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Posted By: <b>Dan Bretta</b><p>Not sure how it happened or why because I never click on any links in those ebay spoof emails...So I'm left wondering how they got hold of my password?? I thought the email from ebay was a spoof so I ignored it...later I tried to log into my account and it wouldn't work so I had to change my password.
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Posted By: <b>Matt</b><p>Dan - go through your eBay sent messages and see if the hacker did any damage. It's good you found it quickly.<br><br><p><br><br><br><br><br><br><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/mwieder" rel="nofollow">My Trade/Sale Page</a></p>
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Posted By: <b>leon</b><p>I got the same message tonight but haven't hassled with anything yet.<br>
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Posted By: <b>Matt</b><p>Interesting. Someone with a Net54 vendetta? <br><br><p><br><br><br><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/mwieder" rel="nofollow">My Trade/Sale Page</a></p>
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Posted By: <b>Dan Bretta</b><p>Matt, there's nothing in there that I didn't do...I'm wondering though if ebay cleaned up anything the hacker may have done. <br><br>this is the email they sent me -<br><br>Hello southst9 (XXXX@XXXX.XXX),<br><br>We're writing to notify you that your account was taken over by an unauthorized person.<br><br>This person may have used your account to post listings on eBay, or to change some of your current listings. The email address on your account may also have been tampered with, which is why you may not have received any emails before this one.<br><br>***Please note***<br>We've taken several steps to secure your eBay account. All associated fees have been credited to your account, and any listings that were tampered with have been canceled. Your credit card information is stored on a secure server and can't be viewed by anyone.<br><br>***Securing Your Account***<br>We've sent you an email with instructions on how to change your personal email and eBay passwords. Please follow these instructions immediately. After you've changed your passwords, please change your Secret Question and Answer by taking the following steps:<br><br>1. Click "My eBay" at the top of most eBay pages. You may be asked to sign in.<br>2. Click the "Personal Information" link on the left side of the page. This link is located under the "My Account" heading.<br>3. Click the "Edit" link to the right of "Secret question", under the "Account Information" heading. For your security, you'll be asked to enter your User ID and password again.<br>4. Fill in the information requested.<br>5. Click the "Change Secret Question" button.<br><br>Finally, please verify that the contact information we have on file for you is correct. To verify your registration information, please follow these steps:<br><br>1. Click "My eBay" at the top of most eBay pages. You may be asked to sign in.<br>2. Click the "Addresses" link on the left side of the page. This link is located under the "My Account" heading.<br>3. If you need to change anything, click the "Change" link to the right of your registration information.<br><br>***Protecting Your Account***<br>To help keep your account secure in the future, you may want to learn how to recognize and report fake ("spoof") emails and Web sites. Please note that eBay will <i>never</i> ask for sensitive personal information by email.<br><br>For more information about spoof eBay Web sites and emails, please go to:<br><br><a href="http://pages.ebay.com/help/confidence/isgw-account-theft-spoof.html" target="_new">http://pages.ebay.com/help/confidence/isgw-account-theft-spoof.html</a><br><br>A secure password consists of a combination of letters and numbers, which makes it very difficult for anyone else to guess. For tips on how to create a secure password, please visit:<br><br><a href="http://pages.ebay.com/help/confidence/password-secure.html" target="_new">http://pages.ebay.com/help/confidence/password-secure.html</a><br><br>There are a number of computer viruses that can record keystrokes. We recommend that you keep your antivirus software up to date and use a firewall.<br><br>If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us through the following Web page:<br><br><a href="http://pages.ebay.com/help/contact_us/_base/index_selection.html" target="_new">http://pages.ebay.com/help/contact_us/_base/index_selection.html</a><br><br>We're sorry for the inconvenience, and we thank you for your patience and understanding.<br><br><br>Sincerely,<br><br>eBay Customer Support
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Posted By: <b>Dan Bretta</b><p>Leon, is your password working?
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Posted By: <b>Matt</b><p>Interesting. I'd think you'd want to know if any emails were sent form your account - just deleting them doesn't undo any potential damage that would have resulted. Sorry this happened to you guys.<br><br><p><br><br><br><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/mwieder" rel="nofollow">My Trade/Sale Page</a></p>
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Posted By: <b>leon</b><p>Nope, it's not...it was earlier today though....fun fun fun......
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Posted By: <b>Dan Bretta</b><p>Okay then...how does this happen?
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Posted By: <b>Anthony S.</b><p>It was probably Marshall. Bringing noise.
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Posted By: <b>Matt</b><p>Dan - could be any number of ways - most probably malware you downloaded without knowing about it that captured your credentials when you logged in to eBay and send the credentials to the hacker, but in theory they could have hacked the eBay servers and stolen people's info or network sniffed when you logged in, or other nasty stuff.<br><br><p><br><br><br><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/mwieder" rel="nofollow">My Trade/Sale Page</a></p>
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Posted By: <b>Dan Bretta</b><p>It will be interesting to see how many other Net54ers this may have affected. If it's just me and Leon I think I'd be smelling a rat.
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Posted By: <b>Chris</b><p>This actually happened to me a few years ago. I NEVER open any links at all and I thought the email was a spoof until my password wouldn't work. When I called Ebay, they said the problem was real. Someone had somehow hacked my account. They didn't know how, but it had happened. I was told that it may have been some kind of spyware that can detect key strokes.<br>I was fortunate that no damage was done. You may need to monitor things to make sure nothing happens with your account. Good luck with it.<br><br>Chris
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Posted By: <b>Matt</b><p>If you guys use Auctiva that had an issue the last few days with their system being hacked and since you store your credentials with them, a hacker could have gotten your credentials that way. Alternatively, any sniping service you use also has your credentials.<br><br><p><br><br><br><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/mwieder" rel="nofollow">My Trade/Sale Page</a></p>
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Posted By: <b>joe brennan</b><p>Is this all the sudden a Vintage card collector nightmare? You are the 4th BB collector in the last week that I know of that has had their accounts highjacked. I just checked mine and so far, so good.<br><br>In Rememberance of James W. Brennan Sr. 1924-1982. Dad, thanks for everything you did for me.
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Posted By: <b>leon</b><p>This happened to me about 6 months ago too. I contacted ebay and got it squared away but it was a real deal...I guess they had reason to believe someone had gotten into my account and locked it down. I didn't notice anything different and no bids were placed or anything....It just took a while to get it fixed (less than an hour)...I don't feel like messing with it tonight. I just found out when you told me, Dan....though I had gotten the email a few hours ago.
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Posted By: <b>Jon Canfield</b><p>Guys - happened to me tonight as well. Same thing as you describe... got the eBay email, went to log into my account later on (using the eBay page) and my eBay password didn't work. <br><br>I also NEVER log into eBay using those spoof emails and have never had a problem before.<br><br>I contacted eBay right away and I was told that eBay is now monitoring the computers users use to log into their eBay accounts. If someone tries to log into their eBay account with a non-recognized computer, the account immediately get's frozen as an attempted hijack attempt. Earlier today, I logged into eBay using my girlfriend's computer so this may have triggered it in my case. <br><br>Anyway, after about 30 minutes with eBay security live help, I got my eBay account up and running. While im confident it wasn't a true hijack attept, I changed my password anyway.<br><br>
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Posted By: <b>Dan Bretta</b><p>Hmmm...well I access ebay on two computers everyday...the one at work and the one here at home, but it's never been a problem in the past. I guess I'd feel better if ebay actually shut down my account because of that.
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Posted By: <b>Matt</b><p>Jon - as I mentioned above, this could have happened any number of ways, even if you never logged into a spoofed web page. It's good that eBay is on top of this.<br><br><p><br><br><br><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/mwieder" rel="nofollow">My Trade/Sale Page</a></p>
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Posted By: <b>Jon Canfield</b><p>Dan - same thing here - I often access from multiple computers and never had a problem. However, my account was potentially "hijacked" soon after I logged on using the other computer. I also did not notice anything weird with my account - no improper emails, no bids, so items listed - nothing was out of the ordinary other than my password was changed (and later discovered to just be locked by eBay).<br><br>==================================== ==<br>For the premier online souce of information on baseball-related cigarette packs, visit <a href="http://www.baseballandtobacco.com" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://www.baseballandtobacco.com</a>
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Posted By: <b>Alan U</b><p>Jon, exact same thing happened to me. It was okay at work, when I got home I couldn't log on. Did an online chat with ebay and they sent me a new password. Same reason for locking my account, something about using multiple computers.<br><br>edited for typo
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Posted By: <b>Glenn</b><p>Looks like they got me too. Anyone else?
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Posted By: <b>smtjoy</b><p>Last 2 days I have gotten phoney emails that pretend they are from ebay, one saying I have an unpaid strike, another saying my account has been tampered with, etc. They want you to open your account so they can see what password you used and these are like cookies tracking your keystrokes, just delete the emails and dont open them. I called ebay and my account is fine, they suggest only opening ebay messages in ebay on the same pc, ok to open these on a blackberry or other pc.
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Posted By: <b>jay wolt</b><p>I have 3 eBay ID's and one of them was "hijacked" twice<br>in the last 2 weeks. It was the account I had in w/ JustSnipe.<br>So I assume there was a correlation, so I cancelled the JustSnipe <br>service.<br>Perhaps eBay closed accounts thatweren't hooked up to your IP adresses.<br>So some sniping services drew a red flag.<br>Nonetheless it was a hassle and I lost a few snipes on cards I wanted<br>that went for less then my snipes.
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Posted By: <b>marshall barkman</b><p>Dan.....how many people at your work use the same computer? It is very odd that both you and Leon got hacked into.
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Posted By: <b>D. Bergin</b><p>I had the same issue tonight. It was a legitimate message from Ebay. At first I thought it was a phishing attempt and just deleted it. Then I logged into Ebay and my password didn't work. Scared the crap out of me. It was in "My Messages" on Ebay also.<br><br>Reset the password and checked around and it didn't look like any damage was done.<br><br>Coincidentally it happened about the same time I cancelled a couple of bids at Gavelsnipe.<br><br>I'm actually glad I wasn't the only one.
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Posted By: <b>Dan Bretta</b><p>Marshall, I'm the only one that uses my computer at work.<br><br>I also use gavelsnipe and had to go in and change my password there too since I have a pending snipe. I think to play it safe though I'm going to put my bid in on the item.
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Posted By: <b>marshall barkman</b><p>It sounds to me like someone got into gavelsnipe but why are they going after baseball card folks on this board? Is it a coincidence or someone that is trying to hurt board members?
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Posted By: <b>quan</b><p>jay,<br><br>same thing happened with me and my account associated with justnipe. fyi i notify ebay a couple weeks ago i was travelling abroad for the next few weeks and they did tell me they'd add my laptop to the ok list...they do track individual pcs that log into your account.<br><br>
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Posted By: <b>Marty Ogelvie</b><p><p>Dan,</p><p>What about the email account you have registered with eBay? My ebay account was hacked a few years back and that's how they got in.. they hacked my email account and then got my eBay password emailed to my account which they had... </p><p>marty</p>
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Posted By: <b>Mark</b><p>Hello to All ,<br><br>Theres a thread on the UK Questions & Answers forum concerning this , if you sort the chaff out from the wheat there might be some answers on there .<br><br><a href="http://forums.ebay.co.uk/thread.jspa?threadID=1200278282&tstart=40& mod=1235636898165" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://forums.ebay.co.uk/thread.jspa?threadID=1200278282&tstart=40& mod=1235636898165</a><br><br>----<br>Mark
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Posted By: <b>Rhett Yeakley</b><p>The same thing happened to me tonight. Everything was fine at work, I get home after a LONG day and checked Gavelsnipe & none of my snipes had registered. So, I go into ebay and can't log in and I have the same message from ebay in my email. Hopefully, it isn't simply an ebay power-play to try an kill the sniping services.<br>-Rhett
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Posted By: <b>D. Bergin</b><p>Nice, I finally bit the bullet and started using a snipe program a week ago and this happens.<br><br>Also wonderful if you're a seller. It gives people yet another reason not to bid on Ebay auctions.<br><br>
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Posted By: <b>leon</b><p>I use gavelsnipe too...
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Posted By: <b>Scott Fandango</b><p>i bet you all use the same snipe service....<br><br>that is why i dont trust them...i snipe the old way...counting down from 20 myself!
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Posted By: <b>Steve F</b><p>It's a conspiracy. I the East African warlords want our Cobby's!<br><br><br>Same thing happened here last month. Account frozen, password reset, had to do something with the PP account as well. Scary situation and a little hassle, but no harm done.<br><br>As mentioned, the tech believed it was the multiple computer issue and ebay reacts immediately to any account farts nowadays, thankfully.
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Posted By: <b>Matt</b><p>One other thought on the issue. The accounts may not have been hacked at all, and your experience may simply be the result of an overly sensitive eBay fraud alert. As one possibility, the example above of eBay triggering such an email when the computer you use to login changes. If you use a snipe service and they change servers, then you all would get that email - no hacker involved.<br><br><p><br><br><br><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/mwieder" rel="nofollow">My Trade/Sale Page</a></p>
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Posted By: <b>leon</b><p>I haven't gotten the email ebay said they would send in order to reset the password. Anyone know a quick way to do it? Thanks in advance.
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Posted By: <b>Aaron Patton</b><p><br><br>..."they" got me too.<br><br> <br><br>
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Posted By: <b>Laura</b><p>I do wonder if there's a connection with Auctiva too. Do any of you who have been hacked use Auctiva? Or have you bought something from someone who does?<br><br>Have you checked your hard drive with an anti-virus program of late? I'd do so, if you don't have one set up to do regular scans.
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Posted By: <b>Glenn</b><p>Leon,<br><br>I never got that email either. I also tried the back-up method (phone call with a 4 digit code), and I never received the phone call. The third method is the live chat with customer service, and that went surprisingly well. It only took about 10 minutes.
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Posted By: <b>Jon Canfield</b><p>I also had a snipe on gavelsnipe last evening when I was "hacked." AFter changing my password, I updated my profile on gavelsnipe and my snipe went off without a hitch. It's possible that gavesnipe was the "computer" that triggered my alert.<br><br>Also, just as a FWIW, the email I received was not a phishing attempt - I also had the email in myeBay.<br><br>=================================== ===<br>For the premier online souce of information on baseball-related cigarette packs, visit <a href="http://www.baseballandtobacco.com" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://www.baseballandtobacco.com</a>
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Posted By: <b>Scott Daloisio</b><p>This happened to me a few times over the years. Whenever this happens to you, you want to contact "Live Help." If you are waiting for the E-mail with a new password, most of the time your hair will turn gray (or grayer or bald) before you get it. Once you get "Live Help," and verify who you are, you can ask them to phone you. They will issue you a new password. Whole process normally takes a half hour or less.<br><br><br><br>Three things to prevent account theft on eBay. <br><br><br><br>1. Never, ever type in your password. Save it in a offline file and cut and paste it when you sign in. Same with your user name. <br><br><br><br>2. If you have a PayPal account, get a PayPal Security Key. If I remember correctly it only costs $5.00 and can be used on your eBay account as well. Only drawback is if you have it turned on and use snipe bids, it will block snipe bids. If you want to snipe bid and your are off line, just turn the security key off.<br><br><br><br>3. If you have a question from eBay in your regular E-mail box, never sign in using the link provided. Go to your "My eBay" account and answer the question from there.
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Posted By: <b>Jason</b><p>Yep I got wrangled up in this mess as well. I use Gavelsnipe.
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Posted By: <b>Eric Brehm</b><p>Same thing happened to me -- I received the "Account Security Notice: Restore Account" e-mail from eBay. It said my account was being used by someone to send unauthorized messages to other users. A hold was put on my account, and I couldn't log in. Nothing I did to try to reset my password worked, including getting them to send me several password-reset PINs by phone. I kept getting "session time-out due to inactivity" type messages. Finally I contacted Live Help and they reset my password for me, and now I am back in business.<br><br>By the way, I have never used a snipe program.
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Posted By: <b>Charles</b><p>Hi Folks,<br><br>I've been a reader of this forum and figured I'd add some input to this thread. I believe that this issue is due to snipe programs. My eBay account has been 'compromised' three times over the past two weeks. The first time I thought my computer had been hacked, but became suspicious after the second eBay email. This past Sunday, I placed some snipes, woke up Monday morning and was able to log-in to my eBay account. At that point I enabled that PIN token that I have for my eBay password so my eBay password is my password+random number from token. On Wednesday I received another email saying my account was compromised. For all intents and purposes not possible with said token activated.<br>The eBay rep told me that they are now monitoring where people log-in to eBay from (assuming IP address). She said that she would make a note in my account (whatever that means) that would allow me to snipe without having my account frozen every day or so.<br><br>Charles
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Posted By: <b>Jim VB</b><p>For what it's worth, Gavelsnipe swears that they have checked and there was no security breach on their end.
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Posted By: <b>Matt</b><p>Jim - did you ask them if they recently changed server IPs?<br><br><p><br><br><br><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/mwieder" rel="nofollow">My Trade/Sale Page</a></p>
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Posted By: <b>Jim VB</b><p>Matt, <br><br>I didn't ask that. It's way above my technical level of expertise.
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Posted By: <b>Bill Cornell</b><p>Charles' explanation above is correct. This isn't 'hacking' as it's commonly thought of. Every time you log onto eBay, it's recording information about your browser and your computer, which then becomes your 'footprint'. When they see you logging in from multiple locations (home, work, snipe service, etc.), the information doesn't match up exactly, so some accounts will get flagged as suspicious. <br><br>This is an attempt to stop ATO's (account takeovers) that were a plague until recently (what are those Romanians up to now? I'd ask craigslist...).<br><br>By the way, it's a lot more than just your IP address that gets captured. Below is a typical header with characteristics of a session.<br><br>Host: show-ip.net<br>User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.0.6) Gecko/2009011913 Firefox/3.0.6 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)<br>Accept: text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,*/*;q=0.8<br>Accept-Language: en-us,en;q=0.5<br>Accept-Encoding: gzip,deflate<br>Accept-Charset: ISO-8859-1,utf-8;q=0.7,*;q=0.7<br>Keep-Alive: 300<br>Connection: keep-alive<br>Referer: [the URL where you came from, if known]<br><br><br>Bill
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Posted By: <b>Mark</b><p>It happened to me too.... Ebay said they suspected "suspicious activity" which is completely bogus. Nobody hijacked my account. They apparently have some new monitoring system that determines (in its infinite wisdom) whether your password is secure enough. They wanted me to change to a more complex password.<br><br>Just another example of ebay screwing things up, and shooting themselves in the foot. I had four failed snipes via Just Snipe (first time ever) because of this. The proud Ebay Phone Rep (Big Brother) also proclaimed that Ebay is now monitoring which computer you are using. If you are on a "suspicious" computer (ie. one at a hotel or library, as opposed to your home computer) you are subject to being shut down at any time!<br><br>As if people never use ebay away from home! I travel almost every week, and use ebay as much (or more) on the road as at home. I wonder how many more thousands of dollars of revenue they are costing themselves with this gem of a policy? Not to mention the revenue they have lost/are losing on all the failed snipes... if I was a stockholder, I would be furious.
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Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>I always use the same computer, I've never used a snipe service- and my account was not closed.
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Posted By: <b>Frank Wakefield</b><p>Luddites and dinosaurs won't have this problem...<br><br>I'm a bit old fashioned about it all, and like Barry I try to use the same pc, no snipe companies... I have enough pc difficulties without attempting something fancy and compounding potential problems.<br><br>I do hope you guys get your matters addressed. It would be hard to take, having a snipe placed with a service, only to have it blocked and your account suspended while everything sorts out.<br><br>No doubt that a fella could find lots of stuff to bid on when his account is temporarily blocked... <br><br>Good luck with it all, guys.
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Posted By: <b>Red</b><p>My guess is that there's a large percentage of auction items won by bidders using a sniping service than those who bid manually. That would also mean there's a lot of underbids coming in via sniping services that will increase the selling price. The higher selling price benefits Ebay because they'll collect more money. A higher selling price benefits the seller who maybe now won't lose as much and might list more stuff to sell. Ebay has been working very hard to come up with new ways to drive off sellers. Now they're working on ways to drive off buyers.
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Posted By: <b>Anthony S.</b><p>Frank,<br><br> Why would a Luddite be using a computer in the first place?
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Posted By: <b>davidcycleback</b><p>What eBay should do is send the user an email said a different isp has accessed the ts okay that anoaccount, and explain that it could be a sniper, office computer or someone malicious. The user can than think about if any other computers are allowed to access the count. If you placed a bid on that Tuesday while on vacation in Hawaii, you'll know it's okay. If you use one and one one home computer, you'll know the new access is not okay.<br><br>When I get a new virus/spyware program on my computer, for each new (to it) computer program that starts up, it will ask me if it's okay to let this program start and I say yes, no or not now. From my responses over time, it knows which programs are okay and doesn't ask me about them anymore. This security is about the computer owner being notified of new activity. In and of itself it's not a fail safe system (computers users don't always know if a strange named program is good or bad), but it is a system where a program can't start up without the owner's knowledge and permission. Even if a spyware or virus is sitting in your computer, it can't do anything if it can't start up.
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Posted By: <b>D. Bergin</b><p>Jeez, I wonder if this explains my auctions I had ending last Sunday. I had 20 items going off and all had bids going into the last day. Normally I get a nice spike at the end from snipers. 20 Auctions and not a single bid on the final day. That's never happened before in my memory.<br><br>Also, I'd hate to think I'd wake up one morning and all my auctions are canceled because Ebay caught a snipe or I logged on from somewhere else the previous night.<br><br>
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Posted By: <b>Jim VB</b><p>"Why would a Luddite be using a computer in the first place?"<br><br>How else would said Luddite find and purchase vintage baseball cards? We've already established that vintage dealer store fronts are disappearing. Local and regional shows are almost gone. That leaves only ebay. <br><br>Although I suspect that all Luddites in good standing are required to use a Commodore 64, with at best, a dial up connection and a 1200 baud modem. <br><br><br><img src="/images/happy.gif" height="14" width="14" alt="happy.gif"><br>
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Posted By: <b>Red</b><p>Actually they're mailing their bids into Ebay's corporate office.
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Posted By: <b>Frank Wakefield</b><p>Why, Anthony...<br><br>1- target practice<br>2- bookend<br>3- boat anchor<br>4- doorstop<br>5- footstool<br>6- to fool his friends<br><br>after a day at work that's about all the old brain can generate...
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Posted By: <b>tony fryer</b><p>Got into my account as well,they started to send "off e-bay" offers,as far away as SPAIN as well! I had the same message, I ignored it as I thought it was a spoof. I couldn't get into my account,I went on "live help" I was on there 50 minutes until they believed it was me.No harm done,nothing missing from my paypal account. My hotmail was hacked aswell same time.
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Posted By: <b>Steve</b><p>Hmm that is odd I thought I had replied to this thread.<br><br>Anyways the problem is the snipe service like mentioned.<br><br>It has been happening to many folks.<br><br>Steve
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OT: My Ebay Account Was Hijacked
Posted By: <b>Ray V</b><p>Mine too and I was using gavelsnipe over the last couple days - I'm on ebay live right now hoping for some answers.<br><br>I'm on ebay live right now asking whether this is their way to shut down sniping services<br><br><br><br>Ray V
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OT: My Ebay Account Was Hijacked
Posted By: <b>tony fryer</b><p>2 minutes after leaving my last message I get an e-mail from e-bay telling me my other account has been compromised!!!!!! something dodgy going on.
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OT: My Ebay Account Was Hijacked
Posted By: <b>leon</b><p>I got my ebay account fixed, after being locked out yesterday due to security issues, and my snipe worked this evening...though I was still the underbidder on the E221. It was only a color variation I needed as I already have Los Angeles. Someone got a neat card.
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OT: My Ebay Account Was Hijacked
Posted By: <b>Justin</b><p>I got the same Ebay notification a few days ago. I still havent gotten the Email with directions on how to change my password. Any idea how long this might take?<br><br>By the way, I use gavelsnipe, and it is the only sniping service I have ever used.
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OT: My Ebay Account Was Hijacked
Posted By: <b>Jim VB</b><p>Justin, <br><br><br><br>You don't have to wait for any email. Just change your password. When I was frozen out, it was because my password had been changed, by Ebay. Log in with your Ebay id. Click on "Forgot Password". They will send you an email at once. Select a new password. Answer a couple of security questions. Away you go. Mine took 5 minutes. <br><br><br><br>If the suspicion is correct, that Ebay is doing this because of sniping services, it may well happen again. And we all could miss some important items.
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OT: My Ebay Account Was Hijacked
Posted By: <b>Steve</b><p>That seems to be the common denominator Jim.<br><br><br>Look for ebay to roll out the ebay snipe service<br>soon for a fee of course.<br><br>Steve
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OT: My Ebay Account Was Hijacked
Posted By: <b>Justin</b><p>Thanks for the info Jim. I've got everything working now, but I don't know if I'm confident using sniping services anymore. This is a major inconvenience for me because I'm living overseas and auctions generally end when I'm at work in the mornings, so it is tough for me to put in my last second bids via ebay. It looks like a few others are skeptical of using sniping services. Does anyone have a suggestion on how I should do my bidding from now on?
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OT: My Ebay Account Was Hijacked
Posted By: <b>D. Bergin</b><p><i>"Does anyone have a suggestion on how I should do my bidding from now on?"</i><br><br><br><br>The old fashioned way I guess. Just put in your high bid and hope for the best. It's funny, I had resisted the snipe services and nearly stopped bidding on Ebay auctions until a couple weeks ago. Finally signed up for Gavelsnipe a couple of weeks ago and won a few B18's that sparked my interest. I was really liking it.<br><br>Then this happens. Oh well!<br><br>
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OT: My Ebay Account Was Hijacked
Posted By: <b>Jim VB</b><p>After a day or two to think about it, I don't think Gavelsnipe, or any other snipe service, is at fault here. I think Ebay installed a new screen that was looking more closely at the incoming IP's. <br><br>I think the only risk with a snipe service is that we don't control when Ebay will choose to lock them/us out of our accounts the next time. <br><br>I think if there is something you really have to have, a manual bid is the way to go. <br><br><br>Leon, <br><br>I know Gavelsnipe is local to us in Dallas. And I know they are somehow connected to Heritage Auctions. Do you know of anyone there to take this discussion to. Their knowledge of the situation may be crucial to their survival.
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OT: My Ebay Account Was Hijacked
Posted By: <b>D. Bergin</b><p>Agree. It's Ebay cutting themselves and their customers off at the knees again. <br><br><br>
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OT: My Ebay Account Was Hijacked
Posted By: <b>David Atkatz</b><p>I've been on eBay for eleven years. I've always sniped the old-fashioned way--by hand.<br><br>It's fun!
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OT: My Ebay Account Was Hijacked
Posted By: <b>Jim VB</b><p>I did too David, for a long time. The thing that tipped me over the edge was the seller's use of Turbo-Lister and other such programs. For someone who is a set collector (Guilty!), I sometimes see a seller list a string of 20-30 cards that all close within 4-5 minutes. You can't manually snipe that many items, that close together. <br><br>A snipe service lets you select which ones you want. Enter your bid. And they do the work of the rapid timing.
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OT: My Ebay Account Was Hijacked
Posted By: <b>Jim VB</b><p>I just got off from a live help session with Ebay. They swear that this response by them would not have been triggered by use of a snipe service. <br><br>They won't explain exactly what happened, just that they detected an apparently large number of accounts that were "potentially compromised" the same day. They reacted by resetting all of the passwords, which locked us all out, until we reset them. Ironically, if you were already logged on, you could continue to use your service until you logged off or your 24 hour window expired (if you had checked "keep me logged on for today.)<br><br><br>
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