Archive for April 12th, 2007

  • eBay Puts Auctions on Hold for Proactive Fraud Reduction

    eBay announced a “proactive fraud reduction” initiative on Monday that extends one of its current Trust & Safety policies - an anti-counterfeiting initiative launched in November - that includes a policy of delaying some listings containing items that are most favored by fraudsters from becoming viewable in search results. The new listings are still viewable [...]

  • Counterfeit Brands On the Rise on eBay

    Imagine this. Some large brand companies believe that 99% of the items sold under their names on Ebay (NASDAQ: EBAY) are counterfeit. Louis Vuitton and Christian Dior are suing the online auction company to try to get fake versions of their products off Ebay’s site.According to the FT; “One designer clothing and accessories brand said [...]

  • Knowing How to Spot an eBay Glitch

    Here’s an example of a problem eBay users reported having this week, started April 9, possibly fixed as of today. Here is a problem that started on April 9 (or earlier)
    Glitches are one of the most difficult problems to track down. A problem may be due to a particular user’s software configuration, of course (thus [...]