toolhound
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posted on November 26, 2008 01:38:35 PM
This seller is selling a .01 cent rubber band (that is what it looks like) with free shipping from Hong Kong. He Has been running 100s of these auctions. Seller ID is etradetrend-2008
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sthoemke
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posted on November 26, 2008 01:55:02 PM
To build feedback, and draw attention to his other items (watches, etc).
http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZetradetrendQ2d2008QQfrppZ50QQfsopZ32QQfsooZ2QQrdZ0
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amber
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posted on November 26, 2008 01:55:56 PM
Surely they have to be getting email addresses for other reasons other than selling on eBay. They sell Internationally, and the postage even on letter mail, plus Paypal payments must mean they are doing it for some reason.
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merrie
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posted on November 26, 2008 02:55:48 PM
Seems pretty weird to me. If I, for fun, bought a rubber band for a penny. I would not bother leaving feedback for such a stupid transaction.
Plus, a penny for a rubber band is really no bargain.
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neglus
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posted on November 26, 2008 03:05:25 PM
Call me cynical but I think he has a gazillion id's and is buying his own rubber bands and leaving immediate feedback. Is he building up FB and stars so he can get PS discount and improve search standing and whatever else when he lists his regular stuff?
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http://stores.ebay.com/Moody-Mommys-Marvelous-Postcards?refid=store
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cblev65252
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posted on November 26, 2008 04:35:02 PM
Neglus - I agree with you. No one is going to buy a rubber band on eBay unless it's a famously haunted one or something of that sort. I have a drawer full of those things that I paid nothing for. My mail comes wrapped in them. Looks like a lot of his buyers are in the US as well. I can get a whole box of them for less than 50 cents at the dollar store if I need them.
Cheryl
Now you can buy Avon from me
from anywhere in the world.
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glassgrl
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posted on November 26, 2008 05:23:12 PM
he sure gets a lot of positive feedbacks for selling them!
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toolhound
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posted on November 26, 2008 05:50:08 PM
It cost him well over $1.00 for each feedback. His eBay and PayPal fees plus postage from Hong Kong. An under 1 ounce letter is .94 cents to Hong Kong.
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neglus
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posted on November 26, 2008 06:15:12 PM
Wouldn't cost him a thing to ship to himself (using various ids) Look at the FB - no way a rubber band can travel from HK to US the same day as sold
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http://stores.ebay.com/Moody-Mommys-Marvelous-Postcards?refid=store
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merrie
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posted on November 26, 2008 06:24:33 PM
We could all buy one and not like it and leave negative feedback for item not as described.
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otteropp
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posted on November 26, 2008 06:30:08 PM
I don't believe that he even ships them!
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amber
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posted on November 26, 2008 06:37:11 PM
Even his watches he is starting at 1 and 2 cents. There is something really stange about the whole thing. If you look at his first 200 feedbacks, most of them are in a foreign language, too much of a coincidence.
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rhpepsi
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posted on November 26, 2008 06:45:21 PM
is that invisible ink on the wall???
wasn't there a similiar incident several months ago when all of a sudden total auction counts seemed to increase far more then the norm during a sale.
I don't see a minnow in the water...I see something far larger...but that is only my opinion.
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neglus
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posted on November 26, 2008 07:34:03 PM
I wonder if he even pays through PayPal - or if he does, refunds afterwards? Don't ship, don't pay - Feedback price gets quite a bit lower!
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http://stores.ebay.com/Moody-Mommys-Marvelous-Postcards?refid=store
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LtRay
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posted on November 26, 2008 10:56:12 PM
It is called feedback manipulation. The buyers do not want his rubberband. They are buying to kick up their own feedback and to bury their own negs.
Every one of them needs to be reported but who has the time? and if you did have the time, who has the desire to do ebay's dirty work for free anymore?
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hwahwa
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posted on November 27, 2008 05:30:14 AM
How does his paypal account balance look like?
you send him one penny and paypal deducts 30 cents from it and debit his account 29 cents?
BTW,shipping charge for his watch is over 15 dollars.
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Economic Reform act of Chairman Obama of the socialist States of America :
10 ounces of meat per month,half a yard of cotton per year per adult.
Hellilujah!
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sthoemke
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posted on November 28, 2008 11:20:35 AM
Also a way to collect email address.
If you send him a penny, his paypal fee is a penny.
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hwahwa
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posted on November 28, 2008 05:09:59 PM
is paypal fee really a penny?
transacton fee is 30 cents no matter how much you send,actual discount fee will vary.
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Economic Reform act of Chairman Obama of the socialist States of America :
10 ounces of meat per month,half a yard of cotton per year per adult.
Hellilujah!
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toolhound
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posted on November 28, 2008 05:26:03 PM
Looking over some of this guys bidders most have purchased more than 1 of these .01 cent rubber bands from multiple sellers all from China. Many are now unregistered users. Looks like some type of scam.
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otteropp
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posted on November 29, 2008 08:55:25 AM
Just yesterday he received over 30 feedbacks from one 'Buyer'.
Surely eBay should be trying to stop this rather than hassle US about DSR's!
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hwahwa
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posted on November 29, 2008 05:08:44 PM
so he is spending his precious US dollars to build his feedback!
Is it worth the $$,his other items do not sell that well.
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Economic Reform act of Chairman Obama of the socialist States of America :
10 ounces of meat per month,half a yard of cotton per year per adult.
Hellilujah!
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toolhound
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posted on November 30, 2008 09:08:56 AM
He had around 1500 auctions listed yesterday. All are closed this morning.
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toolhound
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posted on December 1, 2008 04:05:50 PM
Happy to report.
etradetrend-2008 ( 442) Not a registered user
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