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Alternatives to ebay (like selling on hotukdeals)
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a drop in the ocean vs eBay
anyway,you have yet to answer my question on what the forum does with these logged IP addresses
Provide them to the police. Look at the avforums. 3 million sales and only 100 problems (most of which have been resolved).This is a system account and does not represent a real person. To contact the Forum Team email forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com0 -
berbastrike wrote: »Provide them to the police. Look at the avforums. 3 million sales and only 100 problems (most of which have been resolved).
If it's that easy. I'm surprised you haven't set up your own auction site.0 -
berbastrike wrote: »Provide them to the police. Look at the avforums. 3 million sales and only 100 problems (most of which have been resolved).
so you go to the police and hand over an IP address
then what happens?
are you privy to all that happens on AV forums? or just the public threads?0 -
so you go to the police and hand over an IP address
then what happens?
are you privy to all that happens on AV forums? or just the public threads?
If there is just the threat that IP addresses will be given out, it will stop some fraudsters. And also, if you are sending the item to an address, you have the person's address.
In fact, I would say there is higher chance of being conned on ebay since there are fraudsters worldwide ie Nigeria on there.This is a system account and does not represent a real person. To contact the Forum Team email forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com0 -
berbastrike wrote: »If there is just the threat that IP addresses will be given out, it will stop some fraudsters. And also, if you are sending the item to an address, you have the person's address.
In fact, I would say there is higher chance of being conned on ebay since there are fraudsters worldwide ie Nigeria on there.
so what you're saying is you have no protection for buyers?
just a "threat" an IP address will be given out to someone?
so what would the police do with that IP address?
its a simple question given you are holding IP addresses as a system of protection.
as for eBay protection. its far higher than any forum0 -
so what you're saying is you have no protection for buyers?
just a "threat" an IP address will be given out to someone?
so what would the police do with that IP address?
its a simple question given you are holding IP addresses as a system of protection.
as for eBay protection. its far higher than any forum
What protection does ebay have that a forum wouldn't?This is a system account and does not represent a real person. To contact the Forum Team email forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com0 -
berbastrike wrote: »What protection does ebay have that a forum wouldn't?
do you know how ebay and paypal protection works?0 -
do you know how ebay and paypal protection works?
no, please explain why it makes ebay more secure than a forum/This is a system account and does not represent a real person. To contact the Forum Team email forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com0 -
berbastrike wrote: »no, please explain why it makes ebay more secure than a forum/
hold on
you are telling us why the forum should offer BST over eBay
when you don't even understand how eBay works?
go do some reading on buyer protection,Im not spoon feeding you
when you come back perhaps you can tell us what happens when you give the police those IP addresses as well0 -
hold on
you are telling us why the forum should offer BST over eBay
when you don't even understand how eBay works?
go do some reading on buyer protection,Im not spoon feeding you
when you come back perhaps you can tell us what happens when you give the police those IP addresses as well
How does buyer protection work?This is a system account and does not represent a real person. To contact the Forum Team email forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com0
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