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On Hold at eBay: Customer Service Lines Go Dead
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Wha-ha! ebaY finally getting the recognition it deserves! On time.com no less. On Hold at eBay: Customer Service Lines Go DeadBy Janet Morrissey Monday, Dec. 20, 2010 Computer giant Dell suffered heavy criticism when it outsourced much of its customer support phone service overseas a num...
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PayPal Practices Driving Sellers to Seek Alternatives
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PayPal Practices Driving Sellers to Seek Alternatives PayPal has established itself as the de facto method of transacting money on the Internet. It is ruffling some feathers, though, with business and dispute resolution practices that seem to be focused on making sure PayPal gets to hang onto mon...
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My eBay Identity Crisis
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My eBay Identity Crisis The price you pay when someone steals your online accounts Posted on 9/8/2010 at 7:00AM Im not feeling like myself today. Well, actually eBay thinks I'm not myself and I'm easily influenced. Apparently I've just been a victim of identity theft. Identity theft is such an inter...
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PayPal Turning Out To Be a Liability ~ TopTechReviews.net
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PayPal Turning Out To Be a Liability Posted by Mike Vang on September 23, 2010 It seems that the ultimate global payment solution: PayPal is turning out to be a liability. In simple words, what PayPal does is that it lures customers through flowery statement. Once they're paying members, PayPal asks...
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To Paypal or NOT to Paypal…
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To Paypal or NOT to Paypal Quite unbelievably, despite reporting a problem to Paypal on 26 August, we have STILL not received confirmation that this problem has been resolved. Heres the background StatCounter members who had upgraded in the previous few days had NOT been appropriately upgraded as...
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Investigator: PayPal payment woes (again)
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Investigator: PayPal payment woes (again) by Rosalyn Page on Oct 8, 2010 Another reader has contacted Investigator about a refund problem with PayPal. In this case, the issue of the seller having two different addresses has led to the problem with a refund not being processed. Michael purchased a...
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I AM DONE WITH EBAY ~ Robots with fake names!
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Classic entertainment from the ebay forums. I AM DONE WITH EBAY Uploaded with ImageShack.us
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PayPal hirings to ease customer service anger
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PayPal hirings to ease customer service anger Fran Foo From: The Australian April 20, 2010 12:00AM EBAY subsidiary PayPal has vowed to improve customer service in Australia by doubling the number of personnel to manage customer queries and complaints. By next month, PayPal would have made 40 new h...
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Account suspended: getting the cold shoulder from eBay
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Account suspended: getting the cold shoulder from eBay eBay says it has more buyer and seller phone support, but we continue to hear from people claiming difficulties getting help after their accounts have been suspended. This week we've heard from a reader about a problem with eBay. Benny had a pro...
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Gene Weingarten: After all the lies, I'm bidding eBay adieu
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This one was lost in bookmarks for a long time. A ebay-typical scenario repeated time after time though... Gene Weingarten: After all the lies, I'm bidding eBay adieu By Gene Weingarten, Washington Post In Print: Sunday, November 21, 2010 WASHINGTON This column was written entirely while on hold w...
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Ebaiting: Better Customer Service Through Annoyance
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Ebaiting Why This Site Exists This site is all about "baiting" eBay support with pointless requests and taking up their time, in a grass-roots effort to get eBay to improve its customer service. Right now there are thousands of people who are angry with eBay for one reason or another, but f...
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Another Epic Fail for Ebay and Paypal Customer Service - PayPal Thieves!
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Another Epic Fail for Ebay and Paypal Customer Service - PayPal Thieves!
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PayPal not so friendly over return of fake goods
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PayPal not so friendly over return of fake goods A customer was left hanging as PayPal's dispute process generated an email advising an inappropriate course of action On eBay it looked a desirable deal: Cyberlink Suite 7 Ultra software for £24.99. So Cheryl-Anne Vass succumbed, but took the precau...
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Paypal Saga, the Conclusion: Paypal and the Patriot Act
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This is one which needs to be reposted and re-tweeted everywhere... Paypal Saga, the Conclusion: Paypal and the Patriot Act By Heather Ann AngelPublished: September 14, 2010 @ 3:12 pm In a series of write-ups that I have been working on about Paypal (whose latest class action lawsuit was filed in May...
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Arbitrary bid increments
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Looks like more highly fraudulent behavior by ebaY! Who could imagine? This is right up there with forced 'free' shipping and passing on that fraud via proxy, the 'padded listings' scandal etc. Bear in mind that 5% (of accounts/listings under 'test') mentioned is still a huge number, and thus are th...
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PayPal wants proof that 'freedom of speech' was supplied and delivered
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PayPal wants proof that 'freedom of speech' was supplied and delivered June 11th, 2011 Author: Temasek Review Dear readers We refer to our latest announcement on the freezing of our PayPal account in this thread: No more PayPal for TRE's sponsorship drive. From its correspondence with our proxy ac...
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Ebay: A Lose/Lose/Lose Situation
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Ebay: A Lose/Lose/Lose SituationAuthor: J. D. Redmond - TheCyberati Published: August 23, 2011 at 7:01 pm Ebay. The ingenious concept that allows anyone who wants to sell something to not only a national but an international pool of potential buyers. The Ebay success stories of sellers making six...
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PayPal is becoming toxic to small business
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PayPal is becoming toxic to small business Internet giants must start treating small business owners as human beings or they will lose their juiciest revenue stream, says Milo Yiannopoulos. PayPal's enthusiasm for placing withdrawal restrictions on its customers' accounts is the stuff of lege...
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PayPal: You Owe Us $38.41 From 2004 Because We Say So
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PayPal: You Owe Us $38.41 From 2004 Because We Say So By Laura Northrup on August 26, 2011 3:01 PM Did you know that there's a seven-year time limit on PayPal chargebacks? Yeah, neither did we, and neither did Dan. He still had to fork over $38.41 owed to PayPal from an an unknown account belonging to him,...
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Ebay canceled all my items then double charged me! HELP
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Ebay canceled all my items then double charged me! HELP Aug 26, 2011 03:46 PMReplyOn July 27th I thought there may be fraud on my ebay account. I called and let the rep know what was going on. The rep told me to change my password and that when I called in the future they would take a couple extra steps to veri...
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Paypal says, "I'm SORRY. This is how we do business."
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Paypal says, "I'm SORRY. This is how we do business." This is a video response to EBAY Trust & Safety MAJOR HACK ATTACK REVISITED PARODY From: OhNoPaypal $1114.65 stolen by Paypal. I sold a set of wheels o...
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help with frau? ebaY LiveHelp Gives Official Blessing to Obvious Scam! OMFG
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http://forums.ebay.com/db2/thread.jspa?threadID=2000389864help with frau?!!!!!!!!!!!!! nip0664 ebaY LiveHelp Gives Official Blessing to Obvious Scam! OMFG
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$675 was stolen from me on eBay. Now PayPal is trying to steal another $675.
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$675 was stolen from me on eBay. Now PayPal is trying to steal another $675 On January 18, 2012, in Herd-of-Mouth blog, by Merry Ann Moore 6 January 18, 2012 This is the nightmare story of how I was defrauded out of $675 on eBay - and then charged another $675 on my credit card by PayPal (which is owned by eBa...
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Paypal Does it Again - (Regretsy)
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Oh my! Paypal Does it Again Posted on March 12, 2012 by Helen Killer You may recall that back in December, I had a series of infuriating exchanges with PayPal. After collecting almost $20,000 to buy Christmas toys for needy children, PayPal forced me to manually refund every contribution...
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How to Cheat eBay Sellers and Scam PayPal
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Benchmark Reviews Monday, 02 April 2012How to Cheat eBay Sellers and Scam PayPalWhen eBay Buyer Protection is abused, PayPal punishes honest sellers with bad policy. Most people are familiar with eBay, the web community with an endless catalog of items ready and available for purchase from acro...
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PayPal Leaves Small Business Out $500 And A Snake
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Consumerist:PayPal Leaves Small Business Out $500 And A Snake By Laura Northrup on March 30, 2012 11:30 AM Shawn runs a small reptile business, selling habitats, supplies, and animals. A customer's purchase of a $500 snake went smoothly, with payment via PayPal and a critter off to a happy new home....
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When 24 Hours Is 23:59 Too Long
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PayPal's Verification Wait Irks a Business Owner - HagglerWhen 24 Hours Is 23:59 Too LongBy DAVID SEGALPublished: April 21, 2012 THE Haggler's recent column about PayPal, the online money transfer company, summoned forth a fresh round of "I can't stand PayPal" e-mail. This one stood o...
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Miss Terry Shopper and the Smashed Art Deco Vase
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Miss Terry Shopper and the Smashed Art Deco Vase 10th May Miss Terry Shopper learns that buying collectible Art Deco on eBay is risky and that trying to sort out issues with PayPal is hazardous to mental health. 'nuff said, read more at link
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PayPal: the world’s best loved way to be played for a fool
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PayPal: the worlds best loved way to be played for a fool Same author/victim as here: $675 was stolen from me on eBay. Now PayPal is trying to steal another $675
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eBay blacklisting has forced us on to dole
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'eBay blacklisting has forced us on to doleA couple who run an online fabric retailer claim they have been "forced on to the dole" by eBay after the e-commerce giant made a "crazy and unfair" decision to freeze their account. (... ^ continues...) ^475 comments at this poin...
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Sellers only: Have you had PayPal misplace your money before
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Heartwarming Paypal Holiday story begins. Let's see how it plays out. Sellers only: Have you had PayPal misplace your money before Nov 25, 2012 01:54 AMI went through every last order spreadsheet... gross sales, withdraws to pay supplier, Ebay fees, PayPal fees, refunds, some dispute holds, an...
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FAKE, Non Paying buyers and NOT on Ebay's list of IDS???
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One of the more bizzarre reports... fwiw the ID mentioned is active and apparently a serial NPB FAKE, Non Paying buyers and NOT on Ebay's list of IDS??? Dec 30, 2012 02:04 PM I am SO sick of the non-paying FAKE bidders. I sold TWO items to one buyer. He never paid for the first item, I filed an unpaid repor...
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eBay fraud and me: My absolutely ridiculous experience
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Read it. wow, just wow...eBay fraud and me: My absolutely ridiculous experienceNo, I didn't bid $13,000 for 500 LED lights.
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Should Your Company Abandon Phone Support?
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square takes a ribbing Should Your Company Abandon Phone Support?
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Overseas Customer Service Representatives Apr 4, 2013 09:55 AMDoes anyone else have problems with the overseas Customer Service Agents fufilling their promises to get a problem solved? Seems like when I call and get the agents, nothing seems to be done but when I get a USA customer service agent, th...
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wow this looks like some really bad stuff. Read those comments. Wed Apr 3 2013 22:13:34Top Rated eBay Powerseller Can't Get Answers
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ebaY Customer Support Ad We can't let this get by without poking a little fun... (more...)
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Hold placed on my account for just CALLING about my sales limit
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Be on the lookout. This has every appearance of a scam. I think you'll see some real eye openers if you peruse the search. Here's the first example, but there are many more, some very recent ones, you'll see. Never, ever send any sensitive info via fax, especially if the fax machine is some public fax or o...
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eBay Calls Its Own Telemarketing Call Bogus
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This one so strange it's hard to believe. Quite Lulzy. Make sure you listen to the file, then read, comments and all. Watch for the word disgruntled. You may not want to be drinking anything while you check it out. Fri Apr 19 2013 21:27:22 eBay Calls Its Own Telemarketing Call Bogus By: Read...
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Live chat used in ebaY phishing attack
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This is a biggie! Not the first time, or the only such scam going on right now from the looks of things. As usual, ebay forums censorship figures prominently in related scams/ aspects.Live chat used in ebaY phishing attack -- Edited by budnonymous on Tuesday 7th of May 2013 09:09:17 PM
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ASK THE EBAY QUEEN: Who will save me from fraud? Not eBay
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ASK THE EBAY QUEEN: Who will save me from fraud? Not eBay Dear eBay Queen: I am a victim of buyer fraud on eBay. On May 5, sold a Lenovo laptop to a member who is no longer registered. This user immediately paid ($1,023.74) for the laptop using PayPal, but emailed me to let me know he wanted the laptop to be se...
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These complaints are popping up all over the place. Multiple ebay help forums, auctionbytes EKG etc. Here's a representative post/complaint from the technical issues bd. Seems to have been going on for a few days now. Maybe it's just me, but wouldn't most outfits be correcting that problem or maki...
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Off the Record: PayPal, eBay auction off terrible experience
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Off the Record: PayPal, eBay auction off terrible experienceBy KYRA GOTTESMANPosted: 08/10/2013 01:19:34 AM PDT Never again. Never, ever. You couldn't make me do it again if you paid me, held a gun to my head or tied me up and tickled my knees. I will never again do business with eBay or PayPal. Ever....
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Banned On Ebay! Part 1 Trying to get Unbanned/Unrestricted & Conclusion
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"Healthy Tension" Emerging Inside PayPal as It Looks to Reverse Poor Customer-Service Reputation
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"Healthy Tension" Emerging Inside PayPal as It Looks to Reverse Poor Customer-Service Reputation August 29, 2013 PayPal says it's finally serious about addressing some of its biggest customer-service issues, which its president admits the eBay unit has at times "become known...
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Stuck in a Dispute Between PayPal and Itself
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An extra sleazy episode! To the point all you can do is laugh, and never use, or allow anyone you know to ebay, paypal, or bill me later. The Haggler:Stuck in a Dispute Between PayPal and Itself ecommercebytes:Watchdog Exposes eBay's Seller Protection Loophole and a little something more here:Pa...
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Dear ABC News Fixer: Lost in eBay Limbo
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Yet another case where proper customer service was only received after, and as a direct result of contacting media. This time a buyer. Be prepared to go to this length if you use ebay/paypal. (ahem, Bill me later too). For as you can see / have seen, this is not the exception, but the rule. Demonstrated r...
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This could become an ebay classic, although as of late this type of thing seems to be happening more frequently. The American Big-Business Model 11-18-2013 07:11 PM As I sit here typing this, after 4 hours on the phone with eBay Customer Service, I still can't believe the scenario was for real, so, I...
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What I Learned From Getting My eBay Account Hacked
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on Motley fool no less... poor password, hacker on a buying spree, customer service issues... With videoWhat I Learned From Getting My eBay Account Hacked https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fJnX6sRC7k
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How the secret eBay watch monopoly ruined Christmas
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How the secret eBay watch monopoly ruined ChristmasThis story would make a terrible holiday TV special, and wasn't much better in real life 12/27/2013 | ConsumerAffairs I hope your Christmas was less aggravating than mine. While you were presumably basking in the benefits of Santa's largesse, I s...
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