[meteorite-list] Notice to eBay Meteorite Sellers

From: cdtucson at cox.net <*cdtucson_at_meteoritecentral.com*> Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2015 14:23:22 -0500 Message-ID: <20150302142322.MZBDD.476889.imail_at_fed1rmwml108> · cdtucson_at_meteoritecentral.com

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---- Galactic Stone & Ironworks via Meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote: 
> Hi Ron,
> 
> That is exactly the line of thinking I had in mind.  I try not to
> share my financial information online anywhere unless it's necessary
> and then it is through PayPal only.  If PayPal gets hacked, fine.
> 
> eBay, Facebook, Twitter, or any other websites do not need direct
> access to my bank accounts.
> 
> If I sell on eBay, then eBay has a clear and understandable need to
> access your financial information - to pay your seller fees, or to
> reimburse in the case of seller fraud.
> 
> But, if I am not selling, then why should I link my account?  What is
> the benefit to me as a buyer?
> 
> Now, let's look at the ongoing increase in buyer fraud and
> PayPal-manipulation by unethical buyers.  eBay might have an interest
> in making sure they have greater access to a buyer's information, just
> in case the buyer commits a clear case of fraud.  eBay and the seller
> would have greater potential recourse against a criminal buyer.  So
> perhaps this seller setting requirement is a new option to combat
> buyer fraud?  Maybe this is a new setting in the seller dashboard
> somewhere.  If it is, I cannot see it, because I poked around in the
> seller settings just to look.
> 
> I will take a screen shot of it the next time I encounter it.  I think
> one of the sellers was a dealer in Europe, maybe France.  One of the
> dealers was a US-based one.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> MikeG
> 
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> On 3/1/15, Ron Baalke via Meteorite-list
> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> What I am referring to is bidder requirements.  I tried to place a bid
> >> on two different specimens from two different dealers and both times
> >> eBay stopped me and said I could not bid because my PayPal account is
> >> not "linked" to eBay.
> >>
> >
> > For security reasons, it's just a very bad idea to link any of your online
> > accounts together.
> > Period.  This applies not just to ebay & paypal, but Twitter, Facebook,
> > etc.
> >
> > Ebay has been hacked into before.  The next time ebay is hacked - and there
> > will be most
> > definitely be a next time - all your accounts linked to it are automatically
> > accessible
> > to the hackers.  Keep that in mind.
> >
> > Ron
> >
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