[meteorite-list] Notice to eBay Meteorite Sellers

From: Ed Deckert <edeckert_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2015 17:23:47 -0500
Message-ID: <82300F1B16DB453F9E7BB1180D6F07BD_at_MAINPC>

I heard news today that a judge gave the green light for a class action suit
for a group of sellers against eBay for their policies hurting sellers.
Maybe they will get their proverbial head handed to them!

Ed

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> 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
>
>
> ,
> ----- 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
>>
>> --
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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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