Hmm I don't use ebay all that much but I have never had them ask me to change my password in the 10 or so years I've used them. Did you click a link in that email? You may have been pfished.
The other thing looks like a traditional bad seller be glad they caught on. On Jan 28, 2008 10:05 AM, gerald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 1. my ebay password is very unstable. as long as firefox holds it in memory, > it works. if I try to enter it, it does not. > > 2. ebay sends me a notice about every 3 months stating that i must change my > password. > > 3. i recently made a purchase of "final cut express 4" and got the following > message from ebay: > > The following is a notice from eBay Trust & Safety regarding: > > Item Number - 320209653865 > > Item Title - FINAL CUT EXPRESS 4 HD VIDEO EDITING SOFTWARE NEW $199 > > Our records show that you were a bidder or buyer of one or more of this > seller's items. We recently removed this seller's active listings and > suspended the seller's trading privileges. Due to privacy concerns we cannot > share further details about this seller. > > If the seller asks you to complete this transaction outside of eBay, we > strongly recommend that you do not proceed with the transaction. Transactions > for items listed on eBay but then completed off of the eBay platform are not > covered by buyer protection programs offered by eBay and can be highly > indicative of fraud. For more information on Offers to Buy or Sell Outside of > eBay, copy and past the following Help Page link into your browser: > <http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/rfe-spam-non-ebay-sale.html.>http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/rfe-spam-non-ebay-sale.html. > > If you have already paid for this item but have not received it, you should > take all possible steps to receive reimbursement. > > 4. this person had a positive rating of 98.5% on about 150 replies. > > 5. i went to paypal for dispute resolution, and my payment was refunded in > one day??? > > i have purchased probably a thousand items off of ebay. somewhere around 7-8 > years ago, someone stiffed me out of $50. i have twice gotten merchandise > that was not quite up to snuff. > > > > > > ************************************************************************ > * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== > * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== > * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name > * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST > * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L > * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress > * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ************************************************************************ > * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l > * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ > * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml > * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived > ************************************************************************ > -- John Duncan Yoyo -------------------------------o) ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
