Ebay authentication X2

[steve B]

Originally Posted by x2drich2000

How about this one. Just had a customer dispute the charge with the credit card provider because "buyer did not recognize the transaction". Ebay wanted me to send proof that the authenticator received the card after they had already sent it along to the buyer.

It can be worse.

A friend of mine was into old phonographs, and bought a box of something like 5000 needles for them. Too cheap to pass up.
So he started selling them on Ebay. Long ago, back just before the whole anthrax thing was going on. Once it was, he was still selling.

One day he gets a phone call at work, from postal inspectors. He's busy, so he figures he'll return it the next day when he isn't busy.
Gets home, home phone has calls from postal inspectors, state police in another state, local police in another state.... what the heck! Last call is the FBI..... "You must call us immediately!"
He tries calling back, gets a bored sounding agent.
Oh yeah, we figured it out.
Guy got his pack of phonograph needles, which he totally forgot he ordered.
And - Genius brings the "suspicious package" to the postoffice.
LE gets involved, tries to find out what's in the package.
Apparently with the entire show, bomb squad, dogs, robots x ray machines.
Just short of blowing it up because an envelope full of half inch long needles does look a bit iffy, they show the guy the screen and he finally remembers ordering a pack of phonograph needles.

The Officers/agents were NOT happy...

Fortunately they were in the mostly amused/wtf stage when he called back.