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  • johnsim03johnsim03 Posts: 992 ✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>The guys who set up phony accounts to bid and interfere in this auction - you do realize that
    you could be kicked off eBay permanently if found out, don't you?

    I mean by any means of identity - I.P. address, etc.

    I'm as much against fraudulent sellers as the next guy, but I don't think I would personally
    take that risk. If it is a fraudulent listing, you are supposed to report it and leave it at that. >>

    If I was going to interfere with an auction, I would do it with an account created with an email address entirely unrelated to my real ones, and log in from a public terminal at a library or internet cafe.

    That's how I'd do it. I'm not sure how eBay could track such activity back to the real me. >>



    Hi Bob:

    True, unless of course you bragged about it on some forum, and someone who didn't like you turned
    you in... Then it could get a bit problematic, couldn't it?

    John
    John C. Knudsen, LM ANA 2342, LM CSNS 337
    SFC, US Army (Ret.) 1974-1994
  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭


    << <i>The guys who set up phony accounts to bid and interfere in this auction - you do realize that
    you could be kicked off eBay permanently if found out, don't you?

    I mean by any means of identity - I.P. address, etc. >>



    Those who have these accounts are not stupid. Some of them have been around for three or four years.

    Russ, NCNE


  • << <i>Well, looks the seller is no longer a registered user. Shoot! >>



    The REAL "coin posse" strikes again!
    "Everyday above ground is a good day"

  • johnsim03johnsim03 Posts: 992 ✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>The guys who set up phony accounts to bid and interfere in this auction - you do realize that
    you could be kicked off eBay permanently if found out, don't you?

    I mean by any means of identity - I.P. address, etc. >>



    Those who have these accounts are not stupid. Some of them have been around for three or four years.

    Russ, NCNE >>



    You mean, around here - around eBay? So what?

    Interesting, the apparent situational ethics of the crusaders in this thread. Break the rules for the
    greater good.

    The end justifies the means? I do not think this is trivial at all, and is worth honest discussion.

    John
    John C. Knudsen, LM ANA 2342, LM CSNS 337
    SFC, US Army (Ret.) 1974-1994
  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Those who have these accounts are not stupid. Some of them have been around for three or four years.

    Russ, NCNE >>

    You mean, around here - around eBay? So what? >>



    The "so what" is that you warned that using a vigilante account could get somebody kicked off eBay permanently. I simply noted that some of these accounts have been doing it for several years, and there's been no action from eBay. In fact, a couple of them are so obvious that I have no doubt eBay is well aware of their activities and the reason behind them.

    Russ, NCNE
  • BlindedByEgoBlindedByEgo Posts: 10,754 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>What sort of dumazed beotch is that seller? Totally a gone case. I think she needs a long rest in a very quite resort-type atmosphere.image >>



    She bought fat burner pills.

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