Comments on: links for 2007-05-31 http://marketingtechblog.com/2007/05/31/links-for-2007-05-31/ new media strategies and other marketing gems Thu, 08 Jan 2009 01:35:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Nick Halstead http://marketingtechblog.com/2007/05/31/links-for-2007-05-31/comment-page-1/#comment-46668 Nick Halstead Thu, 31 May 2007 20:44:35 +0000 http://marketingtechblog.com/2007/05/31/links-for-2007-05-31/#comment-46668 Protection? don't make me laugh, not sure how much Doug used Ebay but I have been using it for 4 or more years and I have never come across a more evil company in whole life. In fact they are the anti-google so instead of 'Dont be evil', Ebays moto is 'Lets be really really evil'. The protection requires the other buyer to be a proven millionare, for them to have 2 heads and to be able to name PI to 5 billion places. But joking aside, getting protection is a rare thing indeed. And even if they are protected and they turn out to have had their account hijacked then they dont pay out.. I only still use it because there really isnt a decent alternative, I think if one of the big boys launched a rival people would flood over, perhaps google checkout is a sign the google will save us all. Protection? don’t make me laugh, not sure how much Doug used Ebay but I have been using it for 4 or more years and I have never come across a more evil company in whole life. In fact they are the anti-google so instead of ‘Dont be evil’, Ebays moto is ‘Lets be really really evil’.

The protection requires the other buyer to be a proven millionare, for them to have 2 heads and to be able to name PI to 5 billion places. But joking aside, getting protection is a rare thing indeed. And even if they are protected and they turn out to have had their account hijacked then they dont pay out..

I only still use it because there really isnt a decent alternative, I think if one of the big boys launched a rival people would flood over, perhaps google checkout is a sign the google will save us all.

]]> By: Douglas Karr http://marketingtechblog.com/2007/05/31/links-for-2007-05-31/comment-page-1/#comment-46667 Douglas Karr Thu, 31 May 2007 20:40:46 +0000 http://marketingtechblog.com/2007/05/31/links-for-2007-05-31/#comment-46667 I actually paid full price for a Windows XP upgrade many moons ago. The guy who I purchased from took the money and split. He did it with a number of other eBay buyers as well. When I pursued it, they just brushed me off, they actually didn't even cancel the guy's account until a ton of us complained. It was pretty bad. They just said that it was buyer beware and we'd have to contact the FBI since they take care of Internet Fraud. I actually paid full price for a Windows XP upgrade many moons ago. The guy who I purchased from took the money and split. He did it with a number of other eBay buyers as well. When I pursued it, they just brushed me off, they actually didn’t even cancel the guy’s account until a ton of us complained. It was pretty bad. They just said that it was buyer beware and we’d have to contact the FBI since they take care of Internet Fraud. ]]> By: modifoo http://marketingtechblog.com/2007/05/31/links-for-2007-05-31/comment-page-1/#comment-46661 modifoo Thu, 31 May 2007 19:56:22 +0000 http://marketingtechblog.com/2007/05/31/links-for-2007-05-31/#comment-46661 Doug - could you elaborate on how you got scammed out of a couple of hundred dollars via eBay? I thought they offered a protection. Does that mean that this protection isn't worth the ink it isn't even printed in? Anyway, you might enjoy <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJDK6ctRjqw&mode=related&search=" rel="nofollow">this video</a> for some relief… Doug - could you elaborate on how you got scammed out of a couple of hundred dollars via eBay? I thought they offered a protection. Does that mean that this protection isn’t worth the ink it isn’t even printed in?

Anyway, you might enjoy this video for some relief… ]]>