Just when you thought it was safe to go back to your keyboard: Ebay's watched items

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Posted By: Max Weder

Perhaps others received an email, ostensibly from ebay, stating that one of your watched items from a vendor had been relisted. When I checked one of these emails I received, I noted that I had not added Five Little Peppers and How They Grew to my Watch List (and I certainly wouldn't admit it here if I had ) but I had been watching another closed item from that vendor.

I do as ebay suggests and I check my ebay messages. No such relisting email.Another phish? Scam? For sure, I am thinking. I email ebay's security and receive the following email back:

Thank you for writing eBay in regard to the email you received regarding your "Watched Item."

The notice we sent to you incorrectly referred to an item that is not on the "Items I'm Watching" list for your account.

Although this notice is an authentic email from eBay, it was mistakenly sent by our system. We apologize for any inconvenience or concern this might have caused you.

Other members have also reported receiving notices for items they are not watching. We appreciate your patience with us as we work to correct this problem as soon as possible.

Somehow, this does not inspire great confidence.

Max

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Posted By: Dan Bretta

I get these notices on occasion too from people that are in my watch list, but items I am not watching....I had always assumed the person was skirting ebay fees somehow revising the auction by completely changing it to another item.

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Posted By: robert

Max.

Ebay is clearly not secure.

Rob

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Posted By: Todd Schultz

I just got an email from paypal--looks legit on design, layout, etc.--saying I need to confirm or cancel my payment of $1599.00 for a Sony Vaio computer that I of course never bought.

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Posted By: mark

That is a scam as you know. I forward stuff like that to ebay.

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Posted By: Max Weder

Todd

The email you received was a scam. However, the email I (and others) received from ebay was legitimately from ebay. It was sent in error by ebay, as there is somehow a glitch in their software indicating we were watching items we weren't watching.

Max

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Posted By: Mark Burke

this happens frequently and it is legitimate. It happens so much to me that I am sure ebay does it on purpose.

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Posted By: Russ Bright

it's legit, it's just an ebay mess-up - click on that item, look at sellers other items and you'll find whatever you WERE watching.

and if you WERE looking for 5 little peppers, i think i have all three volumes first print somewhere around here...