10-09-2005, 03:30 PM
10-09-2005, 03:42 PM
10-09-2005, 04:46 PM
Cool. Thanks for the info. I'll have to contact those lawyers.
My thoughts are a different variation of the RICO theme. I just briefly scanned it but it seems to address the scam sellers aspect but not other aspects that I believe also fall under the RICO umbrella.
My thought is that *just a venue* eBay . . . when it allows known hackers repeated access to its servers in order to continue to hack . . . when it allows known stalkers repeated access to its servers in order to continue to stalk . . . it becomes a co conspirator wtih those criminals just as it does when it continues to allow known scammers access to its servers in order to continue to scam.
Dang. The newsday link isn't working. I've have to search the info out!
Thanks again for the heads up. I'm gonna start working on the federal prosecutor on Monday. Wish me luck!
My thoughts are a different variation of the RICO theme. I just briefly scanned it but it seems to address the scam sellers aspect but not other aspects that I believe also fall under the RICO umbrella.
My thought is that *just a venue* eBay . . . when it allows known hackers repeated access to its servers in order to continue to hack . . . when it allows known stalkers repeated access to its servers in order to continue to stalk . . . it becomes a co conspirator wtih those criminals just as it does when it continues to allow known scammers access to its servers in order to continue to scam.
Dang. The newsday link isn't working. I've have to search the info out!
Thanks again for the heads up. I'm gonna start working on the federal prosecutor on Monday. Wish me luck!
10-09-2005, 06:09 PM
10-09-2005, 11:25 PM
10-28-2005, 11:39 PM
Two victims from eBay's lack of safety this summer - pirate and iron chick. Both reputable sellers and outstanding eBay members. We have a printed copy of the eBay community values on our dart board 
This is why we have quit negging non-paying buyers. Just go through the unpaid item dispute and let them get their strike and be done with it.
We had a buyer a few weeks ago who made a purchase from our store and then canceled her bid somehow (per the e-mail notice that we got from eBay). Sent us an e-mail stating that her account had been hijacked and she didn't place that bid moments after the auction ended. Funny thing, the bid was placed 8 hours before auction end.
So, we let the four days go past the auction and then we sent our customary payment reminder e-mail. She reminded us again that she didn't bid - a highjacker bid and that Trust and Safety were aware. Knowing that if that had been the case we would have received a TKO notice from e-Bay, we just ignored her e-mail.
On day 7, we filed the item not paid dispute. Didn't hear from her for the entire next week. We closed the dispute on day 8 and got our FVF back. On day 9 she is e-mailing us saying that we need to intervene on her behalf because she had been issued a strike and that her account was highjacked and she did not bid on the item. At that time we called her bluff and sent her a copy of the e-mail we received from e-Bay on bid cancellation and to contrast sent her a copy of the TKO e-mail we received when an account is really highjacked. NArry a word since.
Rob
This is why we have quit negging non-paying buyers. Just go through the unpaid item dispute and let them get their strike and be done with it.
We had a buyer a few weeks ago who made a purchase from our store and then canceled her bid somehow (per the e-mail notice that we got from eBay). Sent us an e-mail stating that her account had been hijacked and she didn't place that bid moments after the auction ended. Funny thing, the bid was placed 8 hours before auction end.
So, we let the four days go past the auction and then we sent our customary payment reminder e-mail. She reminded us again that she didn't bid - a highjacker bid and that Trust and Safety were aware. Knowing that if that had been the case we would have received a TKO notice from e-Bay, we just ignored her e-mail.
On day 7, we filed the item not paid dispute. Didn't hear from her for the entire next week. We closed the dispute on day 8 and got our FVF back. On day 9 she is e-mailing us saying that we need to intervene on her behalf because she had been issued a strike and that her account was highjacked and she did not bid on the item. At that time we called her bluff and sent her a copy of the e-mail we received from e-Bay on bid cancellation and to contrast sent her a copy of the TKO e-mail we received when an account is really highjacked. NArry a word since.
Rob
10-29-2005, 02:24 AM
10-29-2005, 02:25 AM
10-29-2005, 03:24 AM