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I wanna sue this guy if possible and prosecute to fullest exent of law which probably aint much, but if I could atleast get a cop to scare him, maybe he would think better of his fraudulant actions....
Good luck trying to obtain information for a lawsuit as
ebay could care less about their sellers..
For any ccf member that doesn't know why I placed myself on a self-imposed
ebay & paypal ban since early April 2006, it's simple,
ebay does not care (choosing my words carefully so the "bad word" filter doesn't sound).
I first registered with
ebay on June 21,1997, back when it was an enjoyable place to do business on.
You could check ALL the new daily coin listings in less than a half hour, also track what other bidders were bidding on, then snipe them if you wanted to.
This was the timeline where my numismatic interests changed from (Colonial, Broken Bank and Obsolete) Currency to USA Errors. I had a few hundred notes, including a rare signed and issued Canal Bank, New Orleans Ten Dollar note in tattered condition.
I sold everything in one lot and started buying and selling error coins. In 2005 I had enough of a inventory to open a coin store on
ebay, along with my auction listings.
Everything worked out fine till I tried to sign in on
ebay around the second week of April 2006 and my password had been rejected... I checked my store listings as a potential bidder instead of the owner and found numerous new listings for all sorts of auto racing memorabilia and tickets to Sports Shows.
It had taken my daughter about a half hour to reach them on the telephone, then I explained to their rep about my account being taken over and I couldn't sign in. They then froze my
ebay account while investigating, and since I linked my paypal account to my
ebay store (and used the same password for both accounts) I tried to sign in to paypal and was also rejected. My timeline on this is still in a fog, but I was able to contact Paypal via telephone about this, and believe it or not, I was advised that "Mr. Peterson, I'm showing that your in the middle of a transaction now". [now my brain hurts] I mentioned how the ___ can I be in the middle of a transaction when I'm talking to you on the telephone? The stopped the transaction and also froze my paypal account.
It turned out that my credit card and Personal Bank Account had also been hacked into, and had taken me over a month to straighten out as I had to close and open new accounts.
I telephoned both
ebay and Paypal to request information on the person/persons responsible so I could pursue legal action against them, that's when the hammer fell as they mentioned;
IT'S AGAINST THE LAW FOR THEM TO GIVE OUT PERSONAL INFORMATION DUE TO THE PRIVACY LAWS.
(sorry for the caps, but it did get my attention)
Since this happened I refuse to place my credit card and bank information on any internet site, and should I want anything on
ebay, I contact the seller and explain what happened and I would only bid if they accepted a postal money order (some do).
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Posted 07/21/2013 10:21 am
