Sniff, sniff. Ebay DOES care afterall :`(

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Posted By: petecld 

This is a first. I received this email from ebay telling me how to keep from getting ripped off:

<<Our records indicate that you were a participating bidder in capitolsportsboy's listings. Please note that we have recently ended all listings for the seller noted above due to our inability to confirm the seller's contact information and/or their inability to deliver the merchandise advertised on our site. The seller's privileges to trade on eBay have been temporarily suspended while we investigate this matter further.

If this seller contacts you to complete a transaction outside of eBay, we strongly recommend that you do not because it won't be covered under our Fraud Protection Plan. If you have already sent payment, we advise you to take steps to protect yourself depending on the nature of your payment. For example, if you paid by personal check, you may stop payment on the check. If you paid for this item with a credit card, you should contact your credit card company's security department right away to inform them of the potential problem with this payment -- most companies provide full protection from loss for online purchases in these circumstances. If you have made a payment by money order or wire transfer, you may contact that company for further information at 1-800-325-6000 (Western Union), or at 1-800-926-9400 (Money Gram).

We emphasize that there is no definitive information regarding the seller or their items at this time, and our difficulties in confirming information about the seller may be the result of a mistake or misunderstanding.

There are many tips on how to protect yourself with any Internet transaction on our help page located at:

http://pages.ebay.com/help/buyerguide/bidding-tips.html

If you have any questions, please reply directly to this email.

Regards,

Customer Support (Trust and Safety Department)
eBay Inc>>




The card in question was a 1934 Zeenut Joe Dimaggio w/coupon in a PSA 5 tomb. Some big name must have filed a complaint to get this kind of rise out of ebay.

See, and we thought they didn't care.