eBay thieves

[Thomas Jentzsch]

http://cgi.ebay.ie/THE-AMAZING-ATARI-EMULA...A1%7C240%3A1318

 

Look at all the homebrews included. And the emulator is most likely Stella.

 

I hate when people try to make money from other people's work. Since he is selling my games without permission too, I filed a report.

[atreyu187]

Wow just wow. That is like $15USD for what?!?!? Nice report though I di done as well for fun.

[Albert]

I'd be amazed if reporting this auction gets it ended. This guy has a slew of similar auctions for other systems, and I've seen people selling similar collections for a long time on eBay with no action taken against them. I suppose if someone slapped them with a DMCA request that eBay would act.

 

..Al

[Shawn]

I'd be amazed if reporting this auction gets it ended. This guy has a slew of similar auctions for other systems, and I've seen people selling similar collections for a long time on eBay with no action taken against them. I suppose if someone slapped them with a DMCA request that eBay would act.

 

..Al

 

 

I think that the DMCA should go to the seller AND ebay.

[Thomas Jentzsch]

Hello,

Thank you for your email. To help you as quickly as possible, we're 

sending you this response telling you a bit more about the rules for 

listing items on eBay. We've included information on these three topics:

 

1) Why is my account restricted?

2) I sent a report, what did you do?

3) Why did you remove my item and not others?

 

 

1) Why is my account restricted?

 

Our top priority is keeping our users safe and happy - so we'll always 

do our best to protect you from fraud while using our site. Sometimes 

this means that we'll need to restrict listings of certain items. 

 

Here are some of the restrictions in place. If you inadvertently try to 

list a restricted item, you'll receive a message to let you know why you

can't list it. 

 

1) You must verify your PayPal account and link it to your eBay account.

 

2) You must be registered for a period of time to sell certain items. 

3) 1 & 3 day listings aren't available for particular items. 

4) Cross-border trade is restricted for certain types of items. 

5) We may limit the number of items each seller can list in a given 

period of time. 

 

Unfortunately we don't share any further information about specific 

restrictions. By revealing this information we could help members intent

on circumventing our policies to avoid detection. Please understand that

our measures are designed to protect all of our members from fraud and 

counterfeits. 

 

 

2) I sent a report, what did you do?

 

Firstly, thank you again for taking the time to send us your report. 

Keeping eBay a safe and reputable place to shop is our top priority and 

we take reports of members who break our rules very seriously. Please be

assured that we thoroughly investigate every report we receive.

 

If the item you reported wasn't removed from the eBay site, it may be 

that after carefully reviewing the listing, we concluded that the item 

the seller describes doesn't breach eBay policy.

 

Please understand that as it's important that eBay maintains member 

privacy, we can't share details of any action we take on the other 

member's account. This eBay principle protects the privacy of all our 

members.

 

We encourage you to report any questionable items you spot to us. Click 

'Report this item' on the listing page and choose the appropriate topics

to help us review your report quickly.

 

 

3) Why did you remove my item and not others? 

 

If a listing breaches our policies, we'll remove it from the eBay site. 

We rely on reports from our members and participants in the VeRO 

(Verified Rights Owner) programme to bring questionable listings to our 

attention. 

 

Please rest assured that the same rules are applied to all members; 

we're not singling you out. If you've seen a similar item to yours still

active on the eBay site, it may be that we're not aware of it yet. 

 

We encourage you to report any questionable items you spot to us. Click 

'Report this item' on the listing page and choose the appropriate topics

to help us review your report quickly.

 

If your listing was removed for breaching eBay listing policies, copy 

this link into a new browser window to learn more about what items are 

not allowed on the site:

 

 http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/sell/questions/prohibited-items.html

 

If your listing was removed under the Verified Rights Owner (VeRO) 

programme, please contact the Rights Owner who requested the removal of 

your listing for further clarification. You can find their email address

in the notice that we sent you when your item was removed.

 

We hope this helps explain our policies. If there's anything else we can

help with, please reply directly to this email. 

 

Thank you for using eBay. 

 

 

Regards,

 

eBay Trust & Safety

Doesn't look like somebody even cared to categorize my complaint. The listing is still up of course.

[Thomas Jentzsch]

I contacted the seller directly. The reply seems fair and the auction was removed.

Hi, Thank you for your email. We will check out what we are selling immediately and remove it if necessary. We were told by the seller that these items were registered to sell but if this is not the case we will of course take our listing off and contact the seller. Thanks agin for your email. Thanks & Regards thebigev1l

So he is selling in the name of someone else?

[Albert]

I contacted the seller directly. The reply seems fair and the auction was removed.

Hi, Thank you for your email. We will check out what we are selling immediately and remove it if necessary. We were told by the seller that these items were registered to sell but if this is not the case we will of course take our listing off and contact the seller. Thanks agin for your email. Thanks & Regards thebigev1l

So he is selling in the name of someone else?

Interesting response. When the auction gets listed again (and I'm sure it will), I'm curious if any of the games are actually removed. And even if they are removed from the description, I wonder if they will actually be removed from the collection you receive.

 

..Al

[HatNJ]

WOW Didnt know you had to buy Audacity

 

http://cgi.ebay.ie/MUSIC-SONG-AUDIO-EDITIN...%3A1|240%3A1318

 

And he doesn't even state that its FREE to download Takes as long to DL as to bid confirm and pay this idiot

Edited December 18, 2008 by HatNJ

[Mirage]

I received the exact same response when I questioned if the homebrewers had given their permission for their programs to be distributed as such (then mentioned that I knew in fact that they were not):

 

"Hi,

Thank you for your email.

We will check out what we are selling immediately and remove it if necessary.

We were told by the seller that these items were registered to sell but if this is not the case we will of course take our listing off and contact the seller.

Thanks agin for your email.

Thanks & Regards

thebigev1l"

[Thomas Jentzsch]

IMO the seller's response was WAY better than eBay's.

[Albert]

IMO the seller's response was WAY better than eBay's.

Par for the course for eBay.

 

..Al

[IHATETHEBEARS]

IMO the seller's response was WAY better than eBay's.

 

Ebay's customer service is the worst in the world.

 

A few years ago, I was selling movies. I had a few hundred listed. Some jerk decided to create two brand new screen names, and bid 70+ movies of mine to like $10,000 each. When the auctions ended, he immediately left negative feedback on about 30 of them - which resulted in my account being suspended.

 

Clearly I was a victim of fraud.

 

I wrote to Ebay and got an automated reply about three days later. In the interim, they demanded I pay my fees - which thanks to the phony bids added up to $2600.00. Knowing I was in for a long fight, I closed my bank account.

 

I wrote back to Ebay again. And three days later I got another automated response. It took about three weeks before I finally got a human being to read my Email. Of course they said that before they would do anything, I had to pay my account in full - $2600.00. THEN and only then could I discuss my issues with them.

 

I was very blunt and told them their response was laughable. I knew damn well I would never get my money back if I paid them that amount - which I didn't have anyway. In reality I owed them about $200.00.

 

It took Ebay about three days in turnaround time to respond to my Emails. And at first the responses usually came from a different person everytime - a person who had no idea what had gone on prior. So I was alays copying and pasting prior Emails when I wrote back to them.

 

My situation was so obviously glaring that anyone with half a brain could have seen my problem and fixed it in about five minutes. But did it work that way? Oh no. But I had one thing on them. I legitimately owed them some money - just nowhere near what they claimed. And they weren't going to see a cent of it until they fixed the problem.

 

In the end I won. All the negative feedback was removed. My account was reinstated. All the trumped-up final value fees were removed.

 

And all it took was 100 days and about 130 Emails. I kid you not.

Edited December 18, 2008 by IHATETHEBEARS

[Albert]

And all it took was 100 days and about 130 Emails. I kid you not.

Yep, it's absolutely amazing the bureaucracy at eBay and how long it takes to get something as obvious as what you've described reversed. I've been a fly on the wall for several such disputes between a friend of mine (a Powerseller who has been on eBay forever) and eBay. Absolutely mind numbing their stupidity and how they generally refuse to do jack diddly until you get lucky and talk to someone with half a brain (as opposed to just a thimbleful of brain). I'm amazed that they haven't yet gone out of business due to the sheer volume of their ineptitude.

 

..Al

[Impaler_26]

WOW Didnt know you had to buy Audacity

 

http://cgi.ebay.ie/MUSIC-SONG-AUDIO-EDITIN...%3A1|240%3A1318

 

And he doesn't even state that its FREE to download Takes as long to DL as to bid confirm and pay this idiot

What a Rip Off!!!

[FABombjoy]

So he is selling in the name of someone else?

This seems to be a popular MO for people selling bootleg stuff. I ordered a poster from a company awhile ago & what I received was obviously a color print made from a poorly scanned original. I made it rather clear to them that I was unimpressed, especially in light of the fact that they have a section specifically for "reproductions" and this was not in it. Suddenly, they had a "supplier" for their posters and would refund once their "supplier" confirmed my observations.