Topic: Biggest OAI Boinktard Auction Site Owner of All Time Poll (Read 8628 times)

regic · « **Reply #120 on:** February 07, 2010, 06:09:40 PM »

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Registered the same day as the cheerleader

registered 8 days after her October posts on PSU in which she said HB wasn't for sale and less than 2 weeks after Rich tried to sell the old database

Questions:
1. is Rich out of the picture and Recordlady the new owner?
2. what happened to the 5400 member database: was it destroyed or is it still floating around --and who has it if it still exists: RecordLady Liz or Rich?
3. how many more times will Richie be sued - he's been sued twice in small claims since late August and his ex-partners June 2009 lawsuit against him is still active (https://www.idcourts.us/repository/caseHistory.do?roaDetail=yes&schema=ADA&county=Ada&partySeq=2225614&displayName=Esbensen%2C+Richard)

sneakymagenta · « **Reply #121 on:** February 07, 2010, 06:40:18 PM »

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1. is Rich out of the picture and Recordlady the new owner?

http://www.hibidder.com/auction_details.php?name=HiBidder%20Adult%20Classic%20Solid%20Pullover%20%28Blue%29&auction_id=%20103074

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Meet Your Trusted Seller
HiBidder Media Partners (0)

Location : 67114, Kansas

amy · « **Reply #122 on:** February 14, 2010, 06:29:53 PM »

Who is the marketing genius responsible for hiding these HiBidder-2 boards

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Shameless Plugs

Want to let others know of a special?

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Events

HiBidder Member Events. Post Your Sales Events Here!

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sneakymagenta · « **Reply #123 on:** March 09, 2010, 09:13:44 PM »

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Membership Drive

We have a membership drive going. You can use the affiliate link you have in your Members Vault.

Every time someone joins under your affiliate number you will receive credits. The more you get to sign up the more credits you will get.

http://www.pheebay.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=84590#84590

Credits to be used for what? The site claims to be 100% free*
http://www.hibidder.com/site_fees.php

*100% free that is unless you count the mandatory $5 seller verification fee

regic · « **Reply #124 on:** April 22, 2010, 09:46:41 PM »

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HiBidder Quikpay Protect

One of the challenges facing eCommerce and auction sites in general is that the seller not always receives their funds upon a successful sale. This is a problem that arises very often where it is impossible for the buyer and seller to meet. We think we’ve found a solution. We call it the HiBidder Quikpay Protect Payment Guarantee.

With HB Quikpay Protect Payment Guarantee, the seller is guaranteed their funds from the buyer within 14 days or HiBidder.com pays you!

http://www.hibidder.com/community/forums/index.php?/topic/17-hb-quikpay-protect-guarantee/

I'm assuming HiBidder's new owner won the lottery

because a few fraudulent high dollar transactions could put HB on the hook to sellers for several thousand dollars. If they can't afford to do even minimal paid advertising like Adwords how do they think they're going to be able to meet their Quikpay payment guarantee obligations?

On a related note, suggested reading for those who spend their days in rinky dink chat rooms isolated from the real ecommerce world : the 2010 Cybersource Online Fraud report: http://forms.cybersource.com/forms/FraudReport2010NACYBSwwwQ109

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we are committed to working diligently on verifying each and every member before they initiate a purchase. The steps we take include a phone call to each new member BEFORE account activation can occur

Requiring phone verification before a buyer can buy a $4 item that is available on dozens of other sites is in itself a very effective fraud prevention method: no buyers=no fraud risk.

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HB's forums are now readable without registering...obviously.

mandy · « **Reply #125 on:** April 23, 2010, 12:27:14 AM »

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I'm assuming HiBidder's new owner won the lottery because a few fraudulent high dollar transactions could put HB on the hook to sellers for several thousand dollars. If they can't afford to do even minimal paid advertising like Adwords how do they think they're going to be able to meet their Quikpay payment guarantee obligations?

Lloyd's of London is the underwriter for eBay's buyer protection program. Who is underwriting HiBidder's seller protection plan? Clearwater-Costa Rica Insurance LLC?

The amount they collect in "small one-time fees" from program participants won't be enough cover their potential liability if they don't have an insurer backing the program.