posted on September 20, 2006 05:32:36 PM new
Sure couldn't remember getting any "your watched item has been relisted" emails from eBay before. But it wouldn't be the first time eBay comes up with a new consumer friendly twist either.
Email came to my main ID, and sure looked legit -- with my name and eBay user ID and correct email for that account. I DID click, and it took me to a piece that I did remember looking at, and maybe even watching recently. Then a few hours later came another one, to my buying ID, with two links, neither of which I remembered looking at, but which were in the correct category for things I do check. Again, correct ID, email for that account and real name.
Forwarded to spoof, and eBay says indeed, it is not from them. A cursory check of the IP shows that eBay DOES own this IP number. So, are all spoof emails automatically responded to by the caution return Trust and Safely message?
Is anyone else getting these emails at all, and how come the second watched item wasn't one I watched? Did the seller relist an item with a new piece/info etc?
In the meantime, I changed everyone of my sensitive passwords, ran trojan and spyware and virus checks before I did that.
posted on September 20, 2006 05:58:57 PM new
I assumed that, but how come the IP address in the header is registered to eBay in San Jose? (But located in San Antonio).
posted on September 20, 2006 09:20:07 PM new
The ones that I am receiving are valid. I think the seller is using the relist to sell a different item.
Not surprised, I keep print outs of my unsold auctions and often change the actual item when I relist.
I have unsold auctions over 2 months old that still have watchers so I think it might be buyers who are waiting for me to relist. Or perhaps that is just their way of bookmarking my auctions. Either way, I want to keep them looking. Sooner or later they will buy something.
[ edited by LtRay on Sep 20, 2006 09:21 PM ]
posted on September 21, 2006 09:45:17 AM newOr perhaps that is just their way of bookmarking my auctions. Either way, I want to keep them looking.
Oh great. Now are competition will know when we relist too. I don't want them watching, I want them buying. It has been proven time and time again that the watch system is bad for sellers. Most of the time it's other sellers watching their competition to see what you are doing.
posted on September 21, 2006 09:58:53 AM newOh great. Now are competition will know when we relist too. I don't want them watching, I want them buying. It has been proven time and time again that the watch system is bad for sellers. Most of the time it's other sellers watching their competition to see what you are doing.
Just curious, do you have proof of that? I along with many friends that buy use the watch system as a "buying tool". In fact I can't think of a single local friend that doesn't. Were alway's talking about what's on our watch list to "buy". As a seller I almost never use the watch list to monitor the competition.
If they did away with the watch list I can almost guarentee you that I would buy less on ebay because it would be harder to keep track of item's I'm interested in.
I learned a long time ago that as a seller it's just going to drive you nut's if you monitor the number of watchers on your items. I have had items that had 40+ watchers with almost no bidding and others that have had only 1 or 2 that had a bidding war at the end with a great final sale price. There seems to be no method to the madness so I give it no mind.
1 out of 4 people are mentally unbalanced. Take a look at your 3 closest friends. If they seem alright, you're the one! - Kyle Stubbins, CMS
posted on September 21, 2006 10:05:33 AM new
I get them as well and they are for items I've watched so mine are legit as well.
I think this is great. I sold something from my store that was listed as an auction - as soon as it ended, I put it in my store and it sold within an hour to someone who had asked a question during the auction. I think she had been watching and forgot about it or something. She even paid more for it than when it was an auction. NICE
posted on September 21, 2006 11:52:24 AM new
Thanks guys for putting my mind at rest; you know how paranoid we all get! What amazes me is that the T&S return "this is spoof" message apparently is canned. So much for that.
I agree that it's a useful tool. Some sellers are not on my favorites, and especially when things don't meet reserve, I may not see it if it were not for that feature.
I generally don't pay attention to number of watchers, but it is at least an indication that the items is of some interest -- which doesn't always translate into bids of course.
posted on September 24, 2006 03:00:02 PM new
Only problem is that there seems to be a glitch somewhere because I got one of these from Ebay and I am positive I never put that item on my watch list. I do have one item being sold by the same seller on my watch list but that auction has over 5 days left
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1 out of 4 people are mentally unbalanced. Take a look at your 3 closest friends. If they seem alright, you're the one! - Kyle Stubbins, CMS