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ebay-customer (spy)
 

Gents

be careful when answering emails from customer pretending to be interested in what you are selling. After I opened a new account 5 days ago I received many mails asking for more details about my products.
Two customer asked some very detailed questions to which I answered as best as I could- the next day I received 2 nice 'alerts' for copyright violations for these listed items.

I learnt my lesson and won't answer customer mails before purchase anymore-but of course will take care about my customer after purchase as I did before.

The whole ebay-organization looks more and more like '1984' (George Orwell)??

Cheers

Andreas

oldest trick in the book....it was some snitch just looking to nab you. be careful of what you say and sell!

That explains a WHOLE lot about some pretty stupid questions I've been asked in the past. Good looking out!

That would be a good incentive for them to try and eliminate lower starting prices, and consequently make them more money. Clever. Evil, but clever.

I only accept paypal but I'm always getting asked if a buyer can send a cheque / transfer money into my account / send money order. all these require you revealing your real identity. I always say no.

I wonder how many of these 'customers' are actually snooping ebay staffers trying to weed out your real identity

I always check there feedback and I look at the date they joined in deetermining if there ebay snoops. But I don't think ebay has paid snoops. Thats goes way beyond the call of duty.. Thats toomuch..