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Are Ebay being a bit cheeky?
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robatwork
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I haven't sold anything for a year or so, but have sold several hundred items and all to/from the same bank account.
They insisted on verifying my bank account with some micro-transactions - no problem. Here they are
They deposited 8p and withdrew 9p. I'm obviously not bothered about the 1p, but more about the principle - 1) they should surely deposit more than they withdraw and 2) If they do this to a million people that's a tidy profit of £10k. I remember a story of someone working at a big credit card company managing to skim micro-transactions from millions of monthly bills ("rounding error") and making hundreds of thousands of pounds.
They insisted on verifying my bank account with some micro-transactions - no problem. Here they are
They deposited 8p and withdrew 9p. I'm obviously not bothered about the 1p, but more about the principle - 1) they should surely deposit more than they withdraw and 2) If they do this to a million people that's a tidy profit of £10k. I remember a story of someone working at a big credit card company managing to skim micro-transactions from millions of monthly bills ("rounding error") and making hundreds of thousands of pounds.
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LBA and small claims process I think ... !0
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That suggestion takes the biscuit.robatwork said:
No LBA. Straight to "Kneecap" Kevin McVitiekm1500 said:LBA and small claims process I think ... !A man walked into a car showroom.
He said to the salesman, “My wife would like to talk to you about the Volkswagen Golf in the showroom window.”
Salesman said, “We haven't got a Volkswagen Golf in the showroom window.”
The man replied, “You have now mate".1 -
Was that the start of Superman 2 ?robatwork said:I haven't sold anything for a year or so, but have sold several hundred items and all to/from the same bank account.
They insisted on verifying my bank account with some micro-transactions - no problem. Here they are
They deposited 8p and withdrew 9p. I'm obviously not bothered about the 1p, but more about the principle - 1) they should surely deposit more than they withdraw and 2) If they do this to a million people that's a tidy profit of £10k. I remember a story of someone working at a big credit card company managing to skim micro-transactions from millions of monthly bills ("rounding error") and making hundreds of thousands of pounds.1 -
A man walked into a car showroom.
He said to the salesman, “My wife would like to talk to you about the Volkswagen Golf in the showroom window.”
Salesman said, “We haven't got a Volkswagen Golf in the showroom window.”
The man replied, “You have now mate".0
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