hit with fees from not only PayPal, but eBay as well. Then don't leave any feedback at all.
DUH.
If you bid on one of these auctions, you run the risk of being NARU'd.
Who cares? That's why I have bidder ID's and seller ID's.
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fluffythewondercat
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posted on June 11, 2007 01:50:14 PM
Good Lord. That sets a new standard for cluelessness.
I'll use small words. The people who bid on those auctions are the seller's confederates. (Dang, too many syllables in that one) or the seller himself.
If you bid, you may very well be tagged and NARU'd.
But please do feel free to try it.
Personally, I've always doubted that you sell anything at all on eBay. You don't seem to know much about the subject.
fLufF
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agitprop
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posted on June 11, 2007 04:15:57 PM
There are myriad ways in which feedback sellers make money to offset the ebay and PayPal fees. One of the dirty little secrets of their success is that they resell the eBay ID and associated email addresses used for PayPal to hackers and phishers who then attempt to hijack your accounts. There are other even more unsavoury ways they make money including a $5 bounty for active eBay and PayPal accounts on certain forums.
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merrie
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posted on June 11, 2007 04:21:24 PM
As first mentioned, why doesn't Ebay do something about this?? It doesn't seem too hard to find and they seem pretty brazen about what they are doing.
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sthoemke
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posted on June 11, 2007 05:23:35 PM
I don't have a problem with 1 cent ebooks. (better than buying $1.99 ebooks)
It really isn't different than buying other digital items, such as online music.
A transaction is a transaction, and feedback is always optional.
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ST0NEC0LD613
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posted on June 12, 2007 09:13:47 AM
and feedback is always optional.
My point exactly.
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