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As highlighted in this Trends on Tuesday post, time spent on mobile phones—about 3 hours per day—has surpassed that of daily PC usage. This yields a significant opportunity for consumer interaction with federal agencies' mobile apps, not just websites, and social media outlets.
To take advantage of new opportunities for consumer interaction, federal agencies are implementing social media as part of their mobile products. We surveyed the mobile products submitted to the Federal Apps Registry to see how agencies are incorporating social media into their mobile products.
We found that agencies are using social media in 3 general ways.
- Uploading and posting directly to a personal social media account, like the ability to upload federal job openings a user finds using USAJOBS,
- Inviting to "like" or "follow" agencies on their social media pages, like the U.S. Forest Service's Smokey Bear app, and
- Crowdsourcing via social media and interacting with other users with similar interests and concerns. Three particularly unique examples of the crowdsource approach include: SaferCar, Save Our Citrus, and Dolphin and Whale 911.
SaferCar is an application by the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration which allows users to upload and share information pertaining to vehicle safety. Users are able to access other reviews and share reviews of their own while the agency has access to copious amounts of user feedback and experiences.
With Save Our Citrus, users are able to upload and share photos with citrus experts within the Department of Agriculture and other producers. This innovative app provides timely feedback and advice concerning insect damage, herbicide consultations, and general production questions. When reporting an issue, users are able to describe the location of the plant, check any symptoms with pictured descriptions, and upload their own photo.
The Dolphin and Whale 911 app from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) showcases crowdsourcing by enabling users to take and share photos of marine animals (including corresponding GPS coordinates) with marine mammal stranding network organizations. Organizations are then notified of the injured animal and are able to take the corresponding measures in aiding it.
What does this mean for federal agencies? The time to move forward with mobile strategies that involve users with social media has arrived, and the Mobile Gov and Social Media Communities of Practice are here to help!
Zeshan Khan, a rising junior enrolled in Virginia Tech's Pamplin College of Business, is striving towards a degree in Business Information Systems. Katie Steffy, a rising senior at Virginia Tech, is earning a double degree in Dairy Science and Political Science with an emphasis in Legal Studies. Both are interning with the Mobile Gov team this summer.
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This is a bug in the Flash player. The volume keys on your keyboard are handled by gnome-settings-daemon, which uses a passive grab on the volume keys. The way that X works means that an application needs to have focus in order to receive keypress events, so, what happens when you press the volume keys is that the flash player window sees a FocusOut event ...
Display Geometry Settings in Virtual Box In Oracle Virtual Box you can adjust the virtual screen resolution after having installed the Guest Additions simply by dragging the window with the mouse or by choosing full screen mode. No need to do anything with xorg.conf. XServer 1.10 (included in 11.04) and thus Unity 3D runs only in Virtual Box >=4.0.6. 1. ...
In virtualbox [Host Key] + F works for fullscreening. By default your Host key will be Right Ctrl in VirtualBox. You can also change your host key,to change your host key open virtualbox and then goto File menu and choose preferences. In preferences choose input,you can see your host key there. You can change it if you need. Also you ...
Yes, there is a very easy way. Just press F11.
If you were using YouTube's HTML 5 player (as the "never ask again" in the popup suggests), the fullscreen setting is managed by Firefox (and therefore has nothing to do with Ubuntu or Gnome). Go to about:permissions (just copy it into your address bar), select www.youtube.com from the list and change the setting in the Fullscreen box.
I managed to go to the settings in the game and changed the window setting from boarder less to full-screen. Dota 2 now works full screen.
I found the following solution which worked perfectly for me: Workaround fo this: Install devilspie (via Terminal:) sudo apt-get install devilspie Write config for firefox (via Terminal:) mkdir ~/.devilspie nano ~/.devilspie/flash-fullscreen-firefox.ds (if (is (application_name) "plugin-container") (begin (focus) ) ) Make devilspie autostart Done. ...
How to use Chrome browser in kiosk-mode Use it like this: google-chrome --kiosk http://example.com chromium-browser --kiosk http://example.com tested with Ubuntu 12.04, google-chrome-stable 30.0.1599.66-1 and chromium-browser 28.0.1500.71-0ubuntu1.12.04. But only if there is no other instance of the browser running. So close all browser windows and then ...
While karthick87 explains how to put VirtualBox in "full screen" mode, you should also install virtualbox-ose-guest-dkms , virtualbox-ose-guest-utils & virtualbox-ose-guest-x11 inside the virtual machine first. (Otherwise only some basic low VGA/VESA resolutions will be available.)
In Tools > Preferences > Video > Output change the Default to X11, save and restart vlc.
To be able to scale the screen geometry, and to enable fullscreen mode of a Virtual Box guest Ubuntu we need to install the guest additions: How do I install Guest Additions in VirtualBox? In case we have no functioning GUI we may install the guest additions from command line. In case this fails we may try to reinstall guest additions, and watch out for ...
You should check your about:gpu section in Chrome/ium. In older PC's HW Acceleration is disabled by default and you only can enable it by overriding the settings in the about:flags. Open the about:flags in your address bar Look for Override software redendering list Click "Enable" Restart Chrome/ium
This option causes drawing to occur directly on the screen rather than drawing off-screen and then copying the drawn content back onto the screen. Thus, yes it can dramatically improve graphical performance. However there can be a draw-back - on some graphics cards/monitors - using this option can result in dramatic flickering. Particularly - this ...
You can use Compiz, in particular you have to activate "Window Rules" plugin and in "Full Screen" field you write class=Gedit. Hope it helps.
If Control+Alt+F1 works you can use it to drop to a hard terminal. From there you can: Try killing the application. I use htop to find and nuke something (sudo apt-get install htop) but you can also just use commands like kill and pkill if you're happy with them. I prefer htop because it lets me see what is schizing out. It's then Control+Alt+F7 ...
To exit full screen mode in Remmina, press the right hand side Ctrl key and f together.
What about using xdtool http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/lucid/man1/xdotool.1.html xdotool key F11 this will work for any kind of standard focused window. Include it into start-up script. don't have xdotool? sudo apt-get install xdotool in combination with --start-maximized (which does not do F11, just maximized window) on command line can fulfil ...
Chris's explanation was very good, and there is also a Launchpad bug with more information.
You have a few options for a frozen full screen app : Go to a virtual terminal (CTRL-ALT-F1), issue your killall command on the offending process, then switch back to the GUI (CTRL-ALT-F7). or Create a hot-key to switch to another virtual desktop. You should be able to do that by going to system/preferences/Keyboard Shortcuts. Then scroll down to ...
I had the same problem, but i found a solution. I am using Google Chrome as default browser. When I updated it to Google Chrome 20 it also installed Flash 11.3. So you just need to turn off Flash 11.3 and turn on Flash 11.2. To do that: type in adress bar about:plugins Then at the top left corner click Extended (or smth like that) Find a Flash and you will ...
There is a hack at https://github.com/ali1234/fullscreenhack that works for pepper flash also. It works by hooking into the system calls that flash uses to get the monitor/geometry info and property changes. It's pretty simple to use: First Download the github and extract it (does not matter where). Open a terminal and navigate to the directory. Install ...
I found that the HUD (ALT) and Ubuntu Menu (SUPER) keys are very annoying for any application... so the way I fixed this was changed the keybinds to something a bit more appropriate for me. This might help you, so I'm going to outline how I did this: First you need to install a program to manage Unity and other Compiz settings called "CompizConfig Settings ...
If you use the Nvidia proprietary drivers, it is very important to unredirect fullscreen windows, otherwise XVideo will not use sync to vblank and you will see tearing while playing videos. The Nvidia driver manual says: Note that the Xv adaptors will ignore the sync-to-vblank option when drawing into a redirected window.
I think installing Caffeine could help you. It's a nice application which blocks your PC from going to suspend/lock-screen/black-screen when selected applications are running. You can install it like this (available for precise): sudo add-apt-repository ppa:caffeine-developers/ppa sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install caffeine After that just run ...
Compiz is known not to work too well with cube in natty. Get to the terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run command unity --reset and then go back to wall setting in compiz. And if you will not be able to get to terminal then right click on desktop and create launcher for it - command line is gnome-terminal
This was achieved using devilspie to start darktable maximised, followed by my linked answer to remove the window decoration. Note - I tried this with the devilspie "undecorate" command but that just left an annoying blank space where the decoration would be install devilspie sudo apt-get install devilspie mkdir ~/.devilspie nano ...
Kind of extreme overkill as a shell script, but it should do the trick: #!/bin/bash WINDOW=$(echo $(xwininfo -id $(xdotool getactivewindow) -stats | \ egrep '(Width|Height):' | \ awk '{print $NF}') | \ sed -e 's/ /x/') SCREEN=$(xdpyinfo | grep -m1 dimensions | awk '{print $2}') if [ "$WINDOW" = "$SCREEN" ]; then ...
You could try to restart X server by pressing CTRL-ALT-Backspace. Just make sure that you have enabled the keyboard shortcut from: System --> Preferences --> Keyboard --> "Layouts" Tab --> Options
In VirtualBox I use a minimal version of the good old xorg.conf: Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" HorizSync 30.0 - 96.0 VertRefresh 50.0 - 160.0 EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Device0" Driver "vesa" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Monitor "Monitor0" ...
There's a plugin for that. See: http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gedit-list/2007-March/msg00038.html
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In reducing the role of government in the economy, the U.S. is a laggard.
Oct 14, 2013, Vol. 19, No. 06 • By IKE BRANNON
Europe also lets the private sector manage a good deal of the transportation infrastructure, something else that is well-nigh unthinkable here. A significant proportion of European airports are run by a private concessionaire, as well as most of their transportation security. And most countries use a market to allocate the takeoff and landing slots at airports and keep runway traffic manageable. Our failure to do so is the reason that every major airport in the United States becomes congested mid-mornings and late afternoons, rendering airline schedules little more than a joke. Such a sorry state of affairs is uncommon elsewhere, because market forces allocate scarce resources better than the combination of historical accident and government planning used in U.S. airports.
Countries all over the world have opened up their roads to pricing schemes and private management. Despite experiments here and there, American liberals and conservatives have by and large resisted such a move, despite the potential to greatly reduce congestion, air pollution, and the need to build more infrastructure.
The little-known uranium enrichment industry may best exemplify the difference between the European embrace of markets and America's uneasiness with them. Nuclear power plants need to use uranium that's been enriched so that it has a higher proportion of the lighter and more reactive uranium-235 isotopes. The U.S. market for enriched uranium has long been dominated by USEC, a company created in 1992 ostensibly to privatize uranium enrichment. But it has been hemorrhaging money and relying on government loan guarantees and Department of Energy subsidies to avoid bankruptcy. Keeping it afloat has cost the U.S. government billions, most of which gets justified by a blunt appeal to Congress to help save the well-paying jobs at the company.
Its European counterpart is Urenco, a company formed by the British, Dutch, and West German governments in the early 1970s. Unlike USEC, it has come to operate without government subsidies. Being in a heavily regulated industry with access to technology not widely available helps, of course, but with the Japanese tsunami and Angela Merkel's pledge to end nuclear power in Germany, it's not exactly a growing market. Despite falling demand, Urenco continues to improve its productivity and profitability, and the Dutch and U.K. governments, which have held onto their ownership stakes, recently announced their intent to sell their stakes to take advantage of this. Meanwhile, Urenco formed an American offshoot, investing a few billion dollars in an enrichment plant in New Mexico, and since then it has been eating USEC's lunch.
For now the hopes and dreams of pro-growth policy wonks in the United States hang on achieving tax reform, but fixing the tax code will be tough: Not only are there nearly as many losers as winners for every major change, but the party lines are staked out much more clearly in the tax world than almost anywhere else.
But there's a whole other realm where the U.S. government could—and should—cede its authority to private actors, which would improve the economy, the federal budget, and people's satisfaction with government. Political parties of all stripes managed to make that happen in Europe. They could do the same here.
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I love it, freaking good parody! The ending is awsome too haha it made me laugh unlike alot of other crap ive seen today
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Only the best for his little girl! Baby North West got her very own mini Ferrari sports car over the holidays — just like her dadKanye West! Kim Kardashian shared the adorable picture of the 6-month-old's new wheels via Instagram on Friday, Dec. 27.
"Like father like daughter," the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star wrote. Alongside the caption, she shared a picture of her fiance's black Ferrari, with North's miniature one placed to the right.
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The family of three spent Christmas at grandma Kris Jenner's home. Two days later, the first-time mom showed off a gift of her own. On Dec. 27, Kardashian revealed that West, 36, surprised her with a Hermes Birkin bag that was hand-painted by artist George Condo. The bag features four nude figures.
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Applications for U.S. unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell last week to the lowest level in three months, indicating the labor market may be thawing.
Jobless claims dropped by 11,000 to 445,000 in the week ended Oct. 2, the fewest since July 10, Labor Department figures showed today in Washington. The median forecast or 47 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News projected 455,000 new claims last week. The total number of people receiving unemployment insurance decreased and those getting extended payments jumped.
Fewer dismissals signal companies are gaining confidence sales will hold up in coming months, a necessary first step toward gains in hiring that will help strengthen the economic recovery. A report tomorrow may show the jobless rate rose in September for a second month, indicating a rebound will take time to develop and one reason why the Federal Reserve may ease monetary policy.
"The trend is in the right direction, we're making progress, but the levels aren't quite there yet to crack open the champagne," said Sal Guatieri, a senior economist at BMO Capital Markets in Toronto. "Companies are hiring but at a very slow rate. The numbers raise hopes of a pickup in job growth in October but a growth rate that remains subpar."
Stocks dropped as lower commodity prices depressed mining and energy shares. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index fell 0.2 percent to 1,158.06 at the 4 p.m. close in New York.
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Consumer borrowing fell in August as Americans trimmed credit-card balances, showing consumers remained reluctant to take on more debt as joblessness climbed, Fed data also showed today. Credit declined by $3.34 billion after falling $4.09 billion in July. Credit-card debt decreased for the 24th consecutive month.
Separate figures from the Labor Department showed job openings in August increased 60,000 after rising 277,000 the previous month.
Estimates for jobless claims in the Bloomberg survey ranged from 440,000 to 470,000. The Labor Department revised the prior week's figure to 456,000 from 453,000.
The four-week moving average, a less volatile measure than the weekly figures, dropped to 455,750 last week from 458,750, today's report showed. It was the sixth consecutive decrease.
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The number of people continuing to receive jobless benefits dropped by 48,000 in the week ended Sept. 25 to 4.46 million, the lowest since June 26.
The continuing claims figure does not include the number of Americans receiving extended and emergency benefits under federal programs. Those who've used up their traditional benefits and are now collecting emergency and extended payments increased by about 257,000 to 5.14 million in the week ended Sept. 18.
The steady decline in the four-week average for initial claims indicates the jump in applications during August may have been caused by improper filing from workers seeking to regain emergency benefits, said John Ryding and Conrad DeQuadros. The program was reinstated by Congress in late July after expiring the previous month.
The downtrend "gives some support to our hunch that the flare up in claims over the summer was not an indication of a weakening labor market but a result of re-filers looking to get back on the federal emergency claims program once the benefits were reauthorized, Ryding and DeQuadros, economists at RDQ Economics LLC in New York, said in a note to clients.
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Private employers in September added 75,000 workers while total payrolls were unchanged, according to a Bloomberg survey before tomorrow's Labor Department figures. The unemployment rate may have increased to 9.7 percent last month.
The economy is a top issue for voters in the November congressional elections, and polls show the public is increasingly skeptical of President Barack Obama's performance.
While some companies are still firing employees, others are recalling workers.
American Airlines, the third largest U.S. airline, plans to recall 545 flight attendants and 250 pilots to meet demand for international flights as it begins it begins an alliance with British Airways Plc and Spain's Iberia.
The first 25 pilots will return to work mid-November and about 30 furloughed pilots will be recalled monthly after that, American, a unit of Fort Worth, Texas-based AMR Corp., said yesterday in a statement. The first recall notices for flight attendants will be issued this month to about 225 workers.


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Roasted Winter Root Vegetables
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Prep 15 mins
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This is my favorite way to eat root vegetables.
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- 1 medium rutabaga, peeled and cut into cubes
- 2 large carrots, peeled and cut into pieces approx. the same size as the rutabega cubes
- 2 large parsnips, peeled an cut the same size as the carrots
- 7 -8 shallots, peeled
- 6 cloves garlic, peeled
- 3 sprigs fresh thyme
- 1 sprig fresh rosemary
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- kosher salt
- fresh ground black pepper
- 2 tablespoons water
- Oven to 400 degrees.
- Cover a sheet pan with foil.
- Toss the vegetables with the thyme, rosemary, olive oil and salt and pepper to taste.
- Pour into the sheet pan, spreading them out so they lay in a single layer.
- Pour the water into the pan, cover with foil, bake for about 30 minutes.
- Take the foil off the pan, and continue to roast, stirring once, until softened and beginning to brown, probably another 20 minutes.
- Serve warm.
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This is a great guide for roasting winter root vegetables. I didn't have rutabaga, so I substituted beets, and it worked out great. The shallots, garlic and herbs pair well with winter root veggies. I might reduce time veggies were covered, and increase time they were uncovered, for a bit more crispness. Delicious.
Very nice. Subbed potato for rutabaga, and sage for rosemary (personal preference). The seasoning is nicely balanced, and the cooking technique (covered at first, with a tiny bit of water) delivered veggies that were done through, nicely roasted on the outside, without being dried out or overly browned. Thanks!
An excellent combination of vegetables and herbs. Dh was especially enamored of the garlic. I'm making a note to myself to add even more next time. This was ever so easy to put together, healthy and absolutely delicious. Thanks.


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So, I've been a seller on eBay since Oct. 2000. I've purchased and sold items many times over (301 stars - 100%). I moved to Mexico last year and decided to start selling stuff on eBay again. I had to create a different account because PayPal won't verify American credit cards while you have a different address. So, I did that. I sold 3 coins 2 weeks ago and realized some things.
The FINAL VALUE fee is 9% of the item. The FINAL VALUE fee on SHIPPING is also 9%. Plus the PayPal Transaction fee of 11%. PLUS my money is held for 3 weeks. AND finally, because I am in Mexico, they don't charge to deposit money into my account in the US, but they charge 2 dollars for a checking account here and the exchange rate is approximately 14.5 pesos to one dollar. So, on a 31 dollar coin, including shipping, they've managed to grab 9 bucks.
Holy cow. Of course, I forget to mention the listing fees. Holy mother of Juan Jose. I called today to ask when they started to charge so many dang fees and she tells me that last year they started charging the final value fee on shipping. When I asked her how eBay is going to retain sellers, she told me, "eBay is not a charitable organization. You can choose NOT to sell on our site." Wow, I'm at a loss for words. I thanked her for her not so kindness and suggested she take classes on professionalism.
The agent on this particular call (9:00) didn't seem to understand what I was asking most of the time, and for the entire time tried to feed me answers as rapidly as possible to end the call, and when I continued to ask questions basically responded with the same answers and told me to have a good day. This obviously left me pretty surprised and disappointed at eBay customer service.
I then called the call center back at 9:15 to speak to a supervisor. I explained that I wanted to speak to a supervisor regarding customer service after being told angrily by the agent that she needed a reason to transfer me to a supervisor. She put me on "hold" for a few minutes while she "found" the supervisor, all the while I could hear background noise, and was hung up on after several minutes of listening to background noise.
I called back at 9:19. This time I didn't even get to speak to a live person, and was disconnected less than a minute after being greeted by the automatic response saying all available agents were currently busy. I was finally able to connect with a supervisor after calling back at 9:23. Again I asked for a supervisor, and after explaining what it was about I was abruptly told to stay on the line.
After waiting on hold for about ten minutes, I spoke with "F". I communicated to him the experiences I'd had with customer service that day (3/29/12), and that I felt the employee was being rushed to finish calls and therefore unable to provide customers with good service, being unable to listen fully to the customer's problem due to time constraints. "F" stated that an internal affairs investigation was opened and that I would not be contacted about its results or about my suggestion that employee call time limits be examined.
We talked in circles, with me repeating my problem and "F" repeating that there was no possible way for me to be contacted regarding policy change, and the only thing he could do was file a report on the agent. I emphasized that I didn't want to get the employee in trouble, that I wanted the policy on talk time limits to be looked at as it seemed obvious that it limited customer service agent's abilities to do their job, and that at the very least whether I would be compensated for time and aggravation. No, this was not possible either.
So what I wanted to have happen—a written or spoken response to my suggestion of policy change—wasn't going to happen, and neither would eBay compensate me in any way for their poor policies and customer service. For the first time in ten years of eBay membership, and with over 100 feedback without a single negative review, I'm seriously considering canceling my account. Hopefully eBay gets it together, as they offer what I used to find a great service.
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS -- I recently sold on eBay. 100% feedback, Top Rated Seller status, impeccable policy compliance and multitudes of return customers. Sounds great doesn't it. Well you'd be wrong. I will never, ever, sell on eBay again. Within the space of 2 days, despite the above, I ended in closing my account due to eBay's appalling behavior in refusing to punish members inflating item prices by falsely reporting them claiming they are in violation of eBay terms of use and as such colluding in what I interpret to be fraud.
I had an item removed in such a manner, then spent 4 hours on the phone with eBay before finally getting it re-instated and forcing eBay to issue an email admitting fault. I then filed a complaint against those members who had submitted false information in order to get the item removed in the first place, because it was competing at a lower price than those that had themselves listed. eBay's response? Nothing.
And not just nothing, much worse. Not only did they refuse to punish the people responsible for trying to damage my reputation, they then threatened me with policy violations when I had the nerve to author an eBay guide which informed others of what had occurred. Apparently eBay only cares about providing a safe and informed environment when it isn't their own level of safety or the lack of enforcing policy brought into question.
I was contacted with a message from eBay Trust & Safety (what a joke) informing me that if I didn't remove or edit the guide I would be hit with policy violations (despite the fact that the information contained within it was 100% true and accurate) a message I interpreted to be a form of blackmail. When I refused to comply they did indeed issue multiple violations, effectively destroying my business. And this again despite a spotless record, 100% feedback and Top Rated Seller status.
To say I'm disgusted doesn't even come close. They refuse to punish long term members engaged in fraudulent behavior, thus in effect colluding in it, punish those who speak out, then claim in messages to the innocent party they are only acting in the best interest of eBay as a whole. My advice, never buy anything on eBay again. You are simply getting ripped off by a company and selling environment that cares nothing for honesty or integrity.
TEXAS -- I wish I was a seller so I could boycott, but instead I will not be buying anything from this eBay or through PayPal again! PayPal overrode my shipping address preferences, and then customer service tells me that even though I put in the shipping address I wanted it to be sent to, that they sent it to my primary address. I haven't used that address in 4 years, did not ask for it to be sent there, and was never told that it was going to go to a "primary address" instead of the address I put in, or that the address was even on my account anymore.
They sure got my credit card and billing address correct though! Which is surprising to me, considering most companies will not ship a product to an address that is not the same as the billing without talking to the bank/credit card company. On top of that I called Monday and a representative told me he would take care of it. I did not receive an e-mail the next day like I was told, so I called today, and the first guy told me he had no clue where my products were, or how to find them, and that he could not do anything because it was my fault I did not update my account first.
I tried to explain to him that I have not used this account in at least 4 years, had no clue what was even on my account because it did not take me to that page, and that I had put in the correct address I wanted it to be sent to. The guy would not allow me to talk to a manager when I requested one, and was so rude I had to hang up on him. When I called back a lady tells me that they can't contact sellers, that the guy had lied to me, and that they would "take action against him". So finally, the lady helps me find the numbers to contact the sellers, and every number was out of business or had not set up its voicemail.
eBay has become so vague on its practices. It is unreal. How can they override a shipping address without a confirmation or at least clause explaining the "primary address". eBay has horrible customer service skills, and is obviously in dire need of a complete new system (no one seems happy, but the horrible representatives), or at the very least, an update that allows buyers to decide where their products will be shipped to. Shop Amazon, I haven't had one problem from them!
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA -- The following is recent correspondence and an online chat session with e-bay regarding their policy of allowing sellers to cancel bids at the last minute on a "No Reserve" auction. This policy effectively allows sellers to circumvent the risk of selling their item at a price less than they desire on a "No Reserve" auction. Therefore the auctions are not authentic "No Reserve" auctions in that sellers can have a secret reserve and then just cancel the auction if this secret reserve is not met.
My final response to e-bay:
I think the public should be aware that all "No Reserve" auctions on eBay are subject to this loop hole. With the way eBay has structured these rules, the "No Reserve" auctions are neither fair or real. Sellers can simply cancel bids without reason right before an auction ends (the last couple of seconds) or apparently cancel their entire auction. In this way Sellers are completely protected in this one-sided auction from selling their items at a price less than they desire. Therefore, this virtual auction does not resemble a real world "No Reserve" auction. I will post this information with reviewers and watch dog groups such as my3cents.com, etc.
Dear Greg,
Thank you for writing eBay in regard to the removal of your bid.
While I sympathize with the frustration of having your bid removed, we
do not have a policy that prohibits sellers for removing bids, as long
at the bid is removed before the auction ends. You still have the
option of placing a new bid on one of the sellers auctions. You may
also want to consider doing a more general search for similar items.
I hope this information is useful.
It is my pleasure to assist you. Thank you for choosing eBay.
eBay Motors Customer Support
Original Message Follows:
Form Message: %42400% 021602
Subject: IV=C25012 The problem you're having with your seller isn't
listed [230225594683 #US L77 $MO 01004T 01001B ?01 -01 ]
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Buying and Finding > Problems with sellers > The problem you're
having with your seller isn't listed
Member or Item being reported:
Message: 2:29:36 PM System
Initial Question/Comment: ATO
2:29:41 PM System
Thank you for contacting eBay Live Help!
2:29:41 PM System
You are successfully connected to eBay Live Help. Please hold for the
next available Live Help Agent.
2:30:36 PM System
We appreciate your patience. You will be able to type in your question
as soon as you are connected with a Live Help Agent. Please continue to
hold for the next available representative.
2:31:01 PM System
Ana S. has joined this session!
2:31:02 PM System
Connected with Ana S.
2:31:06 PM Ana S.
Hello, thank you for waiting and welcome to eBay Live Help! My name is
Ana. If you're a registered member, may I please start by having you
confirm your User ID and first name?
2:31:59 PM gregcstewart
2:32:01 PM gregcstewart
2:32:13 PM gregcstewart
The bid that you entered for the item (230225594683) has been cancelled.
You can view the reason provided for the cancellation by selecting the
(bid history) link from the individual item page.
2:32:22 PM Ana S.
Great! Thank you for that information, Greg. How may I help you today?
2:32:35 PM Ana S.
I'm sorry to hear about that. I'll be more than willing to assist you.
2:32:46 PM gregcstewart
I was a bidder on the above auction. The auction clearly stated "No
2:33:11 PM Ana S.
Should it be the item 1989 Mercedes-Benz SL-Class CONVERT?
2:33:18 PM gregcstewart
The auction was cancelled and now the item was relisted due to a
mistake. There is now a reserve, but if you read the description, it
still says no reserve
2:33:22 PM gregcstewart
yes 2:33:52 PM gregcstewart
How can it be fair for a dealer to put up a no reserve auction and then
just cancel it because they did not like the bids they received
2:34:10 PM gregcstewart
It was also frustrating to see that the bidding history was wiped clean
...down to 0 bids
2:34:37 PM System
Connected with Ana S.
2:34:49 PM gregcstewart
because I was not listed as the winning bidder, I have no way to make a
complaint against this bidders user ID
2:35:05 PM gregcstewart
are there not rules governing a No reserve auction?
2:35:37 PM Ana S.
With regards to this, it appears that the seller ended the item.
Basically, all bids were cancelled.
2:36:14 PM gregcstewart
I understand that, but this is not a real no reserve auction if sellers
can justs canel when they want and relist
2:36:41 PM gregcstewart
sure, they ended it because they saw they were not going to get what
they want and then they relisted with a reserve to protect themselves
2:37:08 PM Ana S.
I understand your frustration. Basically, you want to report the seller
for doing this? If that happens to me as well, I will be frustrated.
2:37:10 PM gregcstewart
if we as users cancel our bids, we get bad marks...now this dealer can
just walk away with a clean power seller rating? if so, that is not fair
2:37:29 PM gregcstewart
YES I do and he should not be allowed to relist this item.....he had is
2:38:16 PM gregcstewart
There needs to be a mechanism that protects users in these so called no
reserve autions
2:38:26 PM Ana S.
Okay. with regards to this, you may want to report the seller to our
Trust and Safety department. Rest assured that eBay will be reviewing
this issue for you and you should be receiving an email response within
24-48 hours after you sent us an email . Let me give you the link.
2:38:48 PM gregcstewart
Because by adverting no reserve, the sellers get a lot more attention,
but they should be forced to follow through and take the risk for their
no reserve status
2:38:57 PM Ana S.
Here is the link: http://pages.ebay.com/help/contact_us/_base/result_2_5_13.html
then click on "email us"
2:39:32 PM gregcstewart
oh geezzzz...lasts time I sent and e-mail there was now response, excpet
for the automatic relpy
2:39:41 PM gregcstewart
I would really like for a manager to get involved with this
SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA -- Heres a little free education for you nathan,
email me back anytime you want to know the real truth with interacting on Ebay.Com..........
Here are the facts so please all the way through
I did the PayPal gauntlet
unfortunately my other email was upgraded and roadrunner.Com
had to be contacted by phone to get the new address before I was able to log in to my email account
as I was traveling and as PayPal told me to send the item back on the 12th and then told me the claim was cancelled on the 13th
I won't waste my time for being cheated for $ 15.00 From this deceptive seller and won't even file the other deceptive Ebay claim as both Ebay and PayPal have a statistical average that ''like a casino'' that continually works against consumers like me..........
I did not go on Ebay to gamble but seem to constantly!!!!!!!
The major problem is that Ebay.Com's lax enforcement policy for their own website and this ''venue'' defense allowing profits to go before any real consumer protection and with all the Chinese imports/counterfeits being sold ,Ebay will not spend the money or hire enough real trained licensing enforcers to fix the problem as they wait for the licensed companies to enter the vero [ verified rights owner] program
how can you stop sellers from using muse descriptions to pretend to be selling products that we in the united states
see in the u.S. Stores but can be found to be something else once arriving in the u.S. Mail.......
Unless Ebay's muse descriptions is fixed.........
For only certain products sold in America and not canada ,lithunia or China but now allegedly sold with Ebay listed American addresses.
Hopefully soon the cry for justice will be heard as meg [ ''the emperess has no clothes'' ] whitman and her protective lawyers look the other way while making many tens of millions in quarterly profits
[they call it ''the perfect store!'']
As usual ,
till public pressure to government [who Ebay.Com makes excessive campaign contributions to all levels of government officials ] makes Ebay.Com do something more to enforce action for all the deceptive behaviour going on on Ebay.Com
by the way these Ebay.Com test commercials suck and are an insult to ones intelligence but of course the way the Ebay corporate structure is conditioning uneducated mankind, just because they can use a mouse and bid ,to believe this nonsense in the name of profits with little insurance protection for a seller bidding on hundreds of items a day is probabily the most revolting thing about your company as one who has had to put Ebay sellers in federal prison without Ebay's help while also losing over $5,000.00 Along with 3300 other victims who lost over $1,000,000
plus all the law enforcement costs and hey;
that's only one seller and one month of auctions on Ebay that we know about because Ebay didn't destroy the blog threads between the buyers soon enough!
1.Thebarry(17429) not a registered user
view seller's other items
view seller's items on half.Com
I believe the new Ebay slogan
should be ;
''feed the greed''!
[''All the way to the bank!'']..........
While looking the other way till pressured by government ,which is exactly what your corporation does!
Office of the president wrote:
hello richard silva,
my name is nathan and I am with Ebay's office of the president.
Since you paid for the item using PayPal, the quickest and most
effective way for you to resolve the issue is to take advantage of
PayPal's dispute resolution service. Once you've filed your claim,
you'll be able to check its status on PayPal.Com anytime and until its
been resolved.
Your purchase is covered up to $200 at no additional cost. However,
many transactions are covered up to $2,000 by PayPal buyer protection
for more information about how Ebay protects buyers , go to:
thank you for your time.
nathan gilbert
office of the president
original message follows:
please read the following emails from myself and the rantings of the
Ebay seller selling the following suspicious queen dvd products on
Ebay.Com through Ebay.Com's muse descriptions
I realized I was defrauded
when the product arrived at my address through the USPS mail.
Any additional identifacation information would be appreciated
please advise on what other possible actions to take.
Thank you,
richard silva
firstname.lastname@example.com wrote:
from: firstname.lastname@example.com
to: rick silva , csme Ebay ,
cc: firstname.lastname@example.com
subject: re: using muse descriptions to sell counterfeit or imported
date: mon, 17 sep 2007 05:44:01 +0000
this Ebayer is a con artist! I do not buy or sell any bootlegs! Knock
offs! Or cd-r items! This customer has called me names and has
threatened my feedback and my Ebay store! I never stated anytrhing in my
listings that were or are deceptive! In fact I posted on item in question
( queen dvd! ) That products were import and may not be exactly as
listed in Ebay archives! As they are imports! Buying selling! And
collecting imports has been common since I was born! Then it would have
been on vinyl! Lol! And I see no reason to believe the imports I buy or
sell on Ebay are in any way illegal! I only bought these recently from
sellers with excellent feedback on the items I purchased! I understand
the effort to make sure the artists get paid for the matarial and I have
bought only legal imports! Whether an Asian country! Uk! Germany! Etc!
However artists do not get paid from used cd's! Dvd's! Etc. So
approximately 80% of all the cd's! Dvd's! Video games! Etc. On Ebay!A re
and sold as used items! And artists make nothing off the second hand
sale! And I'm sure this Ebayer has bought and sold some used items! And
has negative feedback warning! "Sellers beware"!!! He received no
negative feedback! From me! And was told he would get 100% refund if he
returned product! If this was a problem!?? Makes me believe there was no
flaw in the item! And he's looking' for freebies! I have experienced some
extreme feedback extortion claims! And I will not tollerate this! Cd's!
& Dvd's! Are commonly recorded then returned! And because of this even
large retail stores have tightened their restrictions re: return
policies! This Ebayer will be banned from my site! And request a
security alert on his future activities! As I pay for my products! I pay
to have them shipped to me! I pay to have them shipped to the customer!
I pay for suplies! I pay Ebay to list & relist! I pay PayPal percentage
including the money received for s&h! I pay for the gas to and from
stores! Post offices! Etc! I am an assett to Ebay! And it's community!
And respect all Ebay policies! And do not lie! Cheat or steal! Thank
you! Sincerely! Douglas braun aka mr.Ctuel on Ebay.Com! =)
Original message
from: rick silva firstname.lastname@example.com
dear Ebay,
the following Ebay sellers are misrepresenting or selling
imported,bootleg or knock off dvd products of inferior quality
item # 250140870881 and
item # 180152772105
from foreign countries and using your copyright 1981 - 2007 muze inc.
= Ebay muse descriptions on Ebay as part of the description for selling
these items =
so as to misleading buyers to believe that they are getting the same
double issued dvd items sold in American stores
item #250140870881
item specifics - dvds region code: -- rating: --
genre: -- display format: -- sub-genre: --
condition: new
disc one (1975-1980):
disc two (1980-1993):
pal format (some models of dvd players can't support this format if
you reside in America)
all regions
payment details
PayPal only. No money orders, personal/cashiers checks.
Shipping details
package will be shipped from Europe.
Shipping to usa, canada, australia 12-16 days, to Europe, u.K 5-7 days
shipping price is the same for all countries $6 and $3 each thereafter.
All dvds are new, but they have been opened and checked quality
(therefore not sealed).
I will ship worldwide within 1-2 business days.
The item only came with
1 disc seller misrepresented item
#2 item # 180152772105
additional information about queen - live at wembley '86
portions of this page copyright 1981 - 2007 muze inc. All rights
Movie description pioneering glam-rock band queen truly
shined in the setting of the full arena. A true stadium rock band, their
live show was always spectacular -- propelled by the enthusiastic
showmanship of legendary lead singer freddie mercury. This July 1986
concert, performed at london's huge wembley stadium to an audience of
150,000 people, highlights the fact that queen's natural habitat truly
was the stadium. The band performs twenty-one songs, including "brighton
rock," "one vision," "another one bites the dust," "bohemian rhapsody"
and more!
Credits cast: queen
details edition: 2 disc set
notes dvd features:
region 1
keep case
full frame - 1.33
dolby digital 5.1 - English
item # 180152772105 the seller, mr.Cruel, assumes full responsibility
for the content of this listing and the item offered. Item also came
with 1 disc and orenital writing on box
September 16 2007
sellhollywood reply to Ebay seller
mr.Cruel( 3091)
seeing I find you to be full of it and this jerk selling the ac/dc
bootleg dvd who gave me negative feedback as well
I personally know both all surviving members of queen for 32 years
and will see what their lawyers and record company have to say about
I will call their record label hollywood records on Monday morning
I do not tolerate b.S. Or deceptive selling or vague descriptions just
because you can get a cheaper Chinese product knock off and sell it on
Ebay in this country to some other not as aware or educated Ebay
consumers sickens me that you can burn thousands of people to no end but
your own greed as well as knowing Ebay will look the other way all in
the name of fees and profits until enough people complain which can take
months on Ebay
I will report myself for supposed feedback extortion as you put it to the
Ebay's office of the president right now and we shall see who is
extorting who.....So we can either waste each others time typing or you
can refund me and I will send your crappy dvd back ......Good day!
KENMORE, WASHINGTON -- This is a must read. Found here http://www.auctionbusinessreview.com/review-journal/abrj_articles/ebay-suspensions.html
You rent a storefront in Downtown America, you work hard, you advertise your business, you try to do what is right by your customers, and you are making a modest living. One day you show up to work only to find the doors to your storefront chained and padlocked. Upon closer inspection, you find a note attached to the window. It reads....
"You have violated the terms of your lease and have been locked out of your store. We have removed your entire inventory from the building. We have cancelled your advertisements with the local media, and as an added measure, we have pulled your customer list and informed your customers that they should not do business with you because of possible illegal activity within your business and they could become liable or lose their money if they do business with you. Should you have any questions about this, please contact your landlord."
Possible? In America? Read on...
You're a basket of emotions, all conflicting, while at the same time, you are in shock, You are angry, you are confused, You did nothing wrong. You think that if only you could contact your landlord, you could straighten it all out in a matter of minutes, after all, you did nothing wrong. You jump on the telephone, call your landlord, and get his answering machine. You leave a message. Later that day you leave another. The next morning, after still hearing nothing, you try again. Several days go by, every day you try harder and harder to contact your landlord. You call, you email, you go to his house, and you can't get though to him. Finally, 2 weeks later he finally responds. You ask him what is going on, why did he lock you out of your store, you read him the note that he left on your window....
"You have violated the terms of your lease and have been locked out of your store. We have removed your entire inventory from the building. We have cancelled your advertisements with the local media, and as an added measure, we have pulled your customer list and informed your customers that they should not do business with you because of possible illegal activity within your business and they could become liable or lose their money if they do business with you. Should you have any questions about this, please contact your landlord."
and you ask him again, what is going on?
His response comes slowly... "I'm not able to discuss this with you because it involves other people, and they have a right to their privacy, I'm sorry.
In disbelief, you push for a better, real answer. You're now 2½ weeks into this ordeal, you have lost all your income for the last two ½ weeks, your 2 employees have been without paychecks, and you are late on your mortgage. Finally, after another 3 days of back and forth communications, your landlord tells you that you broke the terms of the lease by not taking out your trash out to the curb one day, and someone reported you. He tells you he will unchain your store and let you back in as long as you promise to take the trash to the curb every day.
You know this is totally ridiculous and unfair but you have been without a paycheck for weeks, and you are just excited to be back in business, you thank him!
But wait, what about the rest of the stuff? This part - "We have removed your entire inventory from the building. We have cancelled your advertisements with the local media, and as an added measure, we have pulled your customer list and informed your customers that they should not do business with you because of possible illegal activity within your business and they could become liable or lose their money if they do business with you." - You ask him about it, he replies, "I'm sorry, there's nothing I can do about that, "You shouldn't have violated the terms of your lease."
So again, I will ask you, possible? Yes, and it happens every day, on eBay. With a click of a mouse, your account is suspended without even a hint of recourse or an appeals process.
Here's some recent quotes taken from various places on the internet:
Go outside and find a nice tree. Then talk to it about appealing your suspension. You'll be more likely to get a response from the tree than you will attempting to contact eBay."
"They did it to me three days before Christmas one year. Cost me like $4,000 in sales. And after about a month, I got my account back."
"Yes, you are guilty until proven innocent where eBay is concerned."
"Close you down and refuse to communicate with you."
"It's been about 10 days since I got suspended and no replies to my emails trying to clear this up."
About 250,000 people earn their primary or secondary income selling on eBay, yet eBay continues to act irresponsibly and communistically toward it's customers. It's only a matter of time before it happens to you, before it affects your business and your livelihood.
eBay needs to have a straight-forward, process driven procedure for dealing with this and other issues that are industry-wide problems they continue to ignore. They need to do this now, they need to do this before the government steps in with regulatory measures. eBay is too ingrained into our society to not be held accountable for their actions.
Would you tolerate eBay's type of behavior from any other company you do business with? It's time to protect your business, your income, and your family.
It's time to let eBay know that their draconian behavior toward their customers will no longer be tolerated, your silence is a vote for the status quo.
Remain silent no longer, email this article to your friends and business associates, contact eBay, talk about this article on the eBay Discussion Forum of the Online Traders Web Alliance, or email it to online journalists. Be silent no longer, let your voice be heard, do something.
Comments on this article can be emailed to the editor.
KENMORE, WASHINGTON -- Just so you all know when you post here it automatically goes to eBay. After I wrote and article here eBay responded with this email.
Thank you for taking the time to write eBay with your concerns. My name
is Kennice, and I'm pleased to be of further assistance to you.
I've reviewed your account and don't see any active suspensions related
to it. I can assure you that your account is neither suspended nor on
The email message stating that your account was suspended was a fake
(also known as a "spoof") email. These emails are sent in an attempt to
obtain your personal and/or financial information. They do this by
directing the recipient to reply to the message or link to a phony Web
page that will ask for the information.
Be very suspicious of email messages that ask you to submit information
such as your credit card number or bank account information.
If you're having difficulty signing in, I recommend that you request a
new password. To do this:
If you're not writing from the email address registered to your eBay
account, please be sure to give us the account User ID so we can resolve
any sign-in issues.
Since you have received a spoof email, your email address has most
likely been collected by a fraudulent source and you might continue to
receive spoof emails for some time.
If you ever have any doubt about whether an email message is from eBay,
click the "My eBay" tab at the top of any eBay page. Click the "My
Messages" link. Any email we sent to you about your account will be
listed in the "My Messages" section. If the email you're worried about
isn't in there, then that email is a fake. Do *not* respond to it.
Forward it to firstname.lastname@example.com. Please don't remove the original subject
line or change the email in any way when you forward it to us.
What to Do if You Think You Have Given Out Personal Information
If you think you may have entered personal information such as your
password, Social Security number, or credit card number into a Web site
based on a request from a spoof email, you need to act *immediately* to
protect your identity. For detailed instructions about what to do, go
Going forward, you might consider downloading the eBay Toolbar with
Account Guard (it's free). Account Guard has an indicator that shows you
when you're on a real eBay or PayPal Web site or a spoof (or "phishing")
site. Account Guard also has buttons to report fake eBay sites and a
password notification feature that warns you when you may be entering
your eBay password on an unverified site.
In addition, we have enacted several preventative measures and added
information to the eBay Help pages to help you spot fake emails. We
encourage you to take the opportunity to learn more about spoof emails.
To access this information, please click on the "Security Center" link
at the bottom of most eBay pages.
To help you better protect yourself from fake eBay and PayPal Web sites,
we have developed a feature for the eBay Toolbar called "Account Guard."
Account Guard includes an indicator of when you are on an eBay or PayPal
Web site or a known spoof (or "phishing") site, buttons to report fake
eBay Web sites, and a password notification feature that warns you when
you may be entering your eBay password on an unverified site.
To learn more about the eBay Toolbar with Account Guard go to
www.ebay.com, click on "Downloads" at the bottom of the page, and then
click on the "eBay Toolbar" link.
If you are ever concerned about an email you receive from eBay, simply
follow these steps:
Open a new Web browser and type www.ebay.com into your browser
address field to go directly to the eBay site.
On eBay, sign into your account and click the "My eBay" button at the
top of the page.
Check the My Messages section located at the top of the My eBay page.
If an email affects your eBay account, it's now in My Messages. Any
email sent to your registered eBay email address from eBay or from
another eBay member via eBay's member-to-member communication system
will now appear in My Messages.
Once again, thank you for alerting us to the spoofed email you received.
Your efforts help keep eBay a safe and fair place to trade.
eBay SafeHarbor
Whether you're new to eBay or an experienced buyer and seller, the eBay
Security & Resolution Center can help you protect yourself on eBay and
online. For more information, please click the "Security Center" link at
the bottom of most eBay pages.
For our latest announcements, please check:
Original Message Follows:
From: Alxxx Rxxx
To: eBay Customer Support
Subject: Consumer Feedback
The following review has been posted on My3cents.com. The consumer
requested a copy be sent to you.
If you need to follow-up with the consumer, please contact them at
* * * * * * * * * *
I have been an eBay member since 2001 I usually sold RC Car items. I
race RC cars as a hobby so when I would get a new kit I would sell an
old one. Since 2001 I had only sold 59 items with 100% Positive
I was recently laid off and I decided you know what I like selling stuff
on eBay so I went out and invested in books on how to sell like a
professional, how to set up a store and so forth. I applied and received
my business license and tax id. I found some products I felt
comfortable with and began selling them on eBay.
Things where going great I added a new item on eBay June 23rd at 11pm.
When I woke up that morning June 24th around 7am excited to see if I
sold anything there was an email from eBay (see email below) my account
was suspended.
I was flabbergasted what is this? What did I do wrong? I read the
email a thousand times to see if I could find an explanation but nothing
was there. I checked my account to see if there was an explanation but
nothing was there. I have sent eBay a thousand emails but I get no
What is this how can a company shut you down this way with no
explanation? To this day I have no idea what I did wrong I have gone
back into my submitted listings to see if there is something that I
missed. Everything looks good.
Yesterday I called my credit card company to cancel it so eBay cannot
charge me until I receive a full explanation of why this company ripped
my heart and dreams out. I was so excited to get this business off the
ground. I worked hard at making new vendor contacts and now I am left
with nothing.
We regret to inform you that your eBay account has been suspended due to
concerns we have for the safety and integrity of the eBay community.
"Abusing eBay" of the eBay User Agreement states, in part:
"...we may limit, suspend, or terminate our service and user accounts,
prohibit access to our website, remove hosted content, and take
technical and legal steps to keep users off the Site if we think that
they are creating problems, possible legal liabilities, or acting
inconsistently with the letter or spirit of our policies." .
Due to the suspension of this account, please be advised you are
prohibited from using eBay in any way including registering a new
Please note that any seller fees due to eBay will immediately become due
and payable. eBay will charge any amounts you have not previously
disputed to the billing method currently on file.
Safeharbor Department
eBay, Inc.
I've been on eBay for years, having left and come back a couple of times. Recently, I bought an item which never arrived from a seller with whom I had dealt in the past without problems other than he's slow to ship. While waiting for the item, I was inundated with spam/scams to an address I only used on eBay. At the same time, a 2nd chance link kept popping up and eBay said to ignore it. I read elsewhere this was a way some scammers were using hijacked accounts. I finally had enough. I figured the item I won was probably never going to materialize and I quit eBay. Over the years, I had been spending less and less on eBay because of these same problems. This time I swore I'd not go back.
As it turns out, the seller contacted me shortly after I left and weeks after the auction closed to say he couldn't find the item. He offered to refund me the money. I told him I had quit but I appreciated the refund. It wasn't much, which is why I wasn't upset over losing it and chalking the incident up to "Life's Lessons Learned."
Note: eBay allows members to close their accounts but they keep those accounts open for 180 days. Why 180 days, I don't know.
Fortunately I checked my closed account and found out the seller had filed an "unpaid item dispute" against me. He said I hadn't paid for the item and since I was no longer a registered user of eBay, he was entitled to his final value fee and a relisting fee. My blood pressure popped! I had no item and no refund and now I was libeled, an over-reaction on my part, but still -- he lied about my not paying. I can't stand liars.
I immediately responded to eBay's notice of nonpayment, gave them the check number, the date it cleared the bank, etc. In the meantime, the seller and I "sparred" in the dispute process which is essentially the buyer & seller "talking" through email. He told me that he was only trying to get his fees back, so what's the big deal? I told him I didn't appreciate being called a "deadbeat," no matter how phrased, and that on eBay's site eBay mentions it works with credit bureaus. How, I don't know that either but I just spent a year straightening out a mess. (Please get your free credit reports now from each of the three bureaus and check them carefully. All of mine had wrong information, accounts not mine, and each report differed from the others.)
The long and short of the disputes are that we are both stubborn people not willing to cave. He wanted his fees at all costs, and I wanted him to tell the truth. I wrote eBay and was advised to file an "undelivered item dispute" against the seller which I did. Again, he couldn't understand why I couldn't see this was a "no fault" situation. No fault? So, I dug further into eBay's vast information files.
It turns out that eBay DOES encourage sellers to file unpaid item disputes to recoup their fees if the transaction cannot be completed; BUT, they have 2 options. Option 1, is truly the buyer didn't pay. Option 2, under "unpaid item disputes" is by mutual agreement the seller and buyer cancel the contract.
Option 1, gives the seller back his final value fees and the relisting fee. Option 2, I think, only gives him back the final value fee. My seller chose Option 1 and lied that I hadn't paid, and he still insisted there was no fault. I asked why didn't he tell me about it before he filed and he was surprised I even knew about it. He didn't know that eBay keeps the account open for me to access after its closed and that I could respond to his filing. (Okay, it didn't make sense to me either but I was glad I could.)
No fault? I reminded him that he sold an item he didn't have, had my money, couldn't deliver, and then lied about payment. He had a couple of choice things to say about that, mostly snide remarks, and I countered -- not my most shining moment -- but we didn't use profanity, much. He used initials and I repeated those initials, but only once each. Mostly, we were both "snippy" and a bit juvenile.
I escalated my undelivered dispute only to have the option of closing the matter because the item was under $25. In the meantime, the seller's unpaid dispute had been resolved and he had been paid his fees while I was still waiting to see if I ever got a refund. Case closed. The good news is that his refund did arrive 2 days after he got his fees back.
I was happy to leave sellers like him behind and wasn't going to go back to eBay UNTIL the seller made one final comment -- he told me he was glad that I was never coming back to eBay.
I had hundreds of glowing remarks from sellers and 100% feedback no matter which ID I had used. This seller had won this round, but I wasn't going to go away so meekly. I signed up again. Of course, I won't buy from him again, which will make us both a lot happier. In the meantime, he changed his ID again. I'll stick to sellers I've known and trusted over the years and not bother with the rest -- good or bad. My eBay spending days are limited to just that select few. Other good sellers will lose good buyers, like myself, but as long as eBay encourages sellers to misuse the unpaid item dispute process, why risk it?
The abuse of the unpaid item dispute process has grown more with each fee increase. In August, the fees jump again. Wonder how many more honest buyers will be accused of being deadbeats just so sellers can get back their final value fees and relisting fees? It's almost poetic justice.
To be fair, eBay's customer service did ask me for a suggestion as how to improve service, so I told them to create a legitimate 3rd category for refunds of sellers' fees -- "Mutual Agreement by Special Circumstances." Instead of calling the buyer a deadbeat by invoking the unpaid item dispute rule, actually let a seller and buyer have a real mutual agreement to cover circumstances like a seller being unable to deliver his item for good cause.
But will eBay listen? I don't know but I probably have a better chance of walking to the moon and back barefoot in an hour.
Beware the "Unpaid Item Dispute" process. Is eBay encouraging or discouraging it's abuse?
FREEBIE Time on Ebay. Go get your free products compliments of EBAY. Let's take a long look at what is EBay. First we look at the agreement conditions and their incorrect wording and meanings. They try to state it's not an auction only a platform to allow buyers and sellers to trade. An auction by any standard, all fees apply and it's run on a normal web auction lines. Now consider there is more private person selling online than dealers, yet EBay classifies everyone as trade or corporate sellers so the trade practices laws apply but in all cases they do not.
Like any auction event trade the auction laws are simply buyer beware. So why do this, well it's a game EBay's plays, they classify the buyers having 90% protection and the sellers almost none. Again one must take a serious look at how this is set up and why, the system is derived around a feedback from the buyers to the sellers and the greater the amount of good feedback the higher the sales will be. But the catch with EBay is only three bad feedbacks and the seller is terminated and in a real dirty tricks way.
On Termination everyone is let known this trader is a crook and all sales or pending sales will be cancelled forthwith, the business of this trader is over due to non credibility. Consider many have been in operation for years and have gathered thousands of good feedback, great seller, great product, all lost. Totally unfair of EBAY.
Take a look at many of the seller auction. One would see disclaimers to the fact of offering the buyer the opportunity to contact them to sort out any problems before and red bad feedback it placed. Fear of being terminated is always high on the list.
What EBay is doing is scaring the Sellers to give away free stocks and or credits to keep his place on EBay. If one was stupid enough to try to fight this with either EBay or PayPal the seller would be at a 99% disadvantage and will lose, even if the buyer is lying. Under the conditions the buyer can say it was not as advertised, say anything or not received it makes no matter, so the buyer can get a free products every time. Most sellers give products and credit away. As it cost more to be terminated. Than losing a single item.
Now if it goes to a fight and the seller states he wants the product returned before a credit is raised and that would be the best method for all. But PayPal has a stupid method. It lets the lying buyer go and get a Post or freight tracking number and they credit on that, the buyer does not send back the item it's only method of Instant credit with no checks.
Here is an international comment from a seller and his reason to change way over the cost to cover that problem: When I accept a payment without insurance all you have to do is saying PayPal that the item didn't arrive at your place, then you get your money back. If it really arrives or not! Is this reason enough for you. IT'S FREEBIE time for everyone on eBay as that's their rules.
This only applies to the lying cheating buyers as any honest buyer would first send an email to the seller explain his/her problem and like most sellers that would be taken care of. Here is one good seller that got the chop by 3 sellers saying bad things about the products, did eBay consider this no, he/she is history... Swimwear company. And this one was an excellent seller with over 4000 great feedback comments and eBay did not consider that.
What happens is the red bad feedback is placed online first and no amount of talking to these buyers would produce a result as it's only free item they are interested in. Ebay rules SUCK. They are designed to protect Buyers even if they are dishonest.


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I got mine,,yesterday,,,and today....this is like found money.
I wanted to take one more minute to thank whoever had a hand in letting me buy shares today for
6.60....I would send you a bottle of wine,,,if you would just raise your chubby little hand..
Good for you. Love these games. No volume and pps drops like bad news happened. Funny. Not for long.
Sentiment: Buy


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Robot Chicken
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This animated program was created by Seth Green and Matthew Senreich. The stop-motion series currently airs on the late-night programming block "Adult Swim". The humor of this show is described as "random."
Trivia Facts | Top Quotes | Goofs/Mistakes
|Season 7 / Episode 10: - Catdog on a Stick
Dr. Doom: How could you allow this to happen?
Mr. Fantastic: It was part of the show's premise, what was I supposed to do?
Dr. Doom: Oh, I don't know, maybe NOT PIT A HOUSEWIFE AGAINST THE POWER OF DOOM?
|Season 7 / Episode 10: - Catdog on a Stick
Invisible Woman: I have to make dinner every night? Wow, what did I sign up for?
|Season 7 / Episode 1: - G.I. Jogurt
Cobra Commander: Look at them, Destro! The Joes churn out pedestrian advice to dead-eyed children, and the public eats it up! "Hey kids, don't play with poles and electric lights!" - reads like a dispatch from the No Shit Clinic!
Destro: I'll get the nerve gas!
Cobra Commander: No, you fool, we'll beat them at their own game! We will create our own PSAs!
|Season 7 / Episode 1: - G.I. Jogurt
Baroness: [enters] Oh, I forgot you guys were in here writing! I was just looking for a hammer to hang my degree in screenwriting from Applebee's! Anything I can do for you while I'm in here? [pause]
Baroness: Destro?
Destro: She's actually really funny, guys...
Cobra Commander: You lost me at "She's". Fuck it, we're doing it without a script!
|Season 7 / Episode 1: - G.I. Jogurt
Cobra Commander: Okay, Storm Shadow, these two children will be running with scissors. Now this upsets you, and...
Storm Shadow: Why?
Cobra Commander: Well, it's dangerous to run with scissors!
Storm Shadow: I run with katana! Is that not dangerous?
Cobra Commander: Wow, I hadn't thought of that! Excellent point, Storm Shadow!
Cobra Commander: Get this piece of shit off my set!
Storm Shadow: Well, Cobra Commander, looks like I owe you an apology...
|Season 7 / Episode 1: - G.I. Jogurt
Cobra Commander: [reading to two children] And I think you'll find it's not hard to read when you take the time to... sssound it out. [the children giggle]
Cobra Commander: Oh, yes, I have a sssmall ssspeech impediment. [the children laugh]
Cobra Commander: IT'S NOT FUNNY! [his helmet falls off, and the children are horrified at his scar-torn face. Commander pulls out a gun and shoots the children]
Cobra Commander: Shut. It. Down!
|Season 7 / Episode 1: - G.I. Jogurt
Destro: Pump the nerve gas!
|Season 6 / Episode 20: - Immortal
Zeb Wells: Why is Joss Whedon a zombie?
Seth Green: Punishment. We told him about this place over drinks. The next thing we know "Cabin in the Woods" was in theaters nationwide.
Matthew Senreich: People weren't necessarily *in* those theaters...
Seth Green: Regardless, we made him a zombie.
|Season 6 / Episode 18: - Robot Fight Accident
The Nerd: [crying] I want my virginity back!
|Season 6 / Episode 16: - Eaten by Cats
Chop Chop Master Onion: PaRappa! You never return my phone calls! So now eat bullets and lick my balls!
|Season 6 / Episode 4: - Poisoned by Relatives
Kermit the Frog: [Miss Piggy breaks Kermit's pelvis during sex] Get off of me, you fucking wildebeest!
|Season 6 / Episode 4: - Poisoned by Relatives
Sagat: We meet again, Ryu. Only this time, we fight TO THE DEATH!
Ryu: Actually, no. It's, uh, to Knock-Out, best two out of three. Remember? It was all covered in the packet.
Sagat: Uh... sorry, what now?
Ryu: [pulling out a packet] The packet I spent weeks putting together? You don't have your packet?
Sagat: Oh, right, right! No, I have it. It's just... it's in the bag... [starts searching his bag]
|Season 6 / Episode 4: - Poisoned by Relatives
Ryu: [on phone] Well, Ken, if your opponent's late, you give him a call. There's a contact sheet in the packet.
Ken Masters: [not looking] Let's see... contact sheet, contact sheet... no, I don't see it. You must've forgotten to put it in.
|Season 6 / Episode 4: - Poisoned by Relatives
Ryu: [on phone] What's the problem, Guile?
Guile: I'll tell you the problem: E. Honda's venue is a bathhouse! Like a full-on "We're all guys here, so let's get naked" bathhouse!
E. Honda: What? In my culture, it's a familiar setting.
Guile: Hey, no one told me I'd be fighting with all these "sushi rolls" hanging out...
|Season 6 / Episode 4: - Poisoned by Relatives
Ryu: [on phone] What is it? [Blanka is in a hotel with a chihuahua, and hollers down the line]
Ryu: No! Don't you scream at me! It's specifically noted that your hotel doesn't allow pets!
|Season 6 / Episode 4: - Poisoned by Relatives
Sagat: Tiger! Tiger! [Boom!]
Sagat: [to Ryu] Oh, man! I accidentally just Tiger-punched my packet, dude! That is classic Sagat! I mean, I don't know what happened there...
|Season 6 / Episode 4: - Poisoned by Relatives
Ryu: [on phone] This better be good, M. Bison. [Bison is in the Q*Bert game]
M. Bison: I think I got the wrong packet. [Punches Q*Bert]
|Season 6 / Episode 4: - Poisoned by Relatives
Ryu: [on phone] What?
Ken Masters: It's been twenty minutes. I don't think E. Honda's coming.
Ryu: E. Honda? [checks the packet]
Ryu: You're not fighting E. Honda, you're fighting A Honda.
Ken Masters: I'm fighting a car?
Ryu: Yes!
Ken Masters: That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard!
Ryu: It was in the packet! You know what? From now on, you lose your packet, you are OUT of the tournament!
Ken Masters: [sarcastically] Fine, fine! I'm punching the car! Oh, he's not hitting back. How exciting! Wow, what a great idea! [gets into it]
Ken Masters: Hey, this is kind of fun... Shoryuken! Shoryuken!
|Season 5 / Episode 15: - Casablankman II
Kratos: I, Kratos, the God of War, feed the Blades of Chaos with the blood orbs of your souls!
|Season 5 / Episode 15: - Casablankman II
Athena: Quickly, Kratos! Pleasure your lovers and receive a bounty of blood orbs!
Kratos: Uh, one of them's a dude...
Athena: What's the problem? You're in Greece.
|Season 5 / Episode 15: - Casablankman II
Kratos: I am not sleeping with a dude!
Athena: Surely you would at least let him watch, if I offered you one thousand blood orbs!
Kratos: The Blades of Chaos are thirsty... I could not turn that down.
Athena: Then let's make it fifteen hundred, and he gets to play with your balls!
Kratos: Wha... What do you think I am?
Athena: We already established what you are, now we're just negotiating!
Kratos: Oh, I see what you did there. Very smug and demeaning.
|Season 5 / Episode 15: - Casablankman II
Athena: I'm just going to throw this out there: two thousand blood orbs, anything goes. [pause]
Kratos: All right. [steps forward]
Kratos: You're not going to watch, are you?
Athena: Only as long as I need to.
|Season 5 / Episode 14: - The Core, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
Lumiere: So you're dining with a beast / That doesn't mean you shouldn't feast!
Cogsworth: Let us handle reservations / Give your taste buds a sensation!
Chamberpot: Have your fill, eat more still / There's no need to slow your pace / After dinner, you'll be thinner / once you sit down on my face!
Lumiere: Who's for seconds?
Chamberpot: Eat a lot / then come meet your chamberpot...
Lumiere: We are trying to serve dinner!
Chamberpot: What, DeFicacci doesn't get to sing along? I'm a person too! DeFicacci didn't ask be a chamberpot!
Lumiere: None of us asked to be stuck in the forms of household items! But people are eating!
Chamberpot: So, DeFicacci only useful after dinner, eh? I get to live a solitary existence punctuated by people pooping on my...
Lumiere: I said people are eating! [the chamberpot runs off crying]
Lumiere: Okay, let's just get through this dinner, so the Beast can bang this bitch... Belle? Where did Belle go? [cut to Belle sitting on the chamberpot]
Chamberpot: Whoa, sound a horn! / Looks like someone's eaten corn!
Belle: [in agony] Does everything have to be a fucking song?
|Season 5 / Episode 6: - Major League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Marc Summers: Welcome back to "Unwrapped". You know, nearly everyone has enjoyed an ice cream sundae on a hot day, but the origins of this tasty treat may just surprise you. It's commonly accepted that the sundae was invented in Evanston, Illinois, circa 1890. We went to Dr. Peter Yarborough for the real scoop.
Dr. Peter Yarbourgh: Here's how fucking dumb these fuckheads in Illinois were. The ice cream soda had just been invented; teenagers liked them. So these fucking religious numbnuts sat around jacking off in church all day thinking about how much they just hated teenagers, and decided - true fucking story, people - that God therefore must hate ice cream sodas. That's right! These Illinois fucknuts concluded that God, creator of the infinite universe who probably had a trillion fucking better things to do, actually had an opinion about motherfucking ice cream sodas! So the state of Illinois banned ice cream sodas on Sundays. You know, so I guess God wouldn't make it rain crickets or some ridiculous fucking horseshit! Long story short, every Sunday, the fucking ice cream stores, they'd just - ta-da! - they'd just leave out the soda part! And these Illinois fucks, they just sat around, jacked off, thinking about how much they had pleased their invisible master who lives on a fucking flying cloud, or wherever the fuck he lives! That's how ice cream sundaes were invented - dumb fucking Illinois assholes!
Marc Summers: Up next... Skittles!
Dr. Peter Yarbourgh: Oh, fucking Skittles!
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Scorpion: Dude, relax, we made it, CHILL!
Frog: Chill THIS, asshole!
|Season 4 / Episode 9: - But Not In That Way
Linus Van Pelt: I love Geography Day! [shows off a map of Italy] I got Italy!
Lucy Van Pelt: [showing off a map of Russia] I got Russia!
Charlie Brown: [showing off a map of Iraq] I got Iraq.
|Season 4 / Episode 5: - Tell My Mom
Tony Stark: Who the hell are you?
Nick Fury: Nick Fury, director of S.H.I.E.L.D. I'm here to talk to you about the Avengers Initiative.
Tony Stark: In my house? In the middle of the night?
Tony Stark: And who the hell are you?
Nick Fury: Run, stupid!
|Season 4 / Episode 1: - Help Me
Mark Wahlberg: [parody of The Moment of Truth] Ever told your wife you liked her dress when you really didn't?
Contestant: Yes.
Mark Wahlberg: Ever cheated on your taxes?
Contestant: Yes.
Mark Wahlberg: Ever used the n-word in anger?
Contestant: Yes.
Mark Wahlberg: Ever put your penis in a Slinky?
Contestant: Ye... uh, no.
Mark Wahlberg: You lose!
|Season 4 / Episode 1: - Help Me
Trojan Man: [Trojan Man chorus] The reservoir tip is for your semen!
|Season 3 / Episode 13: - Slaughterhouse on the Prairie
Grizzlor: Kill me please, kill me!
She-Ra: [shouts] Shut-up! [slams the door of her room]