Oh nooooooo, my Ebay account has been suspended! Another update - I've been re-suspended!
coinguy1
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I just received notice from Ebay that my "pop1eye" account has been suspended due to "feedback abuse", presumably as a result of my "friendship" with "scamcrook".
At the time of my suspension, I had 191 positive feedbacks from 146 "unique users" and 3 negatives from 2 "unique users" who are no longer registered, since they were suspended by Ebay, for the very activities I gave negative feedback for.
I hope that the suspension was initiated (not by anyone here who disapproved of my activities but) by seller smac33328 who was very angry about having received negative feedback from "scamcrook".
That feedback was posted, to warn others about the seller's attempts at deceiving people in various ways, regarding a replica 1889-CC "dollar" AND listing completely bogus, wildly inflated "retail" values for coins, which had no relationship to anything, much less the coins he was offering.
Here is just one example of how this guy works. In the auction linked below, he lists a "RET" price of $1150 for a coin which appears to be high grade AU or low grade MS, at best. Please explain to me where he got a "RET" value of $1150?! You can't, because he didn't get it from anywhere - he made it up.
I apologize for venting - thanks for listening.
1879-O dollar listing with completely bogus "RET" value of $1150
At the time of my suspension, I had 191 positive feedbacks from 146 "unique users" and 3 negatives from 2 "unique users" who are no longer registered, since they were suspended by Ebay, for the very activities I gave negative feedback for.
I hope that the suspension was initiated (not by anyone here who disapproved of my activities but) by seller smac33328 who was very angry about having received negative feedback from "scamcrook".
That feedback was posted, to warn others about the seller's attempts at deceiving people in various ways, regarding a replica 1889-CC "dollar" AND listing completely bogus, wildly inflated "retail" values for coins, which had no relationship to anything, much less the coins he was offering.
Here is just one example of how this guy works. In the auction linked below, he lists a "RET" price of $1150 for a coin which appears to be high grade AU or low grade MS, at best. Please explain to me where he got a "RET" value of $1150?! You can't, because he didn't get it from anywhere - he made it up.
I apologize for venting - thanks for listening.
1879-O dollar listing with completely bogus "RET" value of $1150
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Here's the truth. eBay will rarely go after the people that actually do the fraud but they will almost ALWAYS go after the people that try to do something about the fraud. If you want to sell on eBay, it's best to let the system run the way it is, stick with your own stuff and not pay attention to any of it. I tried to get involved to no avail. eBay simply doesn't care.
<< <i>my "pop1eye" account has been suspended due to "feedback abuse" >>
eBay does this, yet they do nothing about the attacks on Eric coming from the slimeball Hager and his ACG minions? This is bullshit.
Russ, NCNE
Congratulations are in order. Ebay should give you a medal for your service...or maybe a job as a consumer advocate!
Here's a warning parable for coin collectors...
Many people benefit from Ebay, but I now refuse to ever even look momentarily at their site, as I do not think it is worth the stress and aggravation that is a guaranteed certainty, if buying there, no matter what the product is.
This is just my personal view, as I know millions of people buy there daily. I saved a couple of BAD Ebay tranaction printouts from several years ago, to remind me never to use their site.
Joe
You have our appreciation here for what you tried to do. I guess eBay makes too much money off the scammers to let you keep doing it.
Chuck
K S
ran through different email addresses and the anonymous server in Europe weren't they -
are you sure it was relationship with scamcrook that got them mad?
Thanks for the support, both public and private. And, to those who disagreed with my actions - I respect your right to disagree.
"Senorita HepKitty"
"I want a real cool Kitty from Hepcat City, to stay in step with me" - Bill Carter
Neil
Sometimes I think the Bay of Eee is more like the Bermuda triangle--a very strange place where the known rules of the universe are often suspended.
Clankeye
I guess it's true: the bigger you get, the more evil you become. Ebay can kiss my fat A$$
thesourceforu
MARK -> I hope not to point out the obvious, but are you sure your account has been suspended and not just some scammer trying to get your password? Have you tried bidding, if you go there does it say "not a registered user", are your ongoing auctions no longer listed?
I get notices every week or so saying my account has been suspended for some reason or another -> I forward the email to spoof@ebay.com and get a notice back in half a day or so saying "this email was definitely not from us, ......"
I think you set yourself up for this by starting a thread yesterday saying you were enjoying your job and numismatics in general.
Once I said I was happy out loud. The very next day a load of nitroglycerin I was transporting by mule over a rugged mountain pass went off--blowing me to bits.
Never say you're happy. It's trouble.
Clankeye
clankeye - good point but I still love my job.
<< <i>I deliver my nitro on pothole filled roads in my 1973 baby-blue Pinto. >>
Eddie,
Hopefully you're also riding on Firestone tires.
Russ, NCNE
Edited to add: Ebay also didn't bother to reinstate my bids that THEY had cancelled.
Russ, NCNE
09/07/2006
It's some consolation that your account was reinstated. Please keep up the good work of outing fraud.
"Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you." -Luke 11:9
"Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might." -Deut. 6:4-5
"For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; He will save us." -Isaiah 33:22
Looking for PCGS AU58 Washington's, 32-63.
<< <i>And they do nothing to protect or help honest sellers such as myself >>
HONEST?!?!?!?! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!
I've already outted you as a bald faced liar on this forum for your gouging of another board member!
Private feedback?!?!?!?!?!
Look out for this guy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Eric's too smart to engage you. We all know and respect him, and you continue to pointlessly rant. I don't think it's particularly bothersome and applaud your tenacity, but at some point I would imagine even you would tire of all the wasted effort. Having someone care enough about your point of view to argue with you would provide you validation, so I certainly don't want to argue, but I would think talking coins would be a more interesting way to engage members.
Mark, glad they rethought their approach.
and it sets us apart from practitioners and consultants. Gregor
The dirtbag seller smac33328, has an auction where he claims a coin retials for $400 yet clearly written on the flip it says $150. Almost all of his auctions have this same tactic. He also runs all his auctions as private so others cannot be warned and they are easier to shill.
I hope Geraldo or scamcrook can be reincarnated?
Selling on EBay can be frustrating as well. I sold an 1851-O, Gold $1.00, Type1, PCGS-MS61 (lower MS grade, better date) on Ebay and had it come back because of "too many marks", despite clear scans of the coin, showing a majority of the marks. Plus, I had clearly stated "Sold as Slabbed" instructions. The buyer had been suspended from EBay but still was bidding actively on coins. How does this happen? As a result, I do not use EBay nearly as much now, as in the past.
<< <i>PCGS-MS61 (lower MS grade, better date) on Ebay and had it come back because of "too many marks" >>
Unfortunately, there are plenty of buyers who seem to think eBay is an approval service. Anybody with more than an ounce of sense knows that a coin in the MS61 grade is going to be baggy.
Russ, NCNE
for a long time.Dont worry however, we here on earth still like you.
Camelot
<< <i>And they do nothing to protect or help honest sellers such as myself
HONEST?!?!?!?! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!
I've already outted you as a bald faced liar on this forum for your gouging of another board member! >>
You haven't done anything but make yourself look like a complete idiot.
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<< <i>Private feedback?!?!?!?!?! >>
Oh, you mean this bogus feedback from Hager's stoolies?
The Hager Five
<< <i>Look out for this guy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! >>
Uh huh. You are just another one of Hager's plants trying to damage my reputation both on eBay and here, as well as RCC. In case you haven't noticed, it isn't working. People that have been here any length of time know better, and as DHeath said, I really don't need to engage a complete moron such as yourself. However, I feel it necessary to respond for the benefit of those who may be new here.
Don't forget to give my regards to Al and Diane.
"Senorita HepKitty"
"I want a real cool Kitty from Hepcat City, to stay in step with me" - Bill Carter
I had a box of slabbed coins for sale. The local dealers showed no interest. I put them on eBay and had cash in my pocket within two weeks. I have had more than 1000 eBay transactions and of those perhaps a half dozen ended in great dissatisfaction. Fortunately, none of the bad transactions involved more than $50.
eBay does have its problems. I have just learned to work around them.