eBay – What To Do When Sellers Demands You Change Your Negative Feedback To Positive For A Refund Or Demands Positive As A Condition Of Refund – A Guide

eBay members need to understand that sellers do not have the right to influence your feedback or demand positive as a condition for refunds. At SOSFakeFlash we call this blackmail. eBay calls it extortion. You have the power and the right to report it.

eBay Fake Flash Sellers Of MP Players – USB Flash Drives – Memory Cards – About Their IDs

SOSFakeFlash and victims have wondered for a long time, how do fake flash eBay sellers in the Orient just keep coming back? Why do some of them have such old start dates on eBay?

Did You Buy a 2GB 4GB 8GB 16GB 32GB 64GB 32GB 64GB 120GB 128GB 240GB 360GB 500GB USB Flash Drive Or MP Player On Ebay Recently?

The need to warn people about sellers on eBay who sell fake (false capacity) USB Flash drives, Memory Cards and MP Players continues. Fraudulent sellers are using a new tactic, massive listings in a short period of time, some times as many as 2000+ in as little as three weeks. There is an internet site devoted to early detection of such sellers:

fakememorysentinel.wordpress.com/

SOSFakeFlash recommends that people visit this site, especially if there is no information at SOSFakeFlash yet!

PayPal How Long Do You Have To Claim For A Refund In Disputes? A Guide About PayPal From eBayer’s Experiences.

Many people wonder how long they have to claim for a refund against a seller on eBay with PayPal. Can you reopen a claim if it has been closed on you by Paypal? How long is the investigation window by PayPal if enough claims come in? For victims of fake MP Players, Memory Cards and Usb Flash drives purchased on eBay – this is really important. SOSFakeFlash has put together a collection of articles – Guide to assist you. The information is not only useful to victims of fake flash acquistion on eBay, it is useful to anyone struggling with a claim against a seller. The information is based on 10 months of study and assisting victims.

SOSFakeFlash Message to eBay And PayPal on Fraud for MP Players Memory Cards And USB Flash Drives

At our “report a fake” Tabs – we begin with a reminder to you both and to eBayers of recent lawsuits against you. It was a warning. It was also to educate people that you been brought to task before. We said:

Any company who had been involved directly or indirectly with a transaction involving fake flash – ie counterfeit goods is liable and responsible – if they chose not to respond to the situation or take the warnings issued by customers seriously. To ignore the issue is to condone it.

You both have had opportunity to address the situation. You chose not too. So we turned up the heat. Exactly what temperature do you need before you choose to address the situation and also to come clean before the public?

eBay Cover Up – Sale of False Capacity and Counterfeit MP Players Memory Cards USB Flash Drives

eBay is trying to cover up the truth and has not changed it’s behavior, prefering to evade taking responsibility for fake (false capacity) MP Players, Memory Cards and USB Flash drives sold sellers on eBay. The old song and ever so lame excuse of eBay and Paypal being seperate companies, is still being sung. It is a tune SOSFakeFlash is all too familiar with. eBay hopes members are willing believe in this song. It is common knowledge eBay set up Paypal. Who cares about the fine details of corporate seperations. The two companies can easily cooperate and communicate if they wish to. They have no difficultly integrating to forward you from eBay to Paypal in an easy swing to pay for your purchase. When it comes to taking your money they are integrated, When it comes to refunding you, they are un-integrated and put walls as high as K2. Odd?

eBay Member Reveals Latest Information As eBay Struggles To Address Issue of Fake USB Flash Drives, MP Players and Memory Cards being sold

SOSFakeFlash along with other groups in the FrankenFlash Project have been steadily turning up the heat in an effort to force eBay to address the problem of false capacity items being sold there. A difficult challenge, but one eBay victims are committed to. After 6 years of victims – it must stop. It is mulit million dollar fraud.

The lastest eBayer to join the effort and investigate is Badger. If you want to see what eBay is up to, what they have done or are doing you need to read this. Badger is offering his communications for everyone to see for themselves. If you are a recent victim or were a victim of a flash flash device purchase since 2003 on eBay this is a must read for you as well!

eBay Victims Conclusions On Fake Flash USB Pendrives Drives Sold On eBay

Victims of fake mp players, usb flash drives and memory cards purchased on eBay learn a very hard and disturbing lesson. Not only do they lose money, they lose data. eBay members also learn the chilling truth about “buyer experience improvements” on eBay and on “Buyer Protection” offered by PayPal. Many leave eBay. Many never see a refund as PayPal wears them down with a game of email round robins, the stop watch ticking against the eBayer with time limits for claims.

One ebay member has something he would like to share with you. We are interested in your opinions.

Ebay Begins To Address Issue Fake Flash Device Sellers

Evidence is now appearing that Fake Flash Sellers of false capacity MP Players, Memory Cards and USB Flash drives are being removed by eBay. Listings are down. Many sellers based in the Orient have stopped selling – anything. There are still individual listings for known fakes appearing in the United States and United Kingdom. Canada is showing signs of becoming active in offering these items. SOSFakeFlash is not sure if this is a reroute attempt to continue or if it is simply recent acquisition from disreputable wholesalers.

If you have bought any MP Player, Memory Card or USB Flash drive on eBay in the last three months you should test the item immediately for it’s actual capacity against the advertised capacity. Report any false capacity device to SOSFakeFlash without delay – see Report A Fake. You have little time as the evidence trails are disappearing.

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Buying On eBay – MP Players – Memory Cards – USB Flash drives – Why You should Use A Credit Card To Pay And Not Your Bank Account

The evidence gathered in the last eight months by the FrankenFlash Project and their groups indicates that buying MP Players, USB Flash Drives and Memory Cards is a very risky business. You will find more than enough documented evidence at sosfakeflash.wordpress.com.

So if you are going to bid and buy on eBay why use a credit card instead of bank account funding?

eBay Private Auction Listings – eBay Fake Flash Sellers Prefer – Victims Learn The Meaning The Hard Way – A Guide

eBay sellers of fake flash MP Players, memory cards and usb flash drives prefer private auction listings. They avoid detection the longest, make antonishing profit and create the longest list of victims who will be made obsured by this listing category. Sellers who use this listing type are not found only in the Orient, you will find them everywhere including in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Europe. Some begin selling this way, others resort to this listing type when negative feedback starts to come in revealing the truth about what they are selling.

syyuenlin168 Ebay Fake Flash Seller Alert – Hong Kong

syyuenlin168 is an eBay seller of Counterfeit (Fake) MP Players. Based in Hong Kong syyuenlin168 has sold over 2600+. at very healthy profits. If you have purchased an MP Player do not assume manufacturing defect, falsifying the genuine capacity of the flash drive chip is not defect. You should not load your music files until you have tested and verified that you have received the true advertised capacity. Just how much money has syyuenlin168 made recently?

16GB Fake Flash USB Tidal Waves Continue On eBay – Victims of False Capacity Devices Pour Into SOSFakeFlash For Help

Fake 16GB Flash Memory USB drives are being dumped on eBay and there is no sign of it stopping. On December 6th, 2008 SOSFakeflash issued a warning to the global community about buying 16GB Flash drives on eBay that was published by FakeFlashNews. See:

16GB Flash Memory Thumb Pen Stick eBay Bargains SOSFakeFlash Issues Warning

Observed since November 2008, eBay Sellers of fake flash devices have unloaded these items in astonishing quantities. It is not unusual for these sellers to list more than 2000+ in a period of three weeks. What the FrankenFlash project feared, an increase in the number of victims is now reality.

SOSFakeFlash Announces A New Policy On Issuing Alerts For Fake Flash Sellers Caught on eBay Using Private Auctions

Effective immediately, any seller confirmed selling a fake usb flash drive, MP Player or flash memory card on eBay and who uses PRIVATE AUCTION Listings (a violation of eBay’s intent for this auction category) will not only have the confirmed counterfeit item presented in an alert – but also any other flash device recently sold.

Master Report Ebay Fake Flash USB Drives – Memory Cards – MP Players 200804 – 200812 – To Help You Recognize The Fakes

Ebay Master Report on Fake Flash for 8 months from the FrankenFlash Project. It Includes not only the documented fakes listed on ebay but all the other models listed and sold by a seller caught. Not all victims have reported in. This report will help you identify fakes that you have purchased but are not on file with us. The report only includes sellers we have investigated. We have others in the database, waiting for a victim to report in. Ebay listings may disappear but we have preserved the information. You can still report in for a seller (see report a fake tab at SOSFakeFlash) using the information in this report and also your ebay item number. Make sure to specifythe page, column and row item number for your seller for your model on our report.

SOSFakeFlash News 20081231

1. New Fake Flash Sellers list will be published within three days.
2. New Alerts on recently identified eBay Fake Flash Sellers will be released shortly – we are still receiving data and thank everyone for reporting sellers. New ones are being identified!
3. The eBay Fake Flash Seller Mug Shot report covering 6 months of investigation will be generated and released for download in PDF file format within the week.  It identified a seller, all the models on file confirmed fake and how many are on file for a model.
4. New is a Fake Flash Seller eBay catologue.  This will not only list investigated fakes but also all the other models sold we have on file. You will be astonished at the similarities across sellers!

SOSFakeFlash Website Traffic Grows – Demand For Help On Fake Flash Devices Indicates Global Problem On Fake Flash Plague Escalating

SOSFakeFlash has been investigating and fighting the issue of Fake Flash devices such as USB Pendrives, Memory Cards and MP Players since May 2008. Carefully documenting counterfeits, warning people to test their drives before storing important information to avoid data loss – volenteers struggle to cope with the load. The problem is MUCH bigger then originally thought – spanning the Globe. Help is needed as we continue to dig into the depths of this nightmare.

diaoweifeng2008 Ebay Fake Flash Seller Alert – Deregisters – China

diaoweifeng2008 was a seller of counterfeit flash drives on eBay – this seller id was designed to “Hit and Run” in selling counterfeit flash drives. Based in China diaoweifeng2008 appeared on eBay September 21, 2008 and disappeared on November 9th, 2008. In three short weeks almost 950 fake flash drives(8GB and 16GB) were dumped on unsuspecting buyers around the world. All 16GB models were hidden behind private auction listings – a violation of eBay’s intent for this listing type.

diaoweifeng2008 has demonstrated how easy it is to get around eBay and PayPal. It also sends a message from this region of the world that they don’t take eBay seriously. eBay will be their pipeline to distribute fake flash around the world and rake in profit. eBay not clever. They very much clever.

Fake flash sellers adapt quickly to any attempts by eBay or anybody else to stop them. Exploiting the weaknesses that exist in eBay they have send of plague of fake flash and data loss around the world. diaoweifeng2008 has demonstated this all too well.

If you bought a drive from diaoweifeng2008, you can still claim.