Yeah, I got the same mail.. or rather it was info on the side in a mail another person sent to me through Ebay. Here is what it said:
Never respond to an unsolicited email that includes incentives to
buy or sell an item off the eBay Marketplace. If you get such an email,
please report it to eBay.
Never pay for your item with an instant cash transfer service such as
MoneyGram or Western Union. These services are like sending cash to a
stranger - they are an extremely unsafe way to pay.
For more safe trading tips, please visit the eBay Security Center.
I have no idea how that will look in your mailclients, I simply copy/pasted
it. If it looks awful, my apologies. And yes, I agree with Tom, it really is
a shitty thing to do, Western Union should sue them.
/Stefan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marco Thorek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 5:07 AM
Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Bah, ebay/paypal
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb:
> >
> > Just won an item on ebay. The email I received from the seller must
> > have gone through ebay as it contained this message.........
> > [Image]
> > "Never pay for your item with an instant cash transfer service such as
> > MoneyGram or Western Union. These services are like sending cash to a
> > stranger - they are an extremely unsafe way to pay."
>
> Hell yeah, PayPal is so much safer! :)
>
> > Irritates me, as an honest seller I like Western Union auction
> > payments as I am protected against scamming/payment reversing buyers.
> > To me ebay is just trying to make sure people use paypal (so they can
> > make even more money) which is in fact unsafe, for sellers especially.
>
> Are you sure this was added by ebay? I'm no lawyer, but it may be a very
> questionable business practice.
>
> Marco
>
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