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The purpose of this topic is to help aggrieved consumers to decide whether they are being scammed, flimflammed, and/or bamboozled by paid word-of-mouth advertisers employed or contracted by, or working on behalf of unscrupulous online payment services. While normally the focus here is to avoid...

Hilarious! From the comments at auctionbytes letters to the editor, whe it appears eb is sending their paid trolls to try and hornswaggle the public and steer the topics with some all too obvious BS.... (Hats off to the poster/commenter here!!! :))) ''our LiveWorld moderators or community manager...

Astroturfing threat to internet GEORGE MONBIOT - Dec 20 2010 14:25 They are the online equivalent of enclosure riots: the haystack-burning, fence-toppling protests by peasants losing their rights to the land. When MasterCard, Visa, PayPal and Amazon tried to shut WikiLeaks out of the c...

Golly gee, another Mega-Seller scandal replete with bogus items, policy violations, corporate shills, obvious feedback manipulation, censorship... My oh my! Same old sleazebaY! It starts out at auctionbytes blog. All it takes is a quick trip to the feedback page of toysrus observing comments l...

FTC Moves To Enforce Rules Against False Online Ads By Barry Levine August 27, 2010 10:37AM An astroturfing settlement with a public-relations agency has launched the Federal Trade Commission's crackdown on false online advertising. Reverb Communications has agreed to stop posting fake game r...

Absolutely hilarious! Tales From The eBay Paid Pumper Diary! by admin on Tuesday, August 17th, 2010 With all the stories circulating on the net about eBay's alleged "Black Budget" that was used to fund anything that eBay did not want on its books, the thought of paid message board and blo...

Understanding ebaY Community Forums Dynamics enjoy!

Hilarious! Once again an ebay employee gets caught shilling inflagrante delicto at auctionbytes. eBay Favors Brands and Retailers in Search Results Uploaded with ImageShack.us Please keep in mind that the practice of using paid-word-of-mouth endorsers without proper disclosure is unlawf...

Now you too can be one of the few, the paid, the trolls! Help stamp out consumer rights and free speech! Make the world safe for corporate pimps, conmen and thieves! Advance to the secret bogus chargeback or circular counterfeit crew! Liveworld Moderation Personnel Application Uploaded with Image...

Ebay kommietards are showing their true colors. "Spin City: eBay Struggles to Control the Message" AuctionBytes Bites Back at eBay ebaY Spins and Loses!

Here we go, this is a must read. Then checkout the comments section. I can't help but wonder if these abusive trolls & stalkers (whom are probably on sleazebay's payroll) will be the death of ebay? Arrogant Seller Admits To Being A Thief In A Public Forum Wow.. Fastestnickel AKA Onefastnickel e...

It doesn't get much more funny than this! Ebay is again re-designing IT's forums. Obviously a move to silence the noise, to further splinter and divide the people, to make the forums less usable and more unpleasant Coming soon: New design and features for the US Discussion Boards Here are a couple...

Saturday, May 28, 2011Good-Bye, eBay and PayPal (and Good Riddance!) bwhahahhahahhahahahaaaaaa! Oh my... -- Edited by budnonymous on Wednesday 3rd of July 2013 12:39:14 AM

ebaY Critic ebaymotorssucks.com Site Hit with DdoS Attack There's been more developments on this since the blog post. Basically it looks as though some entity wants this longtime ebay critic site, ebaymotorssucks.com off the air. Read the comments, then youtube vids: eBayMotorsSucks.com We...

ForumCon 2011 John Bodine Talks About eBay Forum ManipulationBy admin, on September 30th, 2011 Here is an interesting video i found on you tube. Its often said that eBay Pinks get hateful replies to any board posts they either start or engage in. Lets face it, eBay is not a happy place like it was years a...

Fake Persuaders!!!Getting Caught!!! more at link... Whole Foods Is Hot, Wild Oats a Dud -- So Said 'Rahodeb' Then Again, Yahoo Poster Was a Whole Foods Staffer, The CEO to Be Precise By DAVID KESMODEL and JOHN R. WILKE July 12, 2007; Page A1 In January 2005, someone using the name "Rahodeb&quo...

The hollow emptiness in social media numbers - most accounts are fake or empty By Tom Foremski February 14, 2012, 5:45pm PSTSummary: Increasing numbers of studies of social networks point to much smaller numbers of real and active users - sharply reducing the value of the platforms, and social me...

Ebay employees should not be moderators of this subreddit. It is a blatant conflict of interest Small drama on /r/ebay because a mod is also an eBay employee -- Edited by budnonymous on Saturday 14th of April 2012 07:36:40 AM

A triple feature video post regarding the fallout from this Google Vs Oracle situation, to demonstrate that these big corporations lie, cheat, break the law, and display unbelivable levels of arrogance and hubris, all while trying to censor the word of the average person whom has any negative com...

Wow! Buy garbage on sleazebay, get death threats!Outrageous lack of trust and safety Oct 26, 2012 10:34 PMI previously notified you of a seller sending me pirated software and then threatening and verbally abusing me when I left negative feedback. Now another buyer of software from the same seller...

Class action suit being formed to file against Paypal Nov 14, 2012 10:29 AM Anybody out there who has been screwed over by Paypal and/or Inkfrog Shipsaver Insurance is invited to contact me and relate their horror story for consideration in a national lawsuit now be formed. Email moyer@unstamps...

You've got to see this to believe it. Wow, just wow. A quick check-in on eBay/Liveworld -- Edited by budnonymous on Monday 1st of July 2013 09:32:19 PM

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...

Hilarious (however actually doubtful)LiveWorld Transitions Out of Community Center Business And Reconfirms 2013 Guidance ...[LiveWorld] expects its contractual relationship with eBay to end during the summer 2013. ... ... the associated contract is expected to end June 30, 2013 ... Wha...

ebaY Employee Astroturfer Busted Badgering Bloggers cut to the quick here at EcommerceBytes blog, set your CTRL and F for birdieman or here it is documented: http://wp.me/p46z9-IA

LoL! Once more this topic comes up with predictable results. Question- How many "Community Members" are... ...employed by Ebay to either difuse or re-direct regular folks who come here with legitimate Ebay criticisms. It seems that on various threads that attack Ebay, the same peo...

hmm... can't help but wonder why they are showing the ebaY sign here?

Hate those fake five-star Internet reviews? One state's elaborate sting is cracking down on them with fines (video and more at link) -- Edited by budnonymous on Wednesday 25th of September 2013 04:37:20 AM

10 October 2013eBay Stock Is On Fire Meme eBay Stock Is On Fire Meme EventHorizon1984 10 October 2013 "well-biased samples can be employed to produce almost any result anyone may wish." Darrel Huff, How To Lie With Statistics A recent variation of the meme "eBay INC is a long term sto...

Originally discovered and posted here; If you can read this, reblog, post, and/or tweet it! The ebay community and forums are the zone of the target! The job/freelance ad is still active. Elance Job For eBay Amazon Forum Shills & Diffusers

	Forum	Replies	Views	Last Post
forums shills Astroturfers sandypurins (Preview)	CAPP	8	6689	Mar 16, 2012 by budnonymous
The purpose of this topic is to help aggrieved consumers to decide whether they are being scammed, flimflammed, and/or bamboozled by paid word-of-mouth advertisers employed or contracted by, or working on behalf of unscrupulous online payment services. While normally the focus here is to avoid...
shills Astroturfers forums social networking From the lips of Lieworld (Preview)	CAPP	0	6386	Aug 9, 2010 by budnonymous
Hilarious! From the comments at auctionbytes letters to the editor, whe it appears eb is sending their paid trolls to try and hornswaggle the public and steer the topics with some all too obvious BS.... (Hats off to the poster/commenter here!!! :))) *''our LiveWorld moderators or community manager...*
shills Astroturfers forums Astroturfing threat to internet (Preview)	CAPP	0	1790	Dec 20, 2010 by budnonymous
Astroturfing threat to internet GEORGE MONBIOT - Dec 20 2010 14:25 They are the online equivalent of enclosure riots: the haystack-burning, fence-toppling protests by peasants losing their rights to the land. When MasterCard, Visa, PayPal and Amazon tried to shut WikiLeaks out of the c...
Toysrus scandal fraud feedback DSR shills forums censorship TRS sleazebay Toysrus on ebaY Huge Scandal! (Preview)	CAPP	0	5156	Nov 29, 2010 by budnonymous
Golly gee, another Mega-Seller scandal replete with bogus items, policy violations, corporate shills, obvious feedback manipulation, censorship... My oh my! Same old sleazebaY! It starts out at auctionbytes blog. All it takes is a quick trip to the feedback page of toysrus observing comments l...
Astroturfers FTC shills undisclosed FTC Moves To Enforce Rules Against False Online Ads (Preview)	CAPP	0	1644	Aug 28, 2010 by budnonymous
FTC Moves To Enforce Rules Against False Online Ads By Barry Levine August 27, 2010 10:37AM An astroturfing settlement with a public-relations agency has launched the Federal Trade Commission's crackdown on false online advertising. Reverb Communications has agreed to stop posting fake game r...
shills Astroturfers pumpers forums Yahoo finance Tales From The eBay Paid Pumper Diary! (Preview)	CAPP	0	1816	Aug 28, 2010 by budnonymous
Absolutely hilarious! Tales From The eBay Paid Pumper Diary! by admin on Tuesday, August 17th, 2010 With all the stories circulating on the net about eBay's alleged "Black Budget" that was used to fund anything that eBay did not want on its books, the thought of paid message board and blo...
ebaY Paypal community shills Astroturfers pumpers forums Yahoo finance video Understanding ebaY Community Forums Dynamics (Preview)	CAPP	2	2514	Nov 11, 2012 by budnonymous
Understanding ebaY Community Forums Dynamics enjoy!
shills Astroturfers forums FTC complain ebaY Paid Astroturfer Busted Dead in the Rights. Again. (Preview)	CAPP	1	2015	Sep 5, 2010 by budnonymous
Hilarious! Once again an ebay employee gets caught shilling inflagrante delicto at auctionbytes. eBay Favors Brands and Retailers in Search Results Uploaded with ImageShack.us Please keep in mind that the practice of using paid-word-of-mouth endorsers without proper disclosure is unlawf...
shills astroturfers forums.LOLz Liveworld Moderation Personnel Application (Preview)	CAPP	1	3517	Jul 30, 2010 by budnonymous
Now you too can be one of the few, the paid, the trolls! Help stamp out consumer rights and free speech! Make the world safe for corporate pimps, conmen and thieves! Advance to the secret bogus chargeback or circular counterfeit crew! Liveworld Moderation Personnel Application Uploaded with Image...
ebay shills astroturfers scandal John Rathert auctionbytes sleazebay "Spin City: eBay Struggles to Control the Message" (Preview)	CAPP	0	2106	May 1, 2009 by budnonymous
Ebay kommietards are showing their true colors. "Spin City: eBay Struggles to Control the Message" AuctionBytes Bites Back at eBay ebaY Spins and Loses!
ebay forums ebaymotors shills astroturfers sleazebay Arrogant Seller Admits To Being A Thief In A Public Forum (Preview)	CAPP	0	2164	Apr 23, 2011 by budnonymous
Here we go, this is a must read. Then checkout the comments section. I can't help but wonder if these abusive trolls & stalkers (whom are probably on sleazebay's payroll) will be the death of ebay? Arrogant Seller Admits To Being A Thief In A Public Forum Wow.. Fastestnickel AKA Onefastnickel e...
ebay forums redesign shills astroturfers lieworld fail video UK ebaY's latest Move to Exterminate the "Community" (Preview)	CAPP	3	2640	Aug 26, 2011 by budnonymous
It doesn't get much more funny than this! Ebay is again re-designing IT's forums. Obviously a move to silence the noise, to further splinter and divide the people, to make the forums less usable and more unpleasant Coming soon: New design and features for the US Discussion Boards Here are a couple...
ebay paypal forums shills astroturfers censorship complain complaint Observations: Good-Bye, eBay and PayPal (and Good Riddance!) (Preview)	CAPP	11	2839	Jun 28, 2011 by budnonymous
Saturday, May 28, 2011Good-Bye, eBay and PayPal (and Good Riddance!) bwhahahhahahhahahahaaaaaa! Oh my... -- Edited by budnonymous on Wednesday 3rd of July 2013 12:39:14 AM
ebay criticism DdoS hacked shills astroturfers ebaymotors ebaY Critic ebaymotorssucks.com Site Hit with DdoS Attack (Preview)	CAPP	2	2129	Aug 20, 2011 by budnonymous
ebaY Critic ebaymotorssucks.com Site Hit with DdoS Attack There's been more developments on this since the blog post. Basically it looks as though some entity wants this longtime ebay critic site, ebaymotorssucks.com off the air. Read the comments, then youtube vids: eBayMotorsSucks.com We...
ebay forums astroturfers shills ForumCon 2011 John Bodine Talks About eBay Forum Manipulation (Preview)	CAPP	2	3530	Sep 23, 2014 by Naru Messenger
ForumCon 2011 John Bodine Talks About eBay Forum ManipulationBy admin, on September 30th, 2011 Here is an interesting video i found on you tube. Its often said that eBay Pinks get hateful replies to any board posts they either start or engage in. Lets face it, eBay is not a happy place like it was years a...
shills astroturfers forums Chief executive of Whole Foods Market Inc - Message Board Shill (Preview)	CAPP	0	1815	Jul 13, 2007 by budnonymous
Fake Persuaders!!!Getting Caught!!! more at link... Whole Foods Is Hot, Wild Oats a Dud -- So Said 'Rahodeb' Then Again, Yahoo Poster Was a Whole Foods Staffer, The CEO to Be Precise By DAVID KESMODEL and JOHN R. WILKE July 12, 2007; Page A1 In January 2005, someone using the name "Rahodeb&quo...
shills astroturfers social networking fraud Internet Water Army trust ebay paypal twitter The hollow emptiness in social media numbers - most accounts are fake or empty (Preview)	CAPP	5	3155	Aug 8, 2013 by budnonymous
The hollow emptiness in social media numbers - most accounts are fake or empty By Tom Foremski February 14, 2012, 5:45pm PSTSummary: Increasing numbers of studies of social networks point to much smaller numbers of real and active users - sharply reducing the value of the platforms, and social me...
sleazebay shills astroturfers employees reddit Ebay employees should not be moderators of this subreddit (Preview)	CAPP	0	1507	Apr 14, 2012 by budnonymous
Ebay employees should not be moderators of this subreddit. It is a blatant conflict of interest Small drama on /r/ebay because a mod is also an eBay employee -- Edited by budnonymous on Saturday 14th of April 2012 07:36:40 AM
google oracle shills astroturfers social media video news reporting journalism PR Google Vs Oracle: Busted for Astroturfing (Preview)	CAPP	0	1997	Aug 22, 2012 by budnonymous
A triple feature video post regarding the fallout from this Google Vs Oracle situation, to demonstrate that these big corporations lie, cheat, break the law, and display unbelivable levels of arrogance and hubris, all while trying to censor the word of the average person whom has any negative com...
ebay death threats counterfeit shills forums Outrageous lack of trust and safety (Preview)	CAPP	0	1602	Oct 27, 2012 by budnonymous
Wow! Buy garbage on sleazebay, get death threats!Outrageous lack of trust and safety Oct 26, 2012 10:34 PMI previously notified you of a seller sending me pirated software and then threatening and verbally abusing me when I left negative feedback. Now another buyer of software from the same seller...
paypal class action lawsuit forums shills censorship Class action suit being formed to file against Paypal - When Shills Attack (Preview)	CAPP	2	1881	Nov 15, 2012 by budnonymous
Class action suit being formed to file against Paypal Nov 14, 2012 10:29 AM Anybody out there who has been screwed over by Paypal and/or Inkfrog Shipsaver Insurance is invited to contact me and relate their horror story for consideration in a national lawsuit now be formed. Email moyer@unstamps...
sleazebay forums shills A quick check-in on eBay/Liveworld (Preview)	CAPP	2	1366	Mar 9, 2013 by budnonymous
You've got to see this to believe it. Wow, just wow. A quick check-in on eBay/Liveworld -- Edited by budnonymous on Monday 1st of July 2013 09:32:19 PM
ebay customer service forums shills Overseas Customer Service Representatives (Preview)	CAPP	0	1620	Apr 4, 2013 by budnonymous
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...
ebaY forums LiveWorld moderation shills LiveWorld Expected to End Contract with ebaY (Preview)	CAPP	10	3591	Jul 11, 2013 by budnonymous
Hilarious (however actually doubtful)LiveWorld Transitions Out of Community Center Business And Reconfirms 2013 Guidance ...[LiveWorld] expects its contractual relationship with eBay to end during the summer 2013. ... ... the associated contract is expected to end June 30, 2013 ... Wha...
ebay shills astroturfers personnel employee sleazebay ebaY Employee Astroturfer Busted Badgering Bloggers (Preview)	CAPP	0	1735	Jul 24, 2013 by budnonymous
ebaY Employee Astroturfer Busted Badgering Bloggers cut to the quick here at EcommerceBytes blog, set your CTRL and F for birdieman or here it is documented: http://wp.me/p46z9-IA
ebaY forums shills astroturfers fake Question- How many "Community Members" are... (and jobs posting on ebaY forums) (Preview)	CAPP	0	1819	Sep 19, 2013 by budnonymous
LoL! Once more this topic comes up with predictable results. Question- How many "Community Members" are... ...employed by Ebay to either difuse or re-direct regular folks who come here with legitimate Ebay criticisms. It seems that on various threads that attack Ebay, the same peo...
shills fake astroturfers reviews paypal ebay Operation Clean Turf Hate those fake five-star Internet reviews? One state's elaborate sting is cracking down on them with fines (Preview)	CAPP	2	1838	Sep 25, 2013 by budnonymous
hmm... can't help but wonder why they are showing the ebaY sign here? Hate those fake five-star Internet reviews? One state's elaborate sting is cracking down on them with fines (video and more at link) -- Edited by budnonymous on Wednesday 25th of September 2013 04:37:20 AM
ebay finance pumpers shills astroturfers image eBay Stock Is On Fire Meme (Preview)	CAPP	1	1743	Oct 17, 2013 by budnonymous
10 October 2013eBay Stock Is On Fire Meme eBay Stock Is On Fire Meme EventHorizon1984 10 October 2013 *"well-biased samples can be employed to produce almost any result anyone may wish."* *Darrel Huff, How To Lie With Statistics* A recent variation of the meme "eBay INC is a long term sto...
ebay forums shills astroturfers posers Elance Job For eBay Amazon Forum Shills & Diffusers (Preview)	CAPP	0	1837	Jan 9, 2014 by budnonymous
Originally discovered and posted here; If you can read this, reblog, post, and/or tweet it! The ebay community and forums are the zone of the target! The job/freelance ad is still active. Elance Job For eBay Amazon Forum Shills & Diffusers