Possible Ebay Exploit

[zoiks]

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: GeneValgene
so out of curiosity...is that the ebay seller doing the scam?

He has a clean record up until now...

He has a 76 feedback. Most likely the userid was hijacked.

 

[fs5]

Originally posted by: darkxshade
Hopefully google will give ebay a run for it's money by creating their own auction site to go with their new "paypal killer" because ebay has been going downhill for a long time as is paypal.

ebay is unstoppable. They will just lower their fees if they feel pressure from google. Buyers go where the sellers are and sellers go where the buyers are, rather catch 22. (can't get buyers w/o sellers, can't get sellers w/o buyers)

 

[kukyfrope]

Damn, that's crazy. Thanks for the heads up.

 

[RedArmy]

I just hope Ebay is prompt to reply and update their security. They've had enough problems as is and I'm sure this would only deter it further

 

[Slacker]

This should definitely be reported, not to Ebay but to FORD! No such animal as a 1963 Mustang!

 

[RedArmy]

That's why I said " this one was a 1963 or such (complete wrong year btw)" 😛

 

[Slacker]

and, as a side note, it appears that wyckoffbakerycafe.com is hacked 🙁

 

[villageidiot111]

Wow I bet that will get a lot of people.

 

[BrokenVisage]

bump to warn people!

 

[UDT89]

i found this too, and contacted ebay never heard back.

They really need a "report auction" button for fraud.

 

[UpgradeFailure]

Wow. Thanks for the heads up. Maybe they should sticky this.

 

[Trikat]

Originally posted by: UDT89
i found this too, and contacted ebay never heard back.

They really need a "report auction" button for fraud.

Maybe they don't care?
I think it gives them better business as they will earn the fees from the highjacked account. 🙂
Or maybe that "account" will bid on other listings thus the other seller pays fees. That seller realizes it is fake and is forced to relist it. (Even more money for eBay.)

 

[djheater]

Dayamn, that's slick.

 

[Cristatus]

I don't see it. Has it been taken off?

 

[everman]

It's still there. The redirect doesn't seem to go anywhere now, but you can disable javascript in your firefox tab to see the ebay page.

 

[kranky]

Originally posted by: fs5

Originally posted by: darkxshade
Hopefully google will give ebay a run for it's money by creating their own auction site to go with their new "paypal killer" because ebay has been going downhill for a long time as is paypal.

ebay is unstoppable. They will just lower their fees if they feel pressure from google. Buyers go where the sellers are and sellers go where the buyers are, rather catch 22. (can't get buyers w/o sellers, can't get sellers w/o buyers)

Where ebay is vulnerable is in the specialized and higher-value categories. Those will be the first to jump ship if someone else comes up with a better system. The people who cruise ebay nightly to buy a $2 trinket just for the excitement of getting a package in the mail will never leave ebay.

But in the more expensive stuff, as the trolls and thieves become a bigger factor due to ebay's hands-off policy, both buyers and sellers would move to another site if it meant more reliable transactions, including some customer policing.

I see stuff sold in a particular collectible area that are modern-day reproductions. The sellers use obscure (e.g., "piece de caprice") language to cover up the fact they aren't authentic. And an item you could buy for $10 sells for $250 over and over again. Ebay says you have to list repros in their own category, not in with the authentic stuff, but the sellers know their 3-day auctions will be long over before ebay gets around to catching them.

My dream is to have a site that allows people to comment on ebay auctions, and display the comments "on top" of the actual ebay page. You couldn't do any actual ebay transactions there, but you could view an auction through that site to see if anyone had any comments about it (such as "this item was restored but not described as such")

 

[everman]

Originally posted by: kranky

Originally posted by: fs5

Originally posted by: darkxshade
Hopefully google will give ebay a run for it's money by creating their own auction site to go with their new "paypal killer" because ebay has been going downhill for a long time as is paypal.

My dream is to have a site that allows people to comment on ebay auctions, and display the comments "on top" of the actual ebay page. You couldn't do any actual ebay transactions there, but you could view an auction through that site to see if anyone had any comments about it (such as "this item was restored but not described as such")

Unfortunately there would be some copyright issues with that. However a simple database with seller information and auctions might be ok. Then tie that in with a firefox extension and there you go... the extension ebaynegs is an example of this.(lets you get all seller comments easily)