[meteorite-list] Notice to eBay Meteorite Sellers

From: Raremeteorites <raremeteorites_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2015 12:25:48 -0800
Message-ID: <8B0500B5B2EC4CD783AE06DBB0DB2BAD_at_HPDESKTOP>

Yes, eBay is outrageous in some of their actions. They were asking sellers
to provide a 180-day return period at one point in order for sellers to keep
their "best seller" status. Talk about unreasonable! It is almost as bad
as government forced healthcare which now cost me an extra $380.00 a month
with a much higher deductible and less coverage. EBay has forgotten what it
used to be; A place to bring sellers and buyers together. Just like the
government and its employees are supposed to be public servants, not masters
of our lives!

Adam


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----- Original Message -----
From: "Carl Esparza via Meteorite-list"
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
To: "Ron Baalke" <baalke at zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>; "Galactic Stone & Ironworks"
<meteoritemike at gmail.com>
Cc: "Galactic Stone & Ironworks via Meteorite-list"
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Monday, March 02, 2015 11:23 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Notice to eBay Meteorite Sellers


> There is a class action lawsuit against ebay you can see at the link here;
> http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news/judge-rules-class-action-suit-against-ebay-and-paypal-may-proceed-081414.html
>
> --
> Love & Life
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> ---- Galactic Stone & Ironworks via Meteorite-list
> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
>> Hi Ron,
>>
>> That is exactly the line of thinking I had in mind. I try not to
>> share my financial information online anywhere unless it's necessary
>> and then it is through PayPal only. If PayPal gets hacked, fine.
>>
>> eBay, Facebook, Twitter, or any other websites do not need direct
>> access to my bank accounts.
>>
>> If I sell on eBay, then eBay has a clear and understandable need to
>> access your financial information - to pay your seller fees, or to
>> reimburse in the case of seller fraud.
>>
>> But, if I am not selling, then why should I link my account? What is
>> the benefit to me as a buyer?
>>
>> Now, let's look at the ongoing increase in buyer fraud and
>> PayPal-manipulation by unethical buyers. eBay might have an interest
>> in making sure they have greater access to a buyer's information, just
>> in case the buyer commits a clear case of fraud. eBay and the seller
>> would have greater potential recourse against a criminal buyer. So
>> perhaps this seller setting requirement is a new option to combat
>> buyer fraud? Maybe this is a new setting in the seller dashboard
>> somewhere. If it is, I cannot see it, because I poked around in the
>> seller settings just to look.
>>
>> I will take a screen shot of it the next time I encounter it. I think
>> one of the sellers was a dealer in Europe, maybe France. One of the
>> dealers was a US-based one.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> MikeG
>>
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>> On 3/1/15, Ron Baalke via Meteorite-list
>> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> What I am referring to is bidder requirements. I tried to place a bid
>> >> on two different specimens from two different dealers and both times
>> >> eBay stopped me and said I could not bid because my PayPal account is
>> >> not "linked" to eBay.
>> >>
>> >
>> > For security reasons, it's just a very bad idea to link any of your
>> > online
>> > accounts together.
>> > Period. This applies not just to ebay & paypal, but Twitter, Facebook,
>> > etc.
>> >
>> > Ebay has been hacked into before. The next time ebay is hacked - and
>> > there
>> > will be most
>> > definitely be a next time - all your accounts linked to it are
>> > automatically
>> > accessible
>> > to the hackers. Keep that in mind.
>> >
>> > Ron
>> >
>> >
>> >
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