Dodgy Ebay Seller?

[Guest]

41 minutes ago, Hudds Lad said:

reporting the listings is like whack-a-mole, you need to report the seller. i clicked through the eBay Safety Centre page and went for the Contact Us option only to be told their server is down, yet oddly everything else works ?

 

You would think though reporting one listing as potential fraud/dodgy would lead them to check his others and just close the whole lot down.

[Athy]

1 hour ago, Hudds Lad said:

reporting the listings is like whack-a-mole,

Though I grew up only about 30 miles from Huddersfield (and stayed quite often with our friends in Almondbury) I've never met that expression before. I assume it's a Huddsism? I guess it means "very difficult", as in "knitting sawdust"?

[Alan de Enfield]

38 minutes ago, Athy said:

Though I grew up only about 30 miles from Huddersfield (and stayed quite often with our friends in Almondbury) I've never met that expression before. I assume it's a Huddsism? I guess it means "very difficult", as in "knitting sawdust"?

 

 

Whack-a-mole is a fairground game where there are a series oh holes and a 'mole' pops up at random and you have to hit it with a mallet, it just keeps on 'popping up' all over the place and you can never find it.

 

 

 

here is a kiddies version :

 

Whack A Mole Game Fast Reflexes Wack A Mole Game Counting Score Wackamole Game Language Learning Musical Whack Mole Game With Soft Hammer Whack-a-mole Educational Toy For Kids Toddlers Children Boys: Amazon.co.uk: Toys & Games

[ditchcrawler]

44 minutes ago, Athy said:

Though I grew up only about 30 miles from Huddersfield (and stayed quite often with our friends in Almondbury) I've never met that expression before. I assume it's a Huddsism? I guess it means "very difficult", as in "knitting sawdust"?

 

[matty40s]

 

 

That's a different game...

2 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said:

 

 

[Hudds Lad]

48 minutes ago, Athy said:

Though I grew up only about 30 miles from Huddersfield (and stayed quite often with our friends in Almondbury) I've never met that expression before. I assume it's a Huddsism? I guess it means "very difficult", as in "knitting sawdust"?

 

I was trying to inject a bit of international flavour, i think the game originates from Japan. Its just a metaphor for an ultimately endless exercise, you keep whacking the moles but more pop up, you report the ads/sellers but more appear. They like the phrase across the pond, so i’ve obviously been watching too much Netflix recently.

 

All you can do is report the ones you spot and hope you save some poor sod from getting fleeced out of their hard-earned folding.

[Athy]

1 minute ago, Hudds Lad said:

 

 They like the phrase across the pond, so i’ve obviously been watching too much Netflix recently.

 

 

Don't the Mexicans eat something spicy called whackamole?

[Hudds Lad]

Just now, Athy said:

Don't the Mexicans eat something spicy called whackamole?

 

yes, it comes from Oaxaca (pronounced “wha-hacker”) so perhaps originally Oaxacamole where you hit prairie dogs with a hot chilli pepper?

[Guest]

The auction I reported more than 24 hours ago is still running.

 

It begs the question 'whats the point?'

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Used-boat/144003467568?hash=item2187468930:g:iYYAAOSwZrJgOQy5

[GUMPY]

If you look through his listings many of them are now at silly prices, some people obviously got organised ?

[David Mack]

1 hour ago, Athy said:

Though I grew up only about 30 miles from Huddersfield (and stayed quite often with our friends in Almondbury) I've never met that expression before. I assume it's a Huddsism? I guess it means "very difficult", as in "knitting sawdust"?

Athy, you never cease to surprise me with the gaps in your knowledge of popular culture. ?

Even the Prime Minister has used the expression:

https://news.sky.com/video/coronavirus-prime-minister-says-well-be-doing-whack-a-mole-on-local-flare-ups-11986745

[Alan de Enfield]

7 minutes ago, David Mack said:

Athy, you never cease to surprise me with the gaps in your knowledge of popular culture.

 

The walls of academia are very high.

[Athy]

Just now, Alan de Enfield said:

 

The walls of academia are very high.

I'll take your word for it.

[David Mack]

26 minutes ago, Loddon said:

If you look through his listings many of them are now at silly prices, some people obviously got organised ?

But as he says he doesn't look at ebay messages he probably doesn't look at bids either.

Anyway, I can trump some bidder's £66,000 auction bid by paying the £3,300 buy now price can't I?

?

[Hudds Lad]

16 minutes ago, David Mack said:

But as he says he doesn't look at ebay messages he probably doesn't look at bids either.

Anyway, I can trump some bidder's £66,000 auction bid by paying the £3,300 buy now price can't I?

?

 

let us know how you get on with that ?

[Tony Brooks]

18 minutes ago, David Mack said:

But as he says he doesn't look at ebay messages he probably doesn't look at bids either.

Anyway, I can trump some bidder's £66,000 auction bid by paying the £3,300 buy now price can't I?

?

 

And Ebay's algorithms can't recognise what I think is an open breach of their terms and conditions?  Says it all about Ebay really.

[restlessnomad]

I have reported too but still no action... guess ebay deserves the bad reputation they got(bit dodgy)... compare that to amazon 3rd party sellers who will do everything to make you happy

[Tony Brooks]

5 minutes ago, restlessnomad said:

I have reported too but still no action... guess ebay deserves the bad reputation they got(bit dodgy)... compare that to amazon 3rd party sellers who will do everything to make you happy

 

Not true of some in the far east. Even when Amazon instructs them to refund they refuse unless the product is returned to them where Amazon and the seller knows that whatever the Ministry of Agriculture's latest name is has destroyed them as in illegal and undocumented import into the UK/EU.

[Guest]

Not only have eBay not removed the auction I reported they are now emailing me to ask me if I'm still interested in the item.......

 

 

[restlessnomad]

23 hours ago, Tony Brooks said:

 

Not true of some in the far east. Even when Amazon instructs them to refund they refuse unless the product is returned to them where Amazon and the seller knows that whatever the Ministry of Agriculture's latest name is has destroyed them as in illegal and undocumented import into the UK/EU.

hmm.. may be but I have not yet have a single bad experience with amazon(many from chinese sellers, only dodgy thing they seem to do is to ask for 5* review in return for something)

 

btw on ebay, I tried and could not find any posting, looks like they have removed them all... but have not banned the seller.

[nbfiresprite]

45 minutes ago, restlessnomad said:

hmm.. may be but I have not yet have a single bad experience with amazon(many from chinese sellers, only dodgy thing they seem to do is to ask for 5* review in return for something)

 

btw on ebay, I tried and could not find any posting, looks like they have removed them all... but have not banned the seller.

If it is a hijacked account why ban the seller?

 

[Guest]

1 hour ago, restlessnomad said:

hmm.. may be but I have not yet have a single bad experience with amazon(many from chinese sellers, only dodgy thing they seem to do is to ask for 5* review in return for something)

 

btw on ebay, I tried and could not find any posting, looks like they have removed them all... but have not banned the seller.

 

They have probably restored the account to the original eBayer

[Hudds Lad]

the usual Norman 32ft is back, but this time it looks a little different  

 

 

[matty40s]

2 minutes ago, Hudds Lad said:

the usual Norman 32ft is back, but this time it looks a little different  

 

 

It's a composting twin exhaust.

[David Mack]

Another one. Loads of items, all at £10 with 23 hours to go.

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?isRefine=true&_pgn=1&sid=dorset.ram