[Milsurplus] What's up on eBay?

[w7fe]

Look in the upper right corner of the description block, right under the 
'print' and  'report item' icons.  Small print.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Edsall" <dedsall at myfairpoint.net>
To: <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 5:28 PM
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] What's up on eBay?


> Sorry, David, but I checked many other sales, including items by sellers
> known to me personally, all with high scores.
> All item numbers are gone.
> Looks like a change of some sort.
> It would serve to prevent using one of the bidder services.
> 73, David W1TDD
> Woodstock, VT
>
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: David I. Emery
> Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 8:17 PM
> To: David Edsall
> Cc: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] What's up on eBay?
>
> On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 08:11:40PM -0400, David Edsall wrote:
>> Good evening all,
>>
>> I just checked a couple of items on eBay and the item numbers are missing
>> or
>> deleted.
>
> That usually indicates that Ebay pulled the auction due to (suspected)
> fraud of some kind.    Often the listings are fakes (no real item exists
> and is for sale) - occasionally it happens when a particular seller is
> banished... and all his auctions removed.
>
> Happens to me fairly frequently (as a potential bidder, not seller)...
> usually I myself suspected the item in question was unlikely to be 
> legit...
> and sure enough the auction and any public recognition of the item number
> soon vanished.
>
>>
>> Anyone know what's going on?  Or should I just restart my computer?
>>
>> &3, David W1TDD
>> Woodstock, VT
>>
>>
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> in
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