posted on February 27, 2009 08:08:33 AM new
About six weeks ago I contacted the supposed owner of a particular blog to see about placing an advertisement on that blog. (Bad advice from an acquaintance, unfortunately.) The blog owner, who bills itself as "Designer Y", promptly sent me a PayPal invoice, which I in turn promptly paid.
Subsequent emails went into a black hole. Blog entries continued to appear, indicating no real-life problem, so I filed a PayPal dispute.
It turns out the seller's PayPal account is in the name of "I. am DesignerY" and no, it's not a business or premier account so that isn't a DBA.
I don't know about you guys, but my real name is on both my PayPal accounts, personal and business, nor was I aware it was even possible to obfuscate one's identity to that extent.
Yet another symptom (albeit a very very tiny one) of the lack of trustworthiness in the unsecure eBay/PayPal marketplace.
posted on February 27, 2009 11:37:49 AM new
Hordes of Madoff and Stanford fans sent $$,they never blame themselves,just govt agencies!
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Economic Reform act of Chairman Obama of the socialist States of America :
10 ounces of meat per month,half a yard of cotton per year per adult.
Hellilujah!
posted on February 27, 2009 06:22:51 PM new
Most of the other auctions sites we list on do require ID verification of sellers and some of buyers too. All the real payment or merchant services such as MoneyBookers or WorldPay require ID verification before you can send or receive a cent.
The real reason eBay/PayPal are so lax is that any impediment to fresh signups might impact their bottom line should eBay investors get more spooked than they already are with declining revenues, falling listing numbers, fleeing PowerSellers, etc. Now that the tide is receding (economically speaking), all sorts of frauds and mismanagement are coming to light as the corporate Ponzi and pyramid schemes all unravel...
[center]"A bargain is something you can't use at a price you can't resist." - Franklin Jones[/center]
posted on February 28, 2009 05:52:07 AM new
Main Entry:
ob·fus·cate Listen to the pronunciation of obfuscate
Pronunciation:
\ˈäb-fə-ˌskāt; äb-ˈfəs-ˌkāt, əb-\
Function:
verb
Inflected Form(s):
ob·fus·cat·ed; ob·fus·cat·ing
Etymology:
Late Latin obfuscatus, past participle of obfuscare, from Latin ob- in the way + fuscus dark brown — more at ob-, dusk
Date:
1577
transitive verb1 a: darken b: to make obscure <obfuscate the issue>2: confuse <obfuscate the reader>intransitive verb: to be evasive, unclear, or confusing
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Caroline
posted on March 1, 2009 06:56:58 AM new
So I complained to PayPal and got the typical no-answer no-good-answer: We can't divulge personal information blah blah blah.
I don't want to know this idiot's name so much as I want to know why PayPal doesn't require ID verification.
Of course eBay doesn't either, and we all know how safe a marketplace it is because of that.
I remember a real jerk from a few years back who decided she was going to trash my just-ending auctions by winning them (and of course leaving negative feedback as well as sticking me for the fees). She was able to create new eBay IDs at the rate of one every two minutes. I would no sooner block one before another would pop up.
posted on March 1, 2009 07:04:29 AM new
When you list an item on Ebay,you can only specify Paypal payment to be sent to your registered email address.
Then I found out when I relist the item,I can change the email address.
Does anyone else have this experience?
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Economic Reform act of Chairman Obama of the socialist States of America :
10 ounces of meat per month,half a yard of cotton per year per adult.
Hellilujah!
posted on March 2, 2009 09:10:28 AM new
Gentle Readers...and you too, fLuff;
I suggest that your problems with difficult bidders and payment issues arise from the categories in which you sell(e.g.jewelry, post cards, antiques, etc.).
I might suggest that you explore the wonders of selling in my particular category, used surgical instruments, where no such hooliganism occurs.
Caroline