Beware: Misleading Domain Name Sale at eBay!!!

[.tv]

I have just seen this listing in eBay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&Item=150191912608

The seller is actually selling a single letter .com IDN name, but he using the title:
3.com 1 Letter Number Character .com RARE Domain Name

There is no indication in the title that the domain name is an IDN. :hehe:

 

[skylineleong]

3.com = xn--qod.com ??????

 

[BLazeD]

Sorry, but welcome to the last 5 years of eBay.

 

[.tv]

3.com = xn--qod.com ??????

Its not 3.com :hehe:

The seller tricking the potential buyers.

The character is ვ, the sixth letter of the Georgian alphabet.

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ვ

The seller not even disclosed this information. :hehe:

 

[jido]

It happens often. Always check seller rating and in doubt, look at whois record and copy domain name in Notepad to see what it looks like in different fonts. "If it looks too good to be true it probably is".

 

[skylineleong]

So tricky?
Use un-logic alphabet.

 

[FPForum]

Did anyone notify ebay about this? I believe it is against their terms

 

[Silhouette]

He stated clearly in the description body that it is an IDN
(He shouldn't use the number "3" in the title and some parts of the text though)

peace...

 

[sashas]

there are no 1 character .coms lmao. If someone doesn't know that, he shouldn't be in this industry anyways.

 

[accent]

Actually eBay itself owns X.com (got it when they bought out X bank). They are using it for Paypal labs.

Qwest Communications has Q.com, Nissan has Z.com for their “Z Car”, Inet Corp. has I.net but they are not using it, The X.Org foundation has X.org. There might be one more .net or .org.

 

[.tv]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-letter_second-level_domains

 

[GreenGambler]

I HATE misleading domain name titles on ebay.

I filter most of them out on my website, so if someone does have a misleading title, hopefully they are just loosing exposure on people's sites who list ebay sales.

PLEASE, everyone, report misleading domain names sales on Ebay. If we all keep reporting these domainers who lie than the number of people doing so should go down.

All it takes is a few clicks of the mouse to report someone..

PLEASE REPORT ALL MISLEADING, "KEYWORD SPAMMERS" to ebay asap!!!!!

If image code were not off on this forum I would post a few screenshots to go through the process of how to report someone! Infact, I will do it on my website and have it up by tomorrow morning.. This type of scamming and spamming needs to stop!

 

[htmlindex]

there are no 1 character .coms lmao. If someone doesn't know that, he shouldn't be in this industry anyways.

That's incorrect. As already mentioned, X.com & Z.com are examples, but most likely will never be sold

 

[.tv]

I HATE misleading domain name titles on ebay.

I filter most of them out on my website, so if someone does have a misleading title, hopefully they are just loosing exposure on people's sites who list ebay sales.

PLEASE, everyone, report misleading domain names sales on Ebay. If we all keep reporting these domainers who lie than the number of people doing so should go down.

All it takes is a few clicks of the mouse to report someone..

PLEASE REPORT ALL MISLEADING, "KEYWORD SPAMMERS" to ebay asap!!!!!

If image code were not off on this forum I would post a few screenshots to go through the process of how to report someone! Infact, I will do it on my website and have it up by tomorrow morning.. This type of scamming and spamming needs to stop!

Well said. Reprted the misleading domain sale to ebay trust & safety team. :kickass:

 

[WolfMother]

Well said. Reprted the misleading domain sale to ebay trust & safety team. :kickass:

Is this the first time you have witnessed a misleading auction on ebay?

Reporting to the trust and safety dept. is equivalent to standing in a DMV line. You will have a painful wait, and when it does finally come to their attention that something is wrong, they will side with whatever is in their favor(which is the seller in this case). If you are not making ebay money and just pestering them with complaints they will most likely dismiss it sending you a "concerned" email explaining that they take cases like this very seriously.

As a powerseller and few years experience with the trust and safety goons I can unfortunately state that while valiant, your efforts are ineffectual to the ebay machine.

 

[GreenGambler]

If you are not making ebay money and just pestering them with complaints they will most likely dismiss it sending you a "concerned" email explaining that they take cases like this very seriously.

It doesn't matter how often it happens, what matters is that we take a stand!!!!!

I've sold about 65 items, equalling over 10k in sales. But I don't think that even matters. What matters is if many people report the same guys..

And what email are you reffering to? I've been reporting posts for a while now and have never, once recieved an email from ebay.. And yes. I have noticed some of my reported sales posts be removed, as I add all my reports to my watch list.

REPORTING MISLEADING AND KEYWORD SPAMMING AUCTION WORKS

!!! PLEASE REPORT ALL MISLEADING AUCTIONS !!! ​

Just because they are not all removed does not mean it doesn't work, if we all report the keyword spammers ebay will take notice.

 

[WolfMother]

It doesn't matter how often it happens, what matters is that we take a stand!!!!!

I have taken a stand. I still do constantly when I find a misleading/illegal listing. Sometimes it works, mostly it doesn't. I am not trying to encourage anyone from not reporting auctions like this, and yes if everyone starts to report I think they will get the idea.

My post was more in disappointment with the trust and safety team. I will report non-selling sellers, non-paying bidders, misleading listings, and so on and I will get the standard email saying that they are concerned. I have even been cursed out, having someone constantly call me a 'fag' on their dispute console and they didn't do anything about it. They didn't even remove the seller or give me an explanation. I think that is when I lost a good deal of respect for them.

Anyway, my post was a personal rant, please continue to report sitings of this crap, I hate it just as much as you do.

 

[diddie]

thx for info, was looking at this

 

[.tv]

I have taken a stand. I still do constantly when I find a misleading/illegal listing. Sometimes it works, mostly it doesn't. I am not trying to encourage anyone from not reporting auctions like this, and yes if everyone starts to report I think they will get the idea.

My post was more in disappointment with the trust and safety team. I will report non-selling sellers, non-paying bidders, misleading listings, and so on and I will get the standard email saying that they are concerned. I have even been cursed out, having someone constantly call me a 'fag' on their dispute console and they didn't do anything about it. They didn't even remove the seller or give me an explanation. I think that is when I lost a good deal of respect for them.

Anyway, my post was a personal rant, please continue to report sitings of this crap, I hate it just as much as you do.

Yes....
I have received an email from the trust and safety team:

We often rely on members like you to bring such violations to our attention.

In light of the eBay Privacy Policy, we cannot share with you any action
taken by eBay with respect to this listing. If we determine that the listing violates eBay policy, we will remove the listing or suspend the seller. Account suspensions are usually reserved for those sellers that repeatedly disregard policy.

 

[TestCase]

Reporting to the trust and safety dept. is equivalent to standing in a DMV line. You will have a painful wait, and when it does finally come to their attention that something is wrong, they will side with whatever is in their favor(which is the seller in this case). If you are not making ebay money and just pestering them with complaints they will most likely dismiss it sending you a "concerned" email explaining that they take cases like this very seriously.

As a powerseller and few years experience with the trust and safety goons I can unfortunately state that while valiant, your efforts are ineffectual to the ebay machine.

Don't EEEEEVEN get me started on these idiots! WolfMother's statement above is the God's honest truth...

I honestly believe that a snow ball in hell has a better chance of staying frozen than eBay's trust & safety clowns have of actually making their operations even 90% safe and trustworthy for legitimate buyers and sellers.

Sorry to jump in on this thread but eBay's "Safety Team" is an absolute joke and I have to vent anytime the subject comes up!!!