posted on January 25, 2001 06:48:03 PM new
Here is a search for you on Yahoo if you are bored.
2 R/T Airline Tickets-Anywhere Worldwide! Any airline!
Some more high quality non-spam auctions paid for.
posted on January 25, 2001 07:18:01 PM new
Regarding "quality items." I deal in quality items. That's why I moved my auctions off Yahoo and took them to a quality auction site...
[ edited by RebelGuns on Jan 25, 2001 07:19 PM ]
posted on January 25, 2001 09:10:20 PM new
So, which NW comment do you think Yahoo pays more attention to. "Looks like spam" or "Possible TOS violation"?
I actually was using "2 tickets" to search and got bored after doing 75 of these so I came over here to start a thread to ask the above. Surprise! Thread was conveniently here.
Now, why doesn't Yahoo go and write a filter script to keep this garbage from getting posted in the first place?
posted on January 25, 2001 09:25:41 PM newwhich NW comment do you think Yahoo pays more attention to. "Looks like spam" or "Possible TOS violation"?
I think the answer is neither, unless you are one of the in crowd. Spam auctions are still there. Key word spam auctions are still there. Links to ebay are still there.
Just as an experiment, I NWd one of each of the above types of auctions a few days ago and they are all still running, even though they are blatant violations of the Yahoo TOS.
posted on January 26, 2001 03:43:16 AM new
The Neighborhood Watch program does not work unless the auction receives three strikes from three different users...then a canned message goes to the seller suggesting that they might consider cancelling their auction. When the fourth strike is received, Customer (we don't) Care is notified and if and when they get around to it, they will cancel the auction. I've seen auctions reported to Customer Care back in October which are still up and running! Don't waste your time because they are not paying attention to complaints.
posted on January 26, 2001 04:41:06 AM new
I clicked through a few of the auctions as they are still open. Most of the ones I clicked through have between five and eight neighborhood watches. Yahoo must have become a lot more flexible on how many you can have before your auction is shut down.
posted on January 26, 2001 05:40:14 AM new
This guy has gotten very clever about his MO... he typically lists to run the minimum time, maybe features even less than that. Obviously trying to fall through the enforcement cracks overnight. Usually the same jerk from Reno, NV or a suburb like Sparks. Another factor is that Yahoo gets PAID maybe $50 with each of his cycles; I'm not at all so sure they don't just wink at him anyway. (And if so, another reason not to expect any responsiveness from Yahoo Auctions, at least under present management.)
Only thing I can think of that might help in this clear a scam-apam-TOS-violation case is to create a few special throw-away ID's yourself, ones that can bid and that you don't mind getting negg'ed, and BID on this stuff as soon as you see it, then immediately leave an informative writeup along with your immediate neg, including the comment that any positives accumulated are from buying a few $1 items to prepare for running the ticket scam. If it's one of the totally new ID's, the negs will stand out loud and clear as a minus rating, too.
