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As shoplifters use high-tech scams, retail losses rise
Theft rings alter bar codes, work gift-card swindles; fencing the loot online

(a few brief highlights, bolded comments by yours truly)

...Retailers responding to a National Retail Federation survey last year estimated that 70% of gift cards sold in eBay were fraudulently obtained...
(Sounds like there is room for improvement there, as approx. 90% of some ebay categories items are fakes, fraud, or counterfeits)

...Hani Durzy, an eBay spokesman, says the company changed its policy in an effort to thwart criminals.(yarrrite, thwarting criminals my a$$!, I think they mean trying to avert negative publicity. BTW, that name is spelled wrong, isn't it?)


Listings are policed by eBay investigators, he says, ...Ahem, ebay investigators? I bet he means all the poor koolaid drinking sleazebay cult followers that get pimped and freeloaded into acting as junior sleazebay snitches, all for a cyber slap on the back! bwhaahaaha!!!... oops, they also get inside tips on how to run the best scams and turn in their competitors listings, nevermind...)

...and its 203 million users also alert the company to potential violations. With upward of 100 million items for sale on eBay at any given time, ...ahem, what are those numbers at medved and psu? They must be wrong, eh?...

and seven million new items added every day, staying on top of every listing is difficult, he says. (BTW, Wasn't that the same person on the sleazebay suXpress commercials, the one with the long wooden nose?)

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By "investigators"  are they refering to Sandy and Clinic, reporting the "NO PAPAL" logos?  Other than that,  anything goes on E-BAY!




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Aaaahhh, so the investigators are also instigators?
Is that what sleazebay calls multi-tasking?

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Slandy's an interagator! ??  ??


Bella is her intersessor


Tex is intermittent


Dan has been intered


Clinic is interbred   &




-- Edited by IceBlueEyes at 14:33, 2006-10-26

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I'd like to thank anonymous for digging up that article. As usual it's very relevant and provides more proof of the evil eBay empire.

I especially appreciate the highlighting and editorial included letting me know which parts of the article where accurate and which were lies. Clearly it's just another example of sneaky lies mixed in with good journalism. We can never be too careful that someone might read something as fact when it's just lies, lies, lies.

Everyday, in everyway, I'm getting healthier and healthier.

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