david robertson Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 Anyone recognise this one? Short listing, and a buy it now price of $1500... mmm, what's that funny smell? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azalin Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 Even if that auction were ligit (and it's not), the auction would get cancelled because telling people not to use certain features (like ask seller a question) and telling people the auction will get cancelled if under a certain price (without using reserve) is against eBay rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Hersh Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 Already gone. The fastest way to get a fraudulent eBay auction canceled is to contact eBay and point out issues like the ones described by Azalin. Even if that auction were ligit (and it's not), the auction would get cancelled because telling people not to use certain features (like ask seller a question) and telling people the auction will get cancelled if under a certain price (without using reserve) is against eBay rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimLucas Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 Already gone. The fastest way to get a fraudulent eBay auction canceled is to contact eBay and point out issues like the ones described by Azalin. Even if that auction were ligit (and it's not), the auction would get cancelled because telling people not to use certain features (like ask seller a question) and telling people the auction will get cancelled if under a certain price (without using reserve) is against eBay rules. I'm sort of surprised that they don't scan the text for such things when an auction is created, and automatically prevent the auction from being listed in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MUTT Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 Already gone. The fastest way to get a fraudulent eBay auction canceled is to contact eBay and point out issues like the ones described by Azalin. Even if that auction were ligit (and it's not), the auction would get cancelled because telling people not to use certain features (like ask seller a question) and telling people the auction will get cancelled if under a certain price (without using reserve) is against eBay rules. I'm sort of surprised that they don't scan the text for such things when an auction is created, and automatically prevent the auction from being listed in the first place. Given the massive volume of traffic on the eBay site, I would think the cost of scanning every listing would be prohibitive. My guess is they depend on their users to do most of the policing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azalin Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 (edited) Already gone. The fastest way to get a fraudulent eBay auction canceled is to contact eBay and point out issues like the ones described by Azalin. Even if that auction were ligit (and it's not), the auction would get cancelled because telling people not to use certain features (like ask seller a question) and telling people the auction will get cancelled if under a certain price (without using reserve) is against eBay rules. I'm sort of surprised that they don't scan the text for such things when an auction is created, and automatically prevent the auction from being listed in the first place. There's the catch. He used images. Can't efficiently scan images for text, yet :-) There's text recognition software, but it's easy to scramble the text using some imaging techniques. Edited September 29, 2009 by Azalin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirge Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 Given the massive volume of traffic on the eBay site, I would think the cost of scanning every listing would be prohibitive. Poor Ebay, and they work on such slim margins too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Lawton Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 Given the massive volume of traffic on the eBay site, I would think the cost of scanning every listing would be prohibitive. Poor Ebay, and they work on such slim margins too. You oooze compassion Dirge Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveS Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 I think this scam is back http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Jeffries-CG-Anglo-Co...id=p3286.c0.m14 Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RP3 Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 This one is strange since the listing is on eBay UK but the item is supposed to be in Tampa, Florida. If so, why not list it in the US? Smells like rotten fish to me. Ross Schlabach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Drinkwater Posted October 1, 2009 Share Posted October 1, 2009 Gone! Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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