On Tuesday 15 July 2003 03:42 am, Illovox Media wrote: > Man are you presumptuous. I have, and they do nothing. Did nothing when > even my EBAY ID was hijacked. Had to find their telephone number (try that > Mr. Know It All) and finally with enough yelling they did something about > that. IE, they did not refuse or agree, they just did nothing--until > pressure was placed. I find that interesting to share here when the topic > of EBAY safety concerning G-Books has *already* been raised. And I am not > coming "here" complain and get results, I am responding to a previous post > I DISAGREE with. READ THE THREAD. What are you, the EBAY apologists > police? EBAY has problems. When they cross over to G-Books, it's a valid > topic here. > > I've used EBAY longer than you have, and EBAY is far from perfect. It > excuses itself as a venue only, but provides a venue that allows crooks to > flourish. That is MY opinion, and I care to post it here.
The irony of all this is that I willingly (although reluctantly) gave up my eBay account and my PayPal account because eBay will give anyone who represents themselves as a Law Enforcement officer extensive information on user accounts. All you need is a fax machine and faked letterhead to make it seem like you are faxing your request from a Police or Sheriff's Department. My reason for leaving eBay is because I didn't want to risk my identity to thieves who might use this willingness to share information with those who represent themselves as cops. When identity theft and fraud are felonies, you think that a criminal will go "oh, impersonating a police officer is a misdemeanor, I'd better not do that." Perhaps if you had faxed your request for information on that fraudster on official-looking Police or Sheriff's Department letterhead, you might have had better luck in getting eBay to sit up and take notice. eBay alternatives include Yahoo Auctions and Amazon Auctions/zShops. Here are pertinent Slashdot discussions about the situation: http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/20/1347252&mode=nested&tid=158 http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/11/1523238&mode=nested&tid=158 http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/01/1447232&mode=nested&tid=158&tid=99 eBay: where the bad guys win and good guys are guilty until proven innocent. -.\\<-H- -- Michelle Klein-Hass Box 2273, Van Nuys, CA 91404-2273 Brought to you by Linux, KDE and KMail...try it, you'll like it! -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
