I think that you, like graywolf misread what this gentleman wrote. He did not blame ebay, and even admits in his article that he was to blame for circumnavigating around ebay's "security." He does indicate he is upset at Ebay's disability to help him in this situation, but does not blame them for his actions.
Instead, I think the thrust of his argument is the fact that when you attempt to change email addresses on ebay, a confirmation email is ONLY sent to the new email address. This means that any hacker who happens upon your password, or obtains it by some means can easily hijack your account without your knowledge. It seems to me that this is what he is most upset with. A simple second email that would not cost Ebay one more penny can help to prevent account hijackers.
Just my .02 on the subject, IL Bill
On Sunday, October 26, 2003, at 05:57 PM, mishka wrote:
...so, you wanted to screw ebay (early termination of an auction), and when you got screwed instead -- what, writing an
article blaiming ebay for that? sheesh...
of course, i did that myself, namely, contacting the sellers outside ebay, when/if the items were not sold.
but to count on ebay for protection -- that would have been really stupid.
best, mishka
