now, what is the flow for an unpexperieced seller to reach that page?

I’m not surprised to see this problem pop up more frequently without negs for buyers.

Apologies guys, but I just followed the link posted & saw no items listed.

This is the correct link, that shows the listings;

http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZfrogswamp

What’s good for the goose…………….etc, again!!

They have not been suspended.

I beg to differ my friend but they currently have 18762 items listed for sale as of 14:14 BST.

We have been suspended now for over 45 days. (2nd 30 day period still running, with no return emails from ebay).

In a funny sort of way, I am relivered we are not ‘out there’ at the moment. as at least if we are not selling, then at least we cannot be NEGGED by the new generation of ebayers that choose extortion against fair & proper trading.

(Funny it’s that, that ebay is accussing SNP sellers of ………………?????).

http://members.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&userid=frogswamp

Has now had their listings pulled now (13.55pm BST).

At least someone in ebay is watching what is happening.. It’s a pity they don’t do something about the bloddy mess they have created.

http://members.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&userid=frogswamp

HE HAS 19,000 ITEMS FOR SALE, IS STILL TRADING AND NO SUSPENSION!!!!

Meanwhile, hundreds of dolphins are being suffocated for hardly setting a foot wrong.

Please excuse the capital letters but I just cannot comprehend what’s happening on eBay at the moment. Sheer exasperation.

trying desperately to resolve all feedback problems and issues at the moment, still getting negs and big bad “neg-neutrals” left right and centre.. across the several powerseller Ids that are still running (2 still off as per my previous post) hoping to get the old wages paid this month ;( balancing on a knife edge with all my staff and suppliers to pay – great fun.

Send me free ***** or I’ll neg you, give me free postage or your getting a neg, etc etc etc I’m being extorted right now, and having to pay just to keep my livelihoods and my staff going too. And some of them STILL NEG YOU when you send free stuff or refund!!!!

If ebay are “helping” the blackmailers to do this, are they effectively “complicit” in the crime?

An individual is complicit in a crime if they are aware of its occurrence, have the ability to report the crime, but fail to do so. As such the individual effectively allows the criminals to carry out a crime despite easily being able to stop them, either directly or by contacting the authorities thus making them a de-facto accessory to the crime rather than innocent bystanders.

Ebay allows the criminals to carry out the crime despite easily being able to stop them.

Not in the mood to be laughed out of the police station, so going to get my head down, and refund, and send stuff for free and cross my fingers, checking several times a day that the SNP trawler hasn’t pulled in any more nets…

yours swimming feverishly

shoal

I checked my emails one Monday morning & someone had won multiple items from multiple sellers (including us). They demanded that we send them £10 or they’d neg us.

I went straight to the feedback console, intending to neg them first. But several other sellers had had the same idea & the account in question was already suspended because it had reached a feedback rating of -3 (just a few hours after he sent out the emails).

Since the new feedback changes were announced, I’ve been wondering what would happen if such a thing was repeated today. I guess we’re about to find out. But while I didn’t bat an eyelid a few years ago, today I would be seriously concerned about my account being suspended. Even if it was only a temporary suspension while eBay investigated, I would still be seriously out of pocket, despite having done nothing wrong.

That’s an idea… Let’s all wote for Homer Simpson to be the next CEO of ebay.

We could all go down Moes bar, and get thougthly stinking while we are at it….
If we don’t laugh, we’ll all cry (and boy can I cry)

You’re right. The fact is, the police shouldn’t NEED to be involved. These matters are something eBay should easily be capable of sorting out themselves. The reality is somewhat different as we all know.

well , well , they will not even read it.They just look at your ID , see you it is marked as in breach of SNP and send you the standard text that they always send in these cases.

That’s it , case closed!

Yes, you would be laughed out of the police station without a doubt. Our cop shop is closed for business anyway these days… *sigh*

You took the words right out of my mouth.

Can just you just imagine walking into my local cop shop (that’s after waiting an hour to be let in, with the que).

Me;
“Officer, I wish to report someone [don’t know their full details or whereabouts) try to extort money from me on ebay. for + feedback!!……”

Police;
“Oh sorry sir, can you come back tomorrow, when we have CID officer here, I’m sure they would be only too willing to listen to your complaint”

YES…….As IF!!!!!,

If I lived in the US then I wouldn’t hesitate to report it to the police. But, here in the UK, the police will be about as interested as eBay themselves i.e. they couldn’t care less. That’s maybe a little unfair, the fact is the UK police are so bogged down with bureaucracy that anything other than a motoring violation is usually avoided.

The other point is that the police (either here or in the USA) would have their hands tied because most of these racketeers will be based abroad (Nigeria springs to mind almost instantly). The threats of 20 years in prison won’t mean a thing to them. In the UK you can get away without a prison sentence for all but the most serious crime at present.

If you are the victim of this email, or a similar email, ABSOLUTELY report it to your local police department or better yet, your FBI office or the U.S. Attorney for the District Court you live in. Don’t take no for an answer. If this is one person, its blackmail, extortion. If multiple people are working in tandem, this is not only a shake-down, its called racketeering, a possible RICO (Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations) Act violation (18 U.S.C. 1962). That is a serious federal offense. Criminal penalties may include seizure of any property used as part of, or acquired because of, the crime as well as face imprisonment for “not more than 20 years (or for life if the violation is based on a racketeering activity for which the maximum penalty includes life imprisonment)” (18 U.S.C. 1963(a))