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Re: Bid retractions (was Re: eBay dead again)
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lugnet.market.theory
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Fri, 24 Mar 2000 04:12:12 GMT
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In lugnet.market.theory, Frank Filz writes:
> > Bizarre. So what's to stop someone from creating a one-time foofoo bidding
> > account on eBay to get themselves out of a mess like that?
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> That won't help much, if you notice in time, the only black mark you can get
> is the fact that you retracted a bid. The danger in creating the fake
> account is that you are legally tied to it (or you used someone else's
> credit card illegally - remember, to get an account on eBay now, you need a
> credit card, and I'm assuming they check to see if you've already used a
> particular card number [wonder how they deal with spouses]).
Christopher Lindsey said earlier today that he had "just created a throw-away
account"[1] using a free email address and that the registration page at eBay
said you don't need a credit card. Are there two types of eBay accounts??
--Todd
[1] http://www.lugnet.com/market/theory/?n=1229
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| (...) Hmm, interesting. They were claiming you needed to use a credit card now. So much for that... They are seriously getting to the point of needing a good kick in the pants. They really aren't very friendly (though more friendly to sellers, so (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| Todd Lehman wrote in message ... (...) That won't help much, if you notice in time, the only black mark you can get is the fact that you retracted a bid. The danger in creating the fake account is that you are legally tied to it (or you used (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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