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Like many of you, I’ve purchased and sold things through eBay auctions. However, the experience wasn’t nearly as clean as it could have been. Have you tried making a killer eBay page to sell something? It’s impossible on your own – so maybe this software can help. GarageSale gives you easy templates that will help you set up a professional looking eBay page in minutes.

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On my birthday, $450 worth of iTunes gift certificates were transferred from my account to someone else’s, on account of my account being compromised. I logged into my PayPal and sent in a report. My request for my money to be returned was denied by PayPal. Mesiox sent in some tips for all of us, to hopefully help us keep our PayPal accounts safe.

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On my birthday last Saturday, I received a “present” I wish I never had. Due to some lax security policies that Apple has thankfully since updated, someone was able to use my birth date to obtain my iTunes password, and get into my account. They then managed to use that information to give themselves a nice little gift of $450 worth of iTunes gift cards… courtesy of my PayPal account.

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Gary may just save your skin with this security tip…

Good morning, afternoon, or evening whatever it happens to be in your area. I don’t know if you’ve heard of these 2 accessories that Paypal uses but I know from your eBay videos that you and your family have both eBay and Paypal accounts. Paypal has 2 new items the first Item I’d like to mention is the Paypal Security Key. This item adds an extra level of security to both your Ebay and Paypal account. You must purchase it through one of the sites however it can be activated on both services.

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James Scott just caught the eBay Fraud Victim tale I shared a few weeks back:

I have witnessed firsthand PayPal taking $427 from a seller’s bank (checking) account and refunding just $200 to the buyer, stating to the buyer that the $200 was all that could be recovered. I was the buyer. If the seller and I hadn’t been communicating, neither of us would have known what was going on. In this particular case, a claim was filed (by me — the seller hadn’t communicated and I was worried about not getting what I’d paid for); however, I *did* eventually get what I’d paid for, but not until after PayPal had processed the claim. I got $200 in my account; the seller told me she’d had $427 taken from her checking account.

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I don’t really wanna poop on Amazon’s Mechanical Turk (MTurk) program, but I have a huge problem with it: you can’t sign up to deploy the service unless you give them your bank account information first! Are we living in 1990 or something? Have they ever heard of PayPal – or a credit card, at least? Undoubtedly, Amazon is trying to verify that I have the proper funds. I do have adequate funds, but I’m not going to give them access to my bank account to prove it! If Amazon doesn’t want to use PayPal because it’s eBay’s brand, they’re cutting off their nose to spite their face. FWIW, PayPal has a Web service, too! I really want to test some ideas with MTurk, but not if I have to jump through a flaming hoop to do so. Jeff, can you please smack some sense into your employer?

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eBay now has blogs. Here’s how you can expect an average entry to read: “I just sold something. I’m auctioning something else today. Hey did you want to buy something? Check my feedback. They all say I’m an A+ seller except for that one guy. I wish I could buy more things. Send money to my PayPal account. I thought about selling something else, but I’ve been too busy buying things on eBay. Hey would you like to buy a watch? I have tons of them on hand. Ha ha – get it? Okay, now I need to put something in my watch list. I can’t wait to buy something else I don’t need. I’m totally addicted to eBay and I thank them for giving me the opportunity to write about all the things I’m buying and selling. Do you like auctions? Hey, if you like auctions please comment and look at my auctions on eBay. I’m going to sell something else now, and then I’m going to buy something. Okay, we’ll see you later. Hey, remember to give me positive feedback on my ratings or I won’t be able to blog again on eBay. Bye!” Feh.

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