Archive for January, 2007

I’m not sure how eBay allowed a dozen auctions to slip by that may have stolen hundreds of user ID’s before they were shut down.

My Girlfriend (Sara) was browsing eBay’s “Toys and Hobbies” category and the first two auctions had a gallery image with full frontal nudity. She asked me how it was a seller could do that, and I told her they can’t. I went on to let her know we needed to report the seller.

She clicked on the auction link and was greeted with a login page (which happens on eBay sometimes). It wasn’t until after she submitted her login information that I realized she wasn’t on eBay.

With further inspection we found as soon as the auction link was clicked the user was taken off eBay and instructed to login with a page and website that looked just like eBay, but the URL was NOT on eBay. (more…)

In reference to Sydney Johnston’s post regarding Build A Niche Store

Sydney Johnston is a person who’s opinion I have always admired and if you have been online for any length of time you have come to know Sydney as an expert in the online auction market.

I think this may be the first time I disagree with her about a product, and it’s not because I’m an affilaite of the product. If I don’t agree with a product, I won’t promote it, it doesn’t matter how much money I stand to earn.

Bottom line, Sydney has missed some key points and doesn’t have all the facts correct about the Build A Niche Store product. (more…)

It’s bound to happen to you sooner or later, a buyer or seller on eBay has done you wrong and all you’re left with is a little text box to warn other eBayers. Then as they continue to get more feedback your comment gets buried.

Well now there is a service that will give you an added voice to vent your frustrations.

It’s a service I offered a friend advise on, and actually got to be the first to report a bad seller/buyer.

The site hasn’t been opened up yet, because my recent run in with an eBay seller has got him a little spooked, he’s waiting on more response from the public so he can set up more reports against bad sellers/buyers.

Take a look at

http://www.onlineauctioncops.com

and submit a comment, the Chief will get back to you with how you can be amongst the first members to use this much needed service.