xppman wrote: I guess your right. I'm a hypocrite because I list a few items here and there on a web site called feebay and I STILL have a PP account too.
Boy that really hurts.
I don't think it hurts very much. I don't think it hurts at all. If it did you wouldn't list on eBay. What you do list on eBay and then chide others about what a silly thing listing on eBay is.
What bothers you is it delights me so much that you do what you do.
And looking at the hit counts on the FEW items I even bother to throw up there. It won't be long, I just need a nudge. Hey... did you know during Xmas, I didn't even list over there but maybe three things all month I think.
A FRAUDSTER sold an incredible £100,000 of luxury goods on eBay – while illegally pocketing thousands of pounds in benefits.>
Barry McNaughton ran a thriving business selling electrical equipment and luxury goods on the internet auction site from his home.
But all the time he claimed he was unemployed and unable to work due to depression. He hadn't registered his money-spinning operation as a business – and racked up more than £16,700 by fraudulently claiming benefits.
Police at first thought McNaughton, who is today beginning a prison sentence for the fraud, was handling stolen goods because of all the high-value items he was dealing in.
But further investigations revealed that McNaughton had travelled to Kent visiting markets where he bought cheap goods which he sold on for a profit.
When fraud investigators and police searched the 37-year-old's home in Havant Road, Farlington, Portsmouth, in September 2005 they discovered six bottles of Champagne under his bed.
And they found two Rolex watches worth £10,000, a Tag Heure watch, a new plasma flat-screen television and a Sony computer in the property.
McNaughton had also kitted out his home with a top-of-the-range Smeg dishwasher, Smeg washing machine and Smeg fridge.
Prosecutors say he raked in more than £100,000 from internet bidders between 2003 and 2006, and all the time was claiming income support, housing benefit and council tax benefit.
At Portsmouth Crown Court, McNaughton admitted two counts of failing to notify the Department for Work and Pensions of a change of circumstance, namely that he was running a business, and one count of false accounting.
He was jailed for six months, and ordered to pay back the £16,750 of benefit he claimed fraudulently.
McNaughton and his sister-in-law, Michelle McNaughton, had already been to court for offences of computer misuse and deception in a separate hearing. Those charges related to McNaughton using his sister-in-law's eBay user name.
For those offences, Barry McNaughton was ordered to complete 80 hours community service, while Michelle McNaughton was given a conditional discharge.
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Two National Guardsmen who served in Iraq have been arrested, accused of illegally selling thousands of dollars of stolen military gear — from night-vision equipment to body armor — on eBay.
Lee N. Shobe, 28, of Toledo, and Christopher R. Henkel, 36, of Decatur, were released on their own recognizance Tuesday after appearing in U.S. District Court in Urbana. They were arrested Friday on charges of stealing government property, and their cases were turned over to a federal grand jury.
Henkel and Shobe belong to Headquarters Company of the 2nd Battalion, 130th Infantry, based in Champaign, Army National Guard Col. Alicia Tate-Nadeau said. Shobe worked as a unit supply specialist, according to the complaint.
According to a criminal complaint, the pair sold military gear to undercover agents for more than $7,000. Henkel allegedly listed a global positioning system, night-vision equipment and clothing on the Internet auction site Ebay, and had buyers from the United States, Germany, Greece, Italy and Canada. Shobe allegedly sold a Taser, armor and other gear.
Authorities didn't say how they believe the men acquired the gear. But according to the complaint, Shobe told another person that some of the body armor was found in a duffel bag belonging to a a soldier from Chicago who was AWOL. The armor would have sold for several thousand dollars in the city, Shobe allegedly speculated.
San Jose, Calif.-based eBay prohibits the auction of military objects, ordnance and grenades, including body armor, night-vision gear and other items that can't clearly be identified as coming from a legitimate source, company spokeswoman Catherine England said.
The company reports potentially stolen goods to police, but in the Illinois case only provided records after being contacted by law enforcement, she said.
Henkel declined comment today. A message left at a Toledo telephone listing for Lee Shobe was not returned. Both men have retained attorneys, according to court documents, but neither attorney could be reached for comment today.
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You'll have to excuse me for being amused at someone that uses eBay while urging everyone else not to, but it's too funny to pass up.
Look you fu#king moron. The messages are clear to anyone but a complete idiot like yourself.
1) Depend less on eBay and more on yourself. This means: GET A WEBSITE AND SPEND LESS ON feeBay FEES.
2) Never leave money in a PP account. This means: DON'T ALLOW SOME UNDER REGULATED CROOKS TO PLAY WITH YOUR MONEY.
3) Don't believe the criminals LieWorld hires to lie to the world. This means: THE BOARDS AND OTHER FORUMS ARE SEEDED WITH UNDERHANDED FRAUDS LIKE YOU. WORKING FOR YET ANOTHER SLEAZY COMPANY. (I will LMAO if and when someone decides TO KICK YOUR ASPS).
ALL your beloved companies are on thier way out... and you know it. Every quarter, more buyers and sellers alike, turn away from feeBay... and you know that too. Day by day (actually with-in only a matter of posts), people who do go to your seeded boards... KNOW real fast who has thier planted far up eBay's Asp.
You know anon, every time I talk to people who have used eBay, I hear the same thing. For the most part millions are done buying, due to eBay's lax stance on the rampant fraud.
Maybe we should all send in a suggestion to change the name to the more fitting and truly descriptive name that feeBay has become.
FraudBay
I love it... because every time someone gets burnt on feeBay, they wont shop there any longer. Us smart people with REAL online stores LOVE this.
The messages are clear to anyone but a complete idiot like yourself.
1) Depend less on eBay and more on yourself. This means: GET A WEBSITE AND SPEND LESS ON feeBay FEES.
2) Never leave money in a PP account. This means: DON'T ALLOW SOME UNDER REGULATED CROOKS TO PLAY WITH YOUR MONEY.
3) Don't believe the criminals LieWorld hires to lie to the world. This means: THE BOARDS AND OTHER FORUMS ARE SEEDED WITH UNDERHANDED FRAUDS LIKE YOU. WORKING FOR YET ANOTHER SLEAZY COMPANY. (I will LMAO if and when someone decides TO KICK YOUR ASPS).
ALL your beloved companies are on thier way out... and you know it. Every quarter, more buyers and sellers alike, turn away from feeBay... and you know that too. Day by day (actually with-in only a matter of posts), people who do go to your seeded boards... KNOW real fast who has thier planted far up eBay's Asp.
Just wanted to give you the FACTS.
IS THAT MY PADDLE? You've been in my drawers again haven't you!
Have you SEEN the pissed off people on Page 1 of the Paypal board? The Anti's have filibustered the Pros. Lieworld needs to hire a whole bunch more liars. Slandy's ? is getting hoarse. Clinic just doesn't have what it takes anymore. All 9 of her other ID's are old and tired. I think poor Jake DIED or something. MEMEs at that awkard age, she's swinging both ways. Can't commit. Mikie is MIA.
It's hard to watch sometimes. <- (I made a little joke )
The best FACT you've given me is you still use eBay. For that I thank you, it adds something to your posts, rants, and sermons. Go ahead and come up with the junior high tradition of making up names like, ePay, FraudBay, SleazeBay, etc.. Go ahead and talk the talk, then list on eBay. I won't laugh. Okay, I'll laugh, but you knew that.
Oh, and BTW calling you names, is all that's left, because you can't reason with morons, idiots and cons. It's impossible. OK there is one thing left but I won't go there. Just remember, everyone meets his/her maker one day. What will be your testament to the man above? That you lied cheated and conned people for a living? WOW I can see it now. You'll be going Oh wait... your already go on PP... ALL DAY LONG.
So Bored Bitch, all the names you called me really WAS you being affectionate?
I thought so. You me
Psst, Anon, now that we have a bored bitch, what do you do with one? Feed it? disinfect it? step on it? shoot it? stuff it? I know, preheat your oven to 450....................
Oh I am sure we all willl Xppman, except for the ones we own, the ones,errr... I mean LOSERS who will be chained to this board while the rest of us are ROFLAO
You have a good one too.
oh prison bitch, bored/board prison bitch...
Youre worth about a candy-bar, and a pack of cigar-ettes...
BWHAAAAAAAA!
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Popular online marketplaces that have made it easier for thieves to sell stolen property also are making it easier than ever for victims to track what was taken from them. Before the emergence of marketplaces such as eBay, petty thieves turned regularly to pawnshops to unload stolen gadgets, jewelry and other items. That left their victims no easy way to find and recover their property. Now, by using search engines, victims are often able to locate what was stolen and take steps to get it back.
"It's kind of evolved with the Internet," says Larry Abrahamson, district attorney in Colorado's Larimer County. "Basically, if a victim (in the past) wanted to find something that was stolen, they'd go and search the local pawnshops. Now all you've got to do is sit down at your computer. It's made it easier for victims."
Abrahamson's office is pursing a case in which security officers at a Fort Collins high school found 32 stolen computers for sale on eBay. The computers were taken in a break-in during the school's winter recess. Police were able to use the online listing to find and arrest two 17-year-old students, he says.
"It literally took a minute, a minute and a half to find them," says Norm Bastian, security manager of the Poudre School District in Fort Collins.
No one keeps track of how often victims or authorities recover stolen property online. Abrahamson says police still check with pawnbrokers as part of theft investigations more often than they search for items online. The largest online marketplace, eBay, cooperates daily with law enforcement but will not disclose the number of cases in which it is asked for assistance, spokeswoman Catherine England says.
Such searches are not without obstacles. EBay alone adds about 6 million items a day, and even if stolen property shows up on the site, picking it out from among dozens of similar items isn't always easy.
Even so, "We've actually heard from law enforcement that eBay is probably one of the dumbest places criminals can go to try to sell stolen property," England says. That's because sellers need to provide detailed personal information so they can be paid.
Tammy Schroden spent the better part of a day tracking down her son's possessions on eBay after they were stolen from a Northwestern University fraternity house in Evanston, Ill., in June. She located his Nintendo game system and tipped off campus police, who bid on it but lost out to another bidder at the last minute, school spokesman Charles Loebbaka says.
Schroden's own bid - $35 for two of her son's video games - was a winner, though. When the games arrived in the mail, they had "Schroden" written on the back, she says. Eventually, Loebbaka says, campus police identified a 17-year-old from Evanston as the seller, and persuaded the boy's father to give back a stolen laptop and printer and to pay $2,600 restitution. "If I didn't pursue this," Schroden says, "I know it wouldn't have gotten as far as it did."
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In Cumberland County a pair of teenagers are facing charges in a spree of burglaries.
Police say 18-year-old Jared McGehan and a 16-year-old partner broke into at least six businesses around Hampden Township overnight Sunday into Monday morning.
Investigators say the teens targeted mostly sporting goods stores and car stereo shops and made off with thousands of dollars worth of merchandise.
"They were going to sell them at flea markets and on eBay," said Sgt. Steven Shissler, Hampden Twp. Police.
McGehan and the 16-year-old were caught when a local businessman spotted them sifting through the stolen goods in a parking lot.
Police say the teens may also be responsible for several break-ins in Northern York County.
Once again, we see the youth of our nation, being lured into a life of sleazery, by an evil online auction giant/barbarian, with dollar signs in IT's eyes, a fondness for underage youngsters, and a wrench in IT's pockets.
-- Edited by anonymous at 17:46, 2007-01-23
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Marcus Leroux and Dimon de Bruxelles # Brand new BMW parts advertised # Police cordon off Branscombe beach As police attempted to bring order to Branscombe beach yesterday, the original owners of looted possessions were plotting how to regain their goods — some of which have already turned up on eBay.
After hundreds of people had ransacked containers washed up from the stricken cargo vessel MSC Napoli, the beach was closed to stop the previous days’ chaotic scenes. Officials from the Maritime and Coastguard Agency described looters who carried off hundreds of thousands of pounds’ worth of free goods, from motorcycles to cosmetics and nappies, as “ despicable”. By opening the containers they had made the clean-up operation “800 per cent” more difficult, they said.
BMW, who had components and motorcycles on board the Napoli, have appointed a recovery agency to track down missing goods. Yesterday dozens of new BMW parts were popping up for sale in the Devon area. Some sellers were even advertising the fact that the items had come from Branscombe beach.
An eBay spokeswoman said that the site only removed items if there had been a specific complaint from police, but could not confirm if one had been received.
BMW had been shipping 77 containers from Germany to a South African assembly plant; the company says it does not know how many of the containers have been lost. A spokeswoman said: “We will have to wait until we can start salvaging to see what has gone overboard.” She added that the company was fully insured and would not suffer any costs as a result of losses or the recovery of goods. The value of the shipment was in the “low single- digit millions of euros”. The cargo included 39 motorcycles worth up to £15,000 each.
More people headed for Branscombe beach overnight, but they met a very different scene from the free-for-all of previous days. The narrow lanes were lined with flatbed trucks and vans rented as far away as Manchester and Liverpool.
Most were forced to abandon their vehicles miles from the beach and walk through the police cordon, only to end up cold, bedraggled and exhausted facing a long walk back up the hill with goods they could barely carry. After two days of high tides and scavenging most of what was left on the beach was smashed, worthless or impossible to shift. Girls dug with their hands under layers of ruined polystyrene lining, hoping to find more of the Estée Lauder and Lancôme cosmetics that had spilt from one container.
Now that the containers have been secured, anyone removing items will be warned that they are stealing. Those who have already taken goods have 28 days to declare them or face prosecution under the Merchant Shipping Act 1995. Anyone trying to sell what they have taken from the beach on ebay could be prosecuted for handling stolen goods.
John Williams, 40, was close to collapse after rolling a new BMW gearbox along the beach inside an oak wine barrel. He was forced to stop half a mile short of the road suffering from exhaustion. He said: “It is very tiring taking it across the pebbles and I have no idea how I will make the three miles up the hill to the car.
“The container full of cosmetics is empty. I got the last thing in it which was a tub of rejuvenating cream. I really need that now.”
There was good news for one couple who feared that they had lost a crate of personal possessions, including irreplacable family heirlooms and goods intended for charity. As reported in The Times yesterday, Jan and Anita Bokdal were shocked to see TV footage of people rifling through their belongings. But the Maritime and Coastguard Agency said that a member of the public had returned Anita Bokdal’s items.
Hey, what's not SLEAZY about all that?
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A former Pima County Sheriff's armorer and former sergeant and supervisor of the Pima Regional Training Center have been forced to resign after being charged with stealing and selling arms, armor and weapons that were either purchased or seized by the Pima County Sheriff's Department.
Thomas Sibley and Thayer Thacker are now the subject of an aggressive criminal investigation.
Former Sheriff's Sgt. Thayer Thacker was assisnged to the Pima Regional Training Center. He'd been with the department for 15 years.
Thacker even received the Medal of Valor in 1987.
The 41-year-old was twice nominated deputy of the quarter. Now he's facing possible criminal charges.
Capt. Chris Radtke says, "He admits to selling numerous M-14 rifle magazines and he knew Mr. Sibley, his subordinate, had sold two high-capacity magazine's that had been received from Property and Evidence."
Thomas Sibley was responsible for the sheriff's department armor. He'd been with the PCSO for 12 years after serving in the military.
The 60-year-old was a decorated soldier. He was a member of the Special Forces and his evaluation specifically noted as he"far exceeds job requirements in the area of tracking and monitoring weapons inventories."
It was some of those inventories sheriff's offiicals say he stole and sold on line.
"He admitted to selling 14 weapons which included 11 handguns, 2 shotguns and one rifle. Kept one handgun for personal use."
The 14 weapons and the handgun he kept for personal use have all been recovered.
Sheriff's officals say there's no evidence that the buyers knew they were stolen.
Radtke worked with both Thacker and Sibley and says he's shocked and dismayed by their behavior.
"There was no reason for us to distrust these people. They were selected to be out there based on their background and what we thought was their intregity."
The case is being investigated by the Pima County Attorney's office and ATF.
We tried to talk to some of the officers at the training center and we we were told they weren't allowed to talk with us. We tried to talk to Thacker, and we left a message for Sibley.
I did talk to Sgt. Chris Rogers who heads the Pima County Sheriff's Department Association. He represents the majority of the commissioned officers.
He tells me both Thacker and Sibley were highly respected they trusted them and they are in total disbelief. They're wating to see how all this plays out.
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Your Stolen Items Could End Up On eBay FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- It's the most popular way to buy and sell items online, but eBay is also becoming a market for a new generation of crooks.NBC 6's Willard Shepard talked to a South Florida resident who found his stolen items up for sale on the popular Web site.Jim Reuth said his trailer, containing valuable collector train sets, was stolen from outside his photography business in Broward County. He said he found his items on eBay.