Scams On Ebay - Have You Been Defrauded
In today's world, it seems that almost any topic is open for debate. While I was gathering facts for this article, I was quite surprised to find some of the issues I thought were settled are actually still being openly discussed.
You may not consider everything you just read to be crucial information about eBay Scams. But don't be surprised if you find yourself recalling and using this very information in the next few days.
EBay is a relatively safe marketplace. Unfortunately, like most online marketplaces, it is vulnerable to scams. eBay tries to stop instances of scams occurring, but with more than 100 million members, and approximately $40 million moving through the site on a daily basis, this can be a little difficult. Sometimes, scams occur.
If you have been scammed, there are certain steps you need to follow to report the incident, and to try to come to a resolution. If you paid for the item through Paypal, the first step is to login to your Paypal account and open up a dispute for the payment. If you did not pay through Paypal, contact your credit card company. In most cases, if you have
used one of these two cases, you will recover your money.
The next step is to use eBay's dispute process to report the seller. This is specifically for items that were not received, or items that were significantly different than what was described in the auction. eBay also has a purchase protection program to further protect buyers. If a settlement cannot be reached with the buyer, the next step is to make an eBay buyer purchase protection claim.
Take time to consider the points presented above. What you learn may help you overcome your hesitation to take action.
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MySpace Attacked for Keeping Kids Off the Streets
As people trudge back to work, after the summer lull, there seems to be a dark cloud hanging over many people's heads. First they decide that their lives were better twenty years ago, and now a national newspaper has launched a campaign to save their children from the perceived evils of modern life.
The Daily Telegraph's 'Hold onto Childhood' campaign is striving to save our junior citizens from the 'sinister cocktail' of sitting on their computer, munching crisps, whilst worrying about their next exam.
Many parents might have fond memories of climbing trees and making mud pies, but the kids of today seem far too tech savvy for such simple pleasures. Even just hanging around with the kids in your neighbourhood seems a dated concept. More and more are fleeing the streets and spending their time making friends online.
The latest research figures show that the Internet is evolving and integrating into young people's lives at an astronomical rate. Social networking sites, such as MySpace, Bebo and YouTube, have all seen their usage grow by over 300% in the last year:
"Many of the sites experiencing the fastest growth today are the ones that understand their audience's need for expression, and have made it easy for them to share pictures, upload music and video, and provide their own commentary, thus stimulating others to do the same. It is the classic network effect at work."
Few could have predicted (except Rupert Murdoch) that social networking sites would start occupying so much of people's time so quickly.The Internet is being used by increasing numbers as a platform for developing relationships based on interest rather than geography.
Young people are far more web savvy than their parents and have grown up with the Internet as their primary information resource. There can be little doubt that, as they grow into the business world, they will find new and effective ways of using it to improve how they manage their professional lives.
A new study of business professionals found (in the US at least):
"more than 53 percent of respondents say the content they read in blogs has an impact on their work-related purchasing decisions. Some 80 percent of respondents say they read blogs, with 51 saying they read them at least once a week."
I haven't seen the previous year's figures but I wouldn't be surprised to see a marked rise in the usage of blogs (if not quite the 300% MySpace and co have experienced). Social networking sites are becoming the dominate domains on the Internet and appear to be developing the most influence.
Blogs have yet to penetrate the mass market and be utilised in huge numbers by regular consumers. This is largely, I believe, due to the inaccessibility of RSS to the non web savvy.
But once RSS penetrates the mass market, and you consider the growth of MySpace and usage of blogs by business professionals, isn't it inevitable that regular consumers will follow in using blogs to assist their buying decisions?
It might not be long before kids are forced back into loitering around the streets because their parents are hogging the computer researching what HDTV to buy, or to track down that rare Elvis record they've been hunting all their lives.
Internet High Yield Investment Programs. Opportunity or Scam?
High Yield Investment Programs or HYIP's are schemes where a person (the would-be investor) makes what is known as a "spend" (payment) of money in quantities ranging from less than $1 to $1000's in hopes of getting back a high return after a certain period of time. Most HYIP's that I have seen use the gold electronic currency business e-Gold as their payment processor of choice. The rate of return offered varies depending on the particular HYIP (I have seen sites offering rates as ridiculously high as 3000%) and when an e-Gold spend is made it cannot be reversed. This is in accordance with e-Gold's policy and motto which succinctly states: "Get paid, stay paid."
The following generic statement can be seen on the home pages of many HYIP's in reference to their program: "Our program is intended for people willing to achieve their financial freedom but unable to do so because they are not financial experts. xxxxx is a long term high yield private loan program backed up by Forex market trading and investing in various funds and activities. Profits from these investments are used to enhance our program and increase its stability for the long term."
In fact however, the High Yield Investment Programs are Ponzi schemes. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia says: "A Ponzi scheme (named after Charles Ponzi who became notorious after using the system) usually offers abnormally high short-term returns in order to entice new investors. The high returns that a Ponzi scheme advertises (and pays) require an ever-increasing flow of money from investors in order to keep the scheme going. The system is doomed to collapse because there are little or no underlying earnings from the money received by the promoter."
It follows that HYIP's are usually short-lived affairs where the so-called investor is often scammed out of his/her money. I myself made a total of 15 small spends in 15 different High Yield Investment Programs recently just "to see" and I can report that I got paid by none. Zilch. Zero.
So why do these sites continue popping up all over the Internet and attracting "investors" when most people know the majority of these so-called opportunities are really scams? Well, there's always the powerful allure of the possibility of making money without lifting a finger. That will always attract people. Always.
But the fact remains that if you have some e-Gold currency laying around that you don't need, you can invest in High Yield Investment Programs and make some scam artists always on the prowl for sucker money (like mine) feel very satisfied. Very happy. For the long term.
You may reprint or republish this article so long as my link(s) or resource box is included and published as well.
You may not consider everything you just read to be crucial information about eBay Scams. But don't be surprised if you find yourself recalling and using this very information in the next few days.
EBay is a relatively safe marketplace. Unfortunately, like most online marketplaces, it is vulnerable to scams. eBay tries to stop instances of scams occurring, but with more than 100 million members, and approximately $40 million moving through the site on a daily basis, this can be a little difficult. Sometimes, scams occur.
If you have been scammed, there are certain steps you need to follow to report the incident, and to try to come to a resolution. If you paid for the item through Paypal, the first step is to login to your Paypal account and open up a dispute for the payment. If you did not pay through Paypal, contact your credit card company. In most cases, if you have
used one of these two cases, you will recover your money.
The next step is to use eBay's dispute process to report the seller. This is specifically for items that were not received, or items that were significantly different than what was described in the auction. eBay also has a purchase protection program to further protect buyers. If a settlement cannot be reached with the buyer, the next step is to make an eBay buyer purchase protection claim.
Take time to consider the points presented above. What you learn may help you overcome your hesitation to take action.
MySpace Layouts Dynamically Convert Your Content Into Cash!HyperVre.
Use Affiliates Alert to search the ClickBank Marketplace. Also get your Free Website Content
MySpace Attacked for Keeping Kids Off the Streets
As people trudge back to work, after the summer lull, there seems to be a dark cloud hanging over many people's heads. First they decide that their lives were better twenty years ago, and now a national newspaper has launched a campaign to save their children from the perceived evils of modern life.
The Daily Telegraph's 'Hold onto Childhood' campaign is striving to save our junior citizens from the 'sinister cocktail' of sitting on their computer, munching crisps, whilst worrying about their next exam.
Many parents might have fond memories of climbing trees and making mud pies, but the kids of today seem far too tech savvy for such simple pleasures. Even just hanging around with the kids in your neighbourhood seems a dated concept. More and more are fleeing the streets and spending their time making friends online.
The latest research figures show that the Internet is evolving and integrating into young people's lives at an astronomical rate. Social networking sites, such as MySpace, Bebo and YouTube, have all seen their usage grow by over 300% in the last year:
"Many of the sites experiencing the fastest growth today are the ones that understand their audience's need for expression, and have made it easy for them to share pictures, upload music and video, and provide their own commentary, thus stimulating others to do the same. It is the classic network effect at work."
Few could have predicted (except Rupert Murdoch) that social networking sites would start occupying so much of people's time so quickly.The Internet is being used by increasing numbers as a platform for developing relationships based on interest rather than geography.
Young people are far more web savvy than their parents and have grown up with the Internet as their primary information resource. There can be little doubt that, as they grow into the business world, they will find new and effective ways of using it to improve how they manage their professional lives.
A new study of business professionals found (in the US at least):
"more than 53 percent of respondents say the content they read in blogs has an impact on their work-related purchasing decisions. Some 80 percent of respondents say they read blogs, with 51 saying they read them at least once a week."
I haven't seen the previous year's figures but I wouldn't be surprised to see a marked rise in the usage of blogs (if not quite the 300% MySpace and co have experienced). Social networking sites are becoming the dominate domains on the Internet and appear to be developing the most influence.
Blogs have yet to penetrate the mass market and be utilised in huge numbers by regular consumers. This is largely, I believe, due to the inaccessibility of RSS to the non web savvy.
But once RSS penetrates the mass market, and you consider the growth of MySpace and usage of blogs by business professionals, isn't it inevitable that regular consumers will follow in using blogs to assist their buying decisions?
It might not be long before kids are forced back into loitering around the streets because their parents are hogging the computer researching what HDTV to buy, or to track down that rare Elvis record they've been hunting all their lives.
Internet High Yield Investment Programs. Opportunity or Scam?
High Yield Investment Programs or HYIP's are schemes where a person (the would-be investor) makes what is known as a "spend" (payment) of money in quantities ranging from less than $1 to $1000's in hopes of getting back a high return after a certain period of time. Most HYIP's that I have seen use the gold electronic currency business e-Gold as their payment processor of choice. The rate of return offered varies depending on the particular HYIP (I have seen sites offering rates as ridiculously high as 3000%) and when an e-Gold spend is made it cannot be reversed. This is in accordance with e-Gold's policy and motto which succinctly states: "Get paid, stay paid."
The following generic statement can be seen on the home pages of many HYIP's in reference to their program: "Our program is intended for people willing to achieve their financial freedom but unable to do so because they are not financial experts. xxxxx is a long term high yield private loan program backed up by Forex market trading and investing in various funds and activities. Profits from these investments are used to enhance our program and increase its stability for the long term."
In fact however, the High Yield Investment Programs are Ponzi schemes. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia says: "A Ponzi scheme (named after Charles Ponzi who became notorious after using the system) usually offers abnormally high short-term returns in order to entice new investors. The high returns that a Ponzi scheme advertises (and pays) require an ever-increasing flow of money from investors in order to keep the scheme going. The system is doomed to collapse because there are little or no underlying earnings from the money received by the promoter."
It follows that HYIP's are usually short-lived affairs where the so-called investor is often scammed out of his/her money. I myself made a total of 15 small spends in 15 different High Yield Investment Programs recently just "to see" and I can report that I got paid by none. Zilch. Zero.
So why do these sites continue popping up all over the Internet and attracting "investors" when most people know the majority of these so-called opportunities are really scams? Well, there's always the powerful allure of the possibility of making money without lifting a finger. That will always attract people. Always.
But the fact remains that if you have some e-Gold currency laying around that you don't need, you can invest in High Yield Investment Programs and make some scam artists always on the prowl for sucker money (like mine) feel very satisfied. Very happy. For the long term.
You may reprint or republish this article so long as my link(s) or resource box is included and published as well.