Friday, June 02, 2006
Lucky! Ebay Problem Fixed Quickly
Yesterday we were very lucky. The Ebay problem was fixed very quickly. It is possible that we might not have noticed that Camaro in our auctions for days. Once my auctions are up I do not check all of them regularly. That could have gone on for days instead of hours.
OH, the Camaro probably did not really exist. These scammers sell high priced items for low prices to “suckers” who think they are getting a real steal. What happens is the scammer gets a down payment of $2000 or $5000 and then are never heard from again. I am still amazed that as scam savvy as I am, I let someone get into my account.
If I can get sucked into revealing my password with a phony email, there must be a lot of less savvy people regularly getting taken by these low lifes. I did not lose anything except a little time taking care of the problem. I was lucky. I could have lost all my running auctions and had a big problem with my account for a long time.
Again, my advice is NEVER click a link in an email and go to a site and enter a password or other personal information. ALWAYS, go to the site yourself, using a bookmark or FAVORITES link. This way you will always know you are on a legitimate site.
We are having to work harder and smarter now. Luckily the smarter part is starting to click in and it is getting easier to make the extra money on Ebay. It is amazing what you can do when you have to. The question is, “why do we wait until we HAVE TO to take action”? What if we started ahead of time and created the lifestyle and income we wanted and need. What if we prepared for problems in advance.
HMMMmmmmmmm! These are the things we are never taught in school. We learn all the academic stuff, but are never taught about living. We are never taught about dealing with life and how to overcome problems before they start.
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