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PayPal Does Something Truly Evil
Yahoo Finance ^ | 01/03/2012 | By Mike Schuster

Posted on 01/04/2012 3:31:35 PM PST by Swordmaker

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To: Oatka

No, but the highest bid was $73, as I said, why didn’t he bid 74, 75, 76, why did he bid just above my supposedly “secret” max of 81? Something fishy.


41 posted on 01/04/2012 5:47:49 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: Oatka

Never mind, I get it, he must have proxy bid himself!


42 posted on 01/04/2012 5:49:32 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: Revolting cat!

eBay’s system doesn’t bid in increments for the autobid. So assume you bid $10, max of $30. If someone comes in and bids less than $30, It should have what they bid, then your autobid going higher. But if they type a max bid of $50, it’ll jump straight to the first bid that’s higher than yours, $31.


43 posted on 01/04/2012 7:58:28 PM PST by Svartalfiar
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To: Svartalfiar

Gotcha!


44 posted on 01/04/2012 8:04:49 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: Swordmaker

Well, surely Paypal can provide her with a copy of the appraisal that they had performed in order to ascertain that the item was, in fact, a counterfeit and worthless...right? Right?


45 posted on 01/04/2012 8:13:51 PM PST by garandgal
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To: Swordmaker

I would say a third party cannot legally tell someone to distroy something that does not belong to them...did they have it verified as a fake, if not I hope the seller takes them for thousands....along with the idiot that destroyed it...unless they have it in writing from ebay/paypal, they are in for a lawsuit...


46 posted on 01/04/2012 8:19:18 PM PST by goat granny
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To: Revolting cat!

There is also www service software that can make final bids for you:
https://www.bidnapper.com/

Additionally if you are looking for a rare something or other on Ebay, but don’t want to have to search every day for it, there is an auto www search sevice that sends an Email report that I use at:
http://www.searchdome.com/ebay/


47 posted on 01/04/2012 8:28:54 PM PST by dickmc
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To: dickmc

Cool, thank you. I just downloaded a Chrome browser extension, that just sends info but performs no other actions.


48 posted on 01/04/2012 8:33:19 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: garandgal
Well, surely Paypal can provide her with a copy of the appraisal that they had performed in order to ascertain that the item was, in fact, a counterfeit and worthless...right? Right?

RRRRIIIIIIIIIIGGGGHHHHTTTT.... crickets... crickets... crickets...

49 posted on 01/04/2012 10:18:18 PM PST by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft product "insult" free zone.)
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To: Revolting cat!
Never mind, I get it, he must have proxy bid himself!

That's it. Sometimes these snipers get too smart for themselves as they put in some REALLY ridiculous price in order to outbid everybody. A couple of times I have seen a $100 antique reloading tool go for $500 and when you check the bidders, you see where one guy bid $490 and another bid $500. Oops! Dunno if, under those situations, the buyer ever paid up.

50 posted on 01/05/2012 5:28:00 AM PST by Oatka (ex-navy/army/marine)
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To: Swordmaker

Paypal is perhaps the greatest advance in business in say 500 years.

Paypal enables safe transactions not previously possible without severe delay


51 posted on 01/05/2012 5:55:28 AM PST by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 ..... Crucifixion is coming)
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52 posted on 01/05/2012 7:47:43 AM PST by TheOldLady (FReepmail me to get ON or OFF the ZOT LIGHTNING ping list)
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To: Swordmaker

If I have to use paypal, I cancel the order and go elsewhere. I’ll pay more to avoid using paypal. Burned once, twice shy.


53 posted on 01/05/2012 11:22:15 AM PST by TheOldLady (FReepmail me to get ON or OFF the ZOT LIGHTNING ping list)
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