Hmmmm...... Interesting (Ebay)

TinkerBell · 23-04-2008, 17:29

Well I have just received an email from Ebay saying that I am the highest bidder for a soldering Iron.......but I haven't bidded for anything. Hmmmmmmm...... Interesting me thinks

TinkerBell · 23-04-2008, 17:44

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Originally Posted by Lozza

umm go in to ebay via www.ebay.co.uk not via any link in the email and change you password! Just in case you account has been hijacked!

Yup I have done that, changed password and security question, also emailed ebay to get it sorted! At least it is only £1.04 the item whoever bidded on!

kaiowas · 24-04-2008, 08:29

Whilst you were logged in did you actually check whether your account shows you having bought this item? Spoofed emails saying you've bought something you haven't are a common tactic to get you to panic and log in via the link in the email to see what's going on.

TinkerBell · 24-04-2008, 12:42

Yeah I did, and it looks like it was a normal bid that I had made, I have had an email from eBay saying that it is probably a family member as there isn't anything suspicious about someone else getting access. Now I know it wasn't a family member as that is the first thing I did before I emailed them. I am now a winning bidder for a soldering iron, ACE!

Really don't know how this has happened!

divine · 24-04-2008, 12:54

Got absolutely hammered recently?

As in, so hammered you thought 'DAMN, I NEED A SOLDERING IRON'?

TinkerBell · 24-04-2008, 12:57

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Originally Posted by divine`

Got absolutely hammered recently?

As in, so hammered you thought 'DAMN, I NEED A SOLDERING IRON'?

Hahaha! I wish

Haven't got hammered for AGGEEESSSS!

Feek · 24-04-2008, 13:01

Link to the auction?

TinkerBell · 24-04-2008, 13:04

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...EOIBSA:GB:1123

Here is the link, it has finished now, don't know if you lot will be able to see it though.

Feek · 24-04-2008, 13:06

Two for the price of one, bargain!

Not sure what can be done about the problem though, is it worth mailing the seller to explain what's happened and see if you can come to an agreement?

Matblack · 24-04-2008, 13:07

Thats not A soldering iron, thats TWO soldering irons!

MB

23-04-2008, 17:29	#1
TinkerBell Dirty Spammer Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: In the middle! Posts: 2,454	Hmmmm...... Interesting (Ebay) Well I have just received an email from Ebay saying that I am the highest bidder for a soldering Iron.......but I haven't bidded for anything. Hmmmmmmm...... Interesting me thinks __________________

24-04-2008, 08:29	#3
kaiowas The Stig Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Fightertown USA Posts: 1,458	Whilst you were logged in did you actually check whether your account shows you having bought this item? Spoofed emails saying you've bought something you haven't are a common tactic to get you to panic and log in via the link in the email to see what's going on. __________________ Anal Fish Porn

24-04-2008, 12:42	#4
TinkerBell Dirty Spammer Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: In the middle! Posts: 2,454	Yeah I did, and it looks like it was a normal bid that I had made, I have had an email from eBay saying that it is probably a family member as there isn't anything suspicious about someone else getting access. Now I know it wasn't a family member as that is the first thing I did before I emailed them. I am now a winning bidder for a soldering iron, ACE! Really don't know how this has happened! __________________

24-04-2008, 12:54	#5
divine Moonshine Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Southampton Posts: 3,201	Got absolutely hammered recently? As in, so hammered you thought 'DAMN, I NEED A SOLDERING IRON'? __________________

24-04-2008, 13:01	#7
Feek ex SAS Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: JO01ou Posts: 10,062	Link to the auction? __________________

24-04-2008, 13:04	#8
TinkerBell Dirty Spammer Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: In the middle! Posts: 2,454	http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...EOIBSA:GB:1123 Here is the link, it has finished now, don't know if you lot will be able to see it though. __________________

24-04-2008, 13:06	#9
Feek ex SAS Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: JO01ou Posts: 10,062	Two for the price of one, bargain! Not sure what can be done about the problem though, is it worth mailing the seller to explain what's happened and see if you can come to an agreement? __________________

24-04-2008, 13:07	#10
Matblack Baby Bore Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Svalbard Posts: 9,770	Thats not A soldering iron, thats TWO soldering irons! MB __________________ "we had roots that grew towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossom had fallen from our branches we found that we were one tree and not two"