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budnonymous


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ebaY Paid Astroturfer Busted Dead in the Rights. Again.
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Hilarious! laughing.gif

Once again an ebay employee gets caught shilling inflagrante delicto at auctionbytes.

eBay Favors Brands and Retailers in Search Results

 

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Please keep in mind that the practice of using paid-word-of-mouth endorsers without proper disclosure is unlawful. Complaints can be filed with the FTC at www.ftc.gov.

In the larger picture it is also likely that the SEC should be advised as well as these practices are designed to deceive not only the general public but shareholders and investors as well.

Readers here will want to see these other related postings.

sandypurins

From the lips of Lieworld

If you have a blog or forum please spread the word about this incident and the overall situation. biggrin.gif





-- Edited by budnonymous on Monday 23rd of April 2012 04:31:18 PM

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Here it is folks.

If you suspect the use of undisclosed paid-word-of-mouth endorsers acting on behalf of unscrupulous entities such as ebaY or paypal, this is the process.

The complaint assistance page is here.

The phone number is 1-877-FTC-HELP

The new(ish) FTC disclosure guidelines page is here.

Here is the full Revised Endorsement Guides (pdf direct download)

Also save this info for other eb-pp related issues such as being billed for 'free' listings, cheated on invoices, victim of 'glitches', time duaration, etc.

They won't act on single cases but rest assured they will act if complaints are received by enough people. So don't be shy. If you feel you've been cheated and or decieved, complain, complain, complain!


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