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Re: [Healeys] ebay fake listing again

To: "Patrick and Caroline Quinn" <p_cquinn@tpg.com.au>, "'BJ8Healeys'"
Subject: Re: [Healeys] ebay fake listing again
From: "keith taylor" <kt20@dodo.com.au>
Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2007 16:03:03 +1000
YES IT WAS PATRICK
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Patrick and Caroline Quinn" <p_cquinn@tpg.com.au>
To: "'BJ8Healeys'" <sbyers@ec.rr.com>; <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2007 1:30 PM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] ebay fake listing again


> G'day
>
> Just came back from emptying the local antique stores and missed the bogus
> listing. I think it's been removed.
>
> Was it the dark green BJ8?
>
> Hoo Roo
>
> Patrick Quinn
> Sydney, Australia
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: healeys-bounces+p_cquinn=tpg.com.au@autox.team.net
> [mailto:healeys-bounces+p_cquinn=tpg.com.au@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of
> BJ8Healeys
> Sent: Saturday, 8 September 2007 12:17 PM
> To: healeys@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] ebay fake listing again
>
> Hi, Keith -
> It's not so easy as having just a single button to push, and I don't know 
> if
> the Aussie version of eBay looks the same as the U.S. version, but this is
> how I do it:
>
> At the bottom of the eBay description for the car, select REPORT THIS ITEM
> This brings up a menu.  If you select EBAY MOTORS OR VEHICLE RELATED, as 
> you
> might guess, you'll just go around in circles.  Instead, select FRAUDULENT
> LISTINGS (ILLEGAL SELLER DEMANDS, YOU DIDN'T RECEIVE ITEM, ETC.)
> This brings up a second menu.  Select YOU SUSPECT A LISTING IS FRAUDULENT,
> YOU DIDN'T BID.
>
> Click the CONTINUE button.
> This brings up a screen including CONTACT CUSTOMER SUPPORT.
> Under that is EMAIL US.  Click on that link.  Type in your User Name and
> Password if not already logged in.
> Finally, a screen comes up with the item number pre-printed in, and you 
> have
> a space to report your suspicions that the item is fraudulent, and your
> reasons.  Click the SUBMIT button.
>
> This process is cumbersome and lengthy, but after you go through it a few
> times you can click through quickly enough.  I have found that the item is
> usually removed from the listings within an hour or two after I report it.
> I just reported a fraudulent BJ8 ad yesterday and it was gone within about
> 15 minutes.  Since I track BJ8s, it's pretty easy for me to spot the 
> frauds
> quickly.  I enjoy making the scammers wonder why their ads are gone so 
> soon
> after they put them up.
>
> Happy Healeying!
> Steve Byers
> HBJ8L/36666
> BJ8 Registry
> Havelock, NC  USA
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