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eBay's inaction on stolen mobile phones
kevinyork
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Last month, eBay trumpeted the fact that they were cracking down on the sale of barred mobile phones as these were invariably stolen.
Therefore when I came accross listing no 190035381241 I reported it. It clearly says 'blocked within the UK' i.e. its IMEI number has been blocked and it is therefore almost certainly stolen.
The answer came back from eBay later today: 'we have taken the appropriate action'. What appropriate action can they take other than to remove the listing? It clearly contravenes their own rules without a doubt. It was only last month the press report was in all the computer magazines about them banning barred/blocked phones.
Are eBay not now involved in allowing the sale of possible stolen goods given that they know about this listing and have not removed it?
As you can probably tell, Im infuriated by their inane responses to reports once again.
Therefore when I came accross listing no 190035381241 I reported it. It clearly says 'blocked within the UK' i.e. its IMEI number has been blocked and it is therefore almost certainly stolen.
The answer came back from eBay later today: 'we have taken the appropriate action'. What appropriate action can they take other than to remove the listing? It clearly contravenes their own rules without a doubt. It was only last month the press report was in all the computer magazines about them banning barred/blocked phones.
Are eBay not now involved in allowing the sale of possible stolen goods given that they know about this listing and have not removed it?
As you can probably tell, Im infuriated by their inane responses to reports once again.
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My God its gone within 5 mins of posting this......the power of this forum eh????0
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Cant understand that at all......do you think they read this board?0
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I rather suspect that we have a high end powerseller, one of the precious metal ones reading us sometimes as on occasions things have happened within minutes of being posted.
I'll just spring clean round now in case and make the place look tidy shall I?
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incidently on the ime number front, is there anwhere on the net you can put the ime number into the phone to tell if it has been stolen.Listen to what people say, but watch what people what people do!!0
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kevinyork wrote:I know of this one HERE but there is a charge of £3.00. Maybe someone knows where to get this info free?
thanks but i found this link that you can type your ime number into and its FREE, so you can check if its stolen etc.
http://www.amta.org.au/default.asp?Page=405Listen to what people say, but watch what people what people do!!0 -
stolt wrote:thanks but i found this link that you can type your ime number into and its FREE, so you can check if its stolen etc.
http://www.amta.org.au/default.asp?Page=405
Excellent, knew there must be a free alternative. Thanks0 -
Why would eBay remove all their listings of stolen phones? They would take out around 60% of the mobile phone listings!0
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stolt wrote:thanks but i found this link that you can type your ime number into and its FREE, so you can check if its stolen etc.
http://www.amta.org.au/default.asp?Page=405
BUt this one only covers Australian mobiles. Not those in the UK!!Treat others as you would like to be treated :A0
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