PlunderHere and AlsoShop: A Web of Privacy Violations, Backstabbing, and Deceit

[xwpopper]

Just got an email from a PH member that this was just posted:

Re: So what the heck happenned? [color=rgb(235, 173, 140)]   Hi All

Ok what happened you all say, well firstly we came under a
massive attack by hackers using bots PC's (PC's that are
remotely controlled to attack servers) and this caused a
massive amount of log files and other assorted crap to pile
up on our server.
Secondly the server has a built in safety mechanism to shut
any scripts down that are linked to a domain under such a
massive attack.
Only good news amongst this is nobody has gotten in and we
are still under a mild attack from these bots but doing what is
needed to keep them out.
It has taken us ages along with help from our own server techs
from iweb and others to clean this up.
Yes I apologize for the inconvenience, it has not been nice for
users nor us.
All fees and final value fees have been turned off till further
notice, probably till July so you can not worry about paying for
listing and something else happening.
Only few fees we have had to hold to keep the integrity of
the featured items is we will have the category and home
featured fees left as is and also the ID verification fee,
everything else for listing will be free.
Basically NO listing fees and NO final value fees.
We are catching up on the emails slowly so bear with us as we
do that.

Also a huge thankyou to all those who offered help especially
from other site owners like Renee from Usiff and Ray
'Binarywebs' this was really appreciated whilst battling this.

For those who wish to continue with us please enjoy the
opportunity to list for free and for any feeling that they want
to depart we wish you well and we will be here for you should
you wish to return at anytime.

In my opinion now we are up after such a huge effort would be
crazy just to depart but the beauty of choice is in your hands.

I will advise of other updates as they happen.

Mark[/color]

[color=rgb(235, 173, 140)]

What happened to the single link theory causing the site to go *poof*?
It would be crazy to depart after a near 3 week unannounced downtime caused by hackers that are still in the script and database?
NO one got in, then why such a problem letting your sellers know at some point the past 3 weeks?
No listing fees (there never were) and no final value fees (instead of the 3% of $20.)

It sounds like there are not only serious holes in PH, but in the newest Probid as well.
It would be crazy NOT to depart from any Probid site.[/color]

[xwpopper]

From the homepage, PH Recently Sold this morning:
NEW IPhone 3G 16GB... $175, Chinese seller? Probably a fake IPhone.
Louis Vuitton Stephen Sprouse...  low quality illegal LV copy
LOUIS VUITTON GRAFFITI TSHIRTS WITH... low quality illegal LV copy
110 DISNEY DVDS TREASURE CHEST... Pirated

Congrats Mark! You have succeeded in transforming the site into an Asian knockoff site for your neighbors in Malaysia and China. Move over IOffer.

[amy]

Probably a fake IPhone.

It's selling for a fraction of the wholesale price for unlocked iPhones. It's definitely a fake. 

illegal LV copy

It might be in his and David Taylor's best financial interests to change the domain registration to a non-EU citizen/entity if he's going to allow LV counterfeits.  LV is probably the most aggressive designer in enforcing their copyrights and bringing legal action against sellers AND sites that allow the selling of knockoff LV merchandise.

[xwpopper]

Troll alert!
PSU User:

PHP ProBid V6 has a live auction stress test limit of 250,000 “live auction” not listings meaning once your site reach 250,000 live auction anything can go wrong will go wrong.

Mo bashes him as a troll and sprays him with that idiots-only-use troll spray picture.
http://www.powersellersunite.com/post-25...tml#251758

[bargainbloodhound]

Our preliminary stress testing carried out when the rewritten V6.x
engine was released last year concluded at 250,000 dummy auctions and 500,000 dummy users

Based on ASs's current customer acquisition rate, Mo won't have to worry about hitting the 500,000 user limit until the year 2762

[sneakymagenta]

[quote author=bargainbloodhound link=topic=9139.msg74270#msg74270 date=1240021995]

Our preliminary stress testing carried out when the rewritten V6.x
engine was released last year concluded at 250,000 dummy auctions and 500,000 dummy users

Based on ASs's current customer acquisition rate, Mo won't have to worry about hitting the 500,000 user limit until the year 2762
[/quote]

ASs started stealing PH customers and running auctions in March 2008 before Marktard bought PH.  By my calculations* the correct year is 2825 NOT 2762!

*Sneaky's calculations
(664/13)*12=612.92 new customers per year
500,000/612.92=815.76 years to reach 500,000 users

EDIT :twistedevil:

4. I don't want my business aligned with these types - I prefer alignment with professionals.

PLUNDERHERE's SELLERS OF COUNTERFEIT IPHONES, REPLICA WATCHES, KNOCKOFF LV HAND BAGS, PIRATED DVDs, and NAZI MERCHANDISE ARE HER DEFINITION OF PROFESSIONALS???

[sneakymagenta]

PlunderHere  view charts 
51,835 35 auction listing down from yesterday 0.07% April 20, 2009 1:16 am

The broken external link hacker bot attack outage cost him 35,000 listings

[xwpopper]

[quote author=sneakymagenta link=topic=9139.msg74281#msg74281 date=1240200426]

PlunderHere      view charts   
51,835 35 auction listing down from yesterday 0.07%    April 20, 2009 1:16 am

The broken external link hacker bot attack outage cost him 35,000 listings
[/quote]

As long as the 19,000 imported items that no one ever bothered to move to the appropriate categories are there from August, and the Nazi, pirate, and counterfeit sellers remain, all is well in the PlunderWorld because they still have over 50,000 auctions. Get rid of all that junk, and they probably don't even have enough for the PSU count minimum.
Speaking of him, from the Nazi seller's global message:

Paypal may not be used for Nazi item sale to Areas where prohibited or the government is in such poor shape that one guy Buying something will bring their sorry ass down. Would strongly prefer any other payment method as They operate like Jerks.

http://www.plunderhere.com/other_items.p..._id=101233
That's what Mark plunders with now. Most of the decent folks are headed off to the next Probid site to implode.

[xwpopper]

[quote author=amy link=topic=9139.msg74267#msg74267 date=1239908715]

Probably a fake IPhone.

It's selling for a fraction of the wholesale price for unlocked iPhones. It's definitely a fake. 

illegal LV copy

It might be in his and David Taylor's best financial interests to change the domain registration to a non-EU citizen/entity if he's going to allow LV counterfeits.  LV is probably the most aggressive designer in enforcing their copyrights and bringing legal action against sellers AND sites that allow the selling of knockoff LV merchandise.
[/quote]
Moving onto Rosetta Stone... A company that charges $500+ for their software and has an detailed piracy reporting form doesn't take it lightly.
http://www.plunderhere.com/auction_detai...id=1028060

[xwpopper]

Nazi seller alert:
He now operates stores on 8 sites, as well as his own site.
http://www.everyplaceisell.com/cgi-bin/ep/ep.pl?seller&376&XkwXaLyOrL
It's a shame we don't have a bigger voice to boycott these sites. Wait, I wouldn't shop at them anyways. 
Maybe we should send him a message to check out Wagglepop's free store.