PWNED
On Saturday, a message with the following headers made it to my inbox:
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From: suspension@ebay.com
To: Omar Phillips
Subject: TKO NOTICE: eBay Registration Suspension - Possible Unauthorized Account Use.
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"How did this get through my junk mail filters?" I thought aloud.
I highlighted the message and clicked the "Junk" button on the toolbar. Just to be sure, I opened up my junk mail folder:
All together, I counted about 75 ebay notification emails. About 40 were for new items listed by my account (mostly Louis Vuitton bags and accessories), 15 or so for items I'd won, and the remainder were "this auction is about to end" notifications. The weird (but good) part is that though I won 15 auctions, the total cost was something like 16 cents.
I spent two hours cleaning things up with eBay on Saturday night -- while I was watching Penn State lose to Michigan. Hopefully your weekend involved some more fun than mine did.
Comments
carrotjello said:
I...I...I didn't think you would mind. It being my birthday on Friday and all. Sorry to have cause you such a headache.
Radioactive Pwnr said:
I was second-high bidder on three of those you won. You cannot imagine my pain.
Cate said:
Way to ruin my early Christmas shopping!
I said:
You all are such a supportive bunch.
Happy belated birthday, carrot!
carrotjello said:
No, no, it's this coming Friday. THAT's why I was trying to order early. ;)
Jonathan said:
did you make enough selling the 40ish items to cover what you bought and your time? Not to mention the ebay fees?
Jon said:
Funny you should mention this. My mom had to do the EXACT same thing…
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Hey, you’re not my mom, are you?
cadiz12 said:
who knew you were so into LV.
Cate said:
I love that the Wee Ninjas are getting in the Halloween spirit - they're so cute!
I said:
Jon, just to leave the window of doubt open, I'll answer "probably not." Though if I was, I'd have to say it would be pretty clever to pose as a 20-something black dude in NY, because who would suspect that?
glo said:
As one who has no understanding of eBay, I'd like to come forward and say that I had no reading comprehension of this post.
Thank you.
Lia said:
Thank you for reminding me that I left my Half.com account on vacation since August, when I went on vacation. I can't stop kicking myself - and trust me, it's not that easy to kick yourself - I missed prime textbook-selling time!