Of the limited resources eBay users have to remove negative feedback, the Mutual Feedback Withdrawal program is probably the least cumbersome. This program is for eBay users who have both left a negative feedback for each other and who later resolve their differences and agree to retract the feedback they left for each other. Read more
No matter how long you’ve done something, there’s always something to be learned. Most people are pretty good about learning by reading books or visiting web sites like AuctionInsights. As for folks like me, our best lessons are usually learned the hard way. Assuming that you are in the first group, allow me to share some things I learned selling on eBay this summer. Read more
eBay Tightens Up Restrictions on Non-Performing Sellers
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In their continuing efforts to improve the buying experience, eBay’s Senior Vice President for Auctions announced a new enforcement policy, including sanctions and restrictions, for non-performing sellers. In a post on the auction site’s announcement board last week, Philipp Justus stated that eBay has “begun enforcing [their] seller Non-Performance policy in stricter ways than in the past by considering a sellers buyer-dissatisfaction rate.” Read more
Phishing emails are fake emails that appear to be from a legitimate corporation with an online presence. They normally look quire authentic and urge you to visit a counterfeit site whereupon you are lured (via a fake login screen) into providing your username, password and possibly some other sensitive personal information. This allows the fraudsters who collect this data to hijack your account or steal your identity.
eBay users are often the target of these “phishing expeditions.” The senders hope to takeover your eBay account in order to pose as you as either a buyer or a seller in order to commit eBay fraud and bilk some other auction user out of their money or goods. I receive dozens of these fake eBay emails per week. I need to remind myself to be especially vigilant against this form of eBay fraud if I’ve got several active auctions running and am expecting emails from the auction site. But lately I’ve noticed a way to easily differentiate the spoof emails from the real ones. Read more