A career change for me? Not what I want, but apparently I now sell handbags on Ebay, 23 of them to be exact, with listing fees totaling $161.00! I checked my email this morning to discover 23 from Ebay that were seller listing confirmations. Now, I get a lot of spam, and assumed these were more of the same, until I checked the headers. They were legitimate emails, from Ebay, stating that I had listed a "@@New Authentic Cc Purse /Handbag / Bag" with a starting price of $75.00 and a duration of 1 day. Some good potential there, but I don't have them to fulfill any orders.
I logged into Ebay to do some further investigation, only to find out that my account was suspended by their security team and they were investigating the fraudulent activity. Kudos to Ebay for this. I was able to talk to a customer service representative and get everything squared away, my account re-instated, and the fees reversed. My password is now changed, on paypal as well, and I will be watching this closely over the next several days to see what develops. I'm just glad I didn't have my bank account hooked up to my Ebay account to pay the fees.
Posted by doug at June 5, 2007 09:56 AM