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RE: [OM] [OT] Reporting Fraud on *bay

Subject: RE: [OM] [OT] Reporting Fraud on *bay
From: "Daniel" <danrich@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 16:30:58 -1000
where is this item you speak of (Page)
Daniel

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From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of RickM
Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 4:22 PM
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Subject: [OM] [OT] Reporting Fraud on *bay

One thing i discovered on my travels through *bay land last night (other
than a mini-flame war regarding the legality, morality and consequences
of
bidding $10million on a lens) was that, lo and behold, you can reach
somebody live on *bay...  this was news to me and, in case it is to
others,
access is via a button labeled "Live Help" about 2/3 of the way down the
page at:
<http://pages.ebay.com/help/index_popup.html?confidence=problems-account
-the
ft.html>

Since the auctions went down soon after my bid (coincidence or did the
bid
wake somebody up?) i didn't personally try it, but unverified reports
say
that they have some good people working there and pull auctions
quickly...

I found reporting via their fraud form useless, as the auctions were
still
up 8 hours later (this was their previous scam postings)...  no idea
what
the url was and no point hunting it down again...  never heard back from
*bay on that other than an automated email saying "don't reply here and
go
away"...

Likewise i found their 1-800-322-9266 general number a waste of time...
possibly calling during their business hours might do something, i don't
get
that impression though...

If you have a perverse sense of humour and a lot of time on your hands,
you
may find the discussion boards of interest...  personally i would
recommend
against, 2 visits was 2 too many and, though i have been invited to join
an
apparently radical element on the boards, i had to regretfully declined
the
invitation...

OM content: i put the $10M on a 90/2 running at 10Billion to 1 odds...
;)

If you've read this far, my apologies....

RickM


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