Comments on: Ebay scam/hoax avoidance tips http://www.penny-saved.com/2006/08/15/ebay-scamhoax-avoidance-tips/ Personal Finance and Wealth by the Penny Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:49:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Rob Schaumer » Blog Archive » I Love Lists. http://www.penny-saved.com/2006/08/15/ebay-scamhoax-avoidance-tips/#comment-224 Rob Schaumer » Blog Archive » I Love Lists. Mon, 25 Dec 2006 03:26:17 +0000 http://www.penny-saved.com/2006/08/15/ebay-scamhoax-avoidance-tips/#comment-224 [...] Ebay Scam/Hoax Avoidance Tips by Thatedeguy [...] [...] Ebay Scam/Hoax Avoidance Tips by Thatedeguy [...]

]]> By: Edwin http://www.penny-saved.com/2006/08/15/ebay-scamhoax-avoidance-tips/#comment-223 Edwin Wed, 11 Oct 2006 02:57:29 +0000 http://www.penny-saved.com/2006/08/15/ebay-scamhoax-avoidance-tips/#comment-223 I always take extra careful when dealing with ebay I always take extra careful when dealing with ebay

]]> By: Gary http://www.penny-saved.com/2006/08/15/ebay-scamhoax-avoidance-tips/#comment-214 Gary Sun, 24 Sep 2006 19:46:34 +0000 http://www.penny-saved.com/2006/08/15/ebay-scamhoax-avoidance-tips/#comment-214 In addition to always being cautious, I do all my eBay shopping through a search engine called gumshoo. It scans autions and alerts you when it thinks there's a scam. <A href="http://www.gumshoo.com">http://www.gumshoo.com</a> In addition to always being cautious, I do all my eBay shopping through a search engine called gumshoo. It scans autions and alerts you when it thinks there’s a scam.

http://www.gumshoo.com

]]> By: Successful Blog - 301 Links in a Story — Chapter 4 Lizzie, Jean, and Etch-a-Sketch http://www.penny-saved.com/2006/08/15/ebay-scamhoax-avoidance-tips/#comment-217 Successful Blog - 301 Links in a Story — Chapter 4 Lizzie, Jean, and Etch-a-Sketch Sat, 16 Sep 2006 01:01:07 +0000 http://www.penny-saved.com/2006/08/15/ebay-scamhoax-avoidance-tips/#comment-217 [...] The desk had 10 Things You Find in Every Office. A note by the interactive television offered Ebay Scam/Hoax Avoidance Tips and 10 Everyday Items You Can Buy with E-gold. [...] [...] The desk had 10 Things You Find in Every Office. A note by the interactive television offered Ebay Scam/Hoax Avoidance Tips and 10 Everyday Items You Can Buy with E-gold. [...]

]]> By: Lists Group Writing Project - Categorized http://www.penny-saved.com/2006/08/15/ebay-scamhoax-avoidance-tips/#comment-213 Lists Group Writing Project - Categorized Sat, 26 Aug 2006 08:38:13 +0000 http://www.penny-saved.com/2006/08/15/ebay-scamhoax-avoidance-tips/#comment-213 [...] 257. The Ultimate Mac List for (Free) Apps… and more by fcodc Frank 258. Top 10 Firefox Extensions by jdanyiko 259. 10 Reasons Why I’m Selling Brangelina.net by David 260. 10 Ways to Make Your Digital Photos Last Forever by Michael 261. 10 ways to waste time on the internet by Jul 262. 11 Custom Start Pages by VerusNova 263. Beyond YouTube and Google Video: 5 Great Video Sites on the Web by David 264. Ebay Scam/Hoax Avoidance Tips by Thatedeguy 265. List of Free Image Hosts by Sophi 266. 5 Sites to Promote Your Open Source Design by Mike 267. Sexiest SEO and Marketing Websites by Ignat 268. 11 Linux distro’s (plus one) by Wintermute 269. Get traffic to your top - Top Ten by Muthu 270. List of Mouse Games by Indrax 271. Ten Ways to Spot a Scam by The Wandering Author 272. 5 Most Trivial “How to” Searches in Search Engine by Arnold 273. 10 Cool Features of the Google Search Box by Rob 274. Breaking the News To Your Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Customers by Clay 275. 5 Upcoming Projects in the Mac World by Glenn 276. So You Want to Host My Servers? 8 Requirements for a Data Center by Aaron 277. The Top 10 coolest Mac freeware programs you’ve never heard of by Mark 278. Ten Essential Tools for Beginning Web Developers by Paul 279. 7 Free Software Programs Every Computer Should Have by John 280. My 5 preferred new media tools for online communicators by Philippe 281. 10 Indispensable (and Free) Web Resources for Students by Jamie 282. 5 and a half reasons why Internet trolls are awesome by Yvonne 283. 7 New Ways to Use Google and Gmail by Sergey 284. The Secrets to Getting Your Thread Noticed on a Busy Forum by Shamess | Random Blogger 285. Non-Profit Websites by Darren [...] [...] 257. The Ultimate Mac List for (Free) Apps… and more by fcodc Frank 258. Top 10 Firefox Extensions by jdanyiko 259. 10 Reasons Why I’m Selling Brangelina.net by David 260. 10 Ways to Make Your Digital Photos Last Forever by Michael 261. 10 ways to waste time on the internet by Jul 262. 11 Custom Start Pages by VerusNova 263. Beyond YouTube and Google Video: 5 Great Video Sites on the Web by David 264. Ebay Scam/Hoax Avoidance Tips by Thatedeguy 265. List of Free Image Hosts by Sophi 266. 5 Sites to Promote Your Open Source Design by Mike 267. Sexiest SEO and Marketing Websites by Ignat 268. 11 Linux distro’s (plus one) by Wintermute 269. Get traffic to your top - Top Ten by Muthu 270. List of Mouse Games by Indrax 271. Ten Ways to Spot a Scam by The Wandering Author 272. 5 Most Trivial “How to” Searches in Search Engine by Arnold 273. 10 Cool Features of the Google Search Box by Rob 274. Breaking the News To Your Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Customers by Clay 275. 5 Upcoming Projects in the Mac World by Glenn 276. So You Want to Host My Servers? 8 Requirements for a Data Center by Aaron 277. The Top 10 coolest Mac freeware programs you’ve never heard of by Mark 278. Ten Essential Tools for Beginning Web Developers by Paul 279. 7 Free Software Programs Every Computer Should Have by John 280. My 5 preferred new media tools for online communicators by Philippe 281. 10 Indispensable (and Free) Web Resources for Students by Jamie 282. 5 and a half reasons why Internet trolls are awesome by Yvonne 283. 7 New Ways to Use Google and Gmail by Sergey 284. The Secrets to Getting Your Thread Noticed on a Busy Forum by Shamess | Random Blogger 285. Non-Profit Websites by Darren [...]

]]> By: Working at Home on the Internet http://www.penny-saved.com/2006/08/15/ebay-scamhoax-avoidance-tips/#comment-222 Working at Home on the Internet Fri, 18 Aug 2006 20:48:10 +0000 http://www.penny-saved.com/2006/08/15/ebay-scamhoax-avoidance-tips/#comment-222 [...] 19. Ebay scam/hoax avoidance tips… A Penny Saved [...] [...] 19. Ebay scam/hoax avoidance tips… A Penny Saved [...]

]]> By: Matt D http://www.penny-saved.com/2006/08/15/ebay-scamhoax-avoidance-tips/#comment-215 Matt D Thu, 17 Aug 2006 04:45:28 +0000 http://www.penny-saved.com/2006/08/15/ebay-scamhoax-avoidance-tips/#comment-215 I was just going to post what Sean said. It seems really common these days. I was just going to post what Sean said. It seems really common these days.

]]> By: Sean http://www.penny-saved.com/2006/08/15/ebay-scamhoax-avoidance-tips/#comment-220 Sean Wed, 16 Aug 2006 16:32:17 +0000 http://www.penny-saved.com/2006/08/15/ebay-scamhoax-avoidance-tips/#comment-220 Another tip is not to take second chance offers. They enable shill bidding (where a seller gets someone else or uses another account to bid the auction above your maximum, and then files the fictional winner as a non-payer so that it can offer it to you as a second chance offer at your maximum bid offer - you would otherwise have got it for your lowest bid). Check feedback too - if anyone has private feedback comments, that's a good sign that there's something shady going on. The number of a feedback score doesn't tell you anything much (it doesn't tell you how many didn't leave feedback for a start). Another tip is not to take second chance offers. They enable shill bidding (where a seller gets someone else or uses another account to bid the auction above your maximum, and then files the fictional winner as a non-payer so that it can offer it to you as a second chance offer at your maximum bid offer - you would otherwise have got it for your lowest bid).

Check feedback too - if anyone has private feedback comments, that’s a good sign that there’s something shady going on. The number of a feedback score doesn’t tell you anything much (it doesn’t tell you how many didn’t leave feedback for a start).

]]> By: Josh Maher http://www.penny-saved.com/2006/08/15/ebay-scamhoax-avoidance-tips/#comment-218 Josh Maher Wed, 16 Aug 2006 16:26:11 +0000 http://www.penny-saved.com/2006/08/15/ebay-scamhoax-avoidance-tips/#comment-218 This is good.... People really need to know these things http://joshmaher.wordpress.com/2006/08/14/top-ten-reasons-you-should-not-blog/ This is good…. People really need to know these things

http://joshmaher.wordpress.com/2006/08/14/top-ten-reasons-you-should-not-blog/

]]> By: MamaDuck http://www.penny-saved.com/2006/08/15/ebay-scamhoax-avoidance-tips/#comment-221 MamaDuck Wed, 16 Aug 2006 16:14:48 +0000 http://www.penny-saved.com/2006/08/15/ebay-scamhoax-avoidance-tips/#comment-221 Excellent ideas! <a href="http://lilduckduck.com/ducky-moments-in-time/240">Our list is up</a> if you’d like to look… have a great day! Excellent ideas! Our list is up if you’d like to look… have a great day!

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