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Author:  brataccas [ Tue Apr 19, 2011 9:19 am ]
Post subject:  ebay taking money from me? :(
got a message from ebay with the following:

Quote:
***This is an automatically generated email. Please do not reply.***

ATTENTION: This is your first invoice and we encourage you to review the following help documentation to better understand how to review your invoice. Please visit the link below to view the help page:

http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/sell/invoice.html

Invoice Number: 041511-8794414420034


Dear David (*************),

Your eBay invoice for the period from March 16, 2011 through April 15, 2011 is now available to view online.


Amount Due: £12.11

You have set up PayPal as your automatic payment method. Your invoice amount will be automatically deducted from your PayPal account between April 30, 2011 and May 2, 2011. The amount deducted may vary based on recent payments or credits.

To view your invoice:
1. Go to http://www.ebay.co.uk and click "My eBay" at the top of most eBay pages. You will need to sign in.
2. Click the "Seller Account" link under the "Account" Tab at the top of the page.
3. Select the invoice you wish to view from the drop down menu located in the Invoices box on the right side of the page.

Remember: eBay will not ask you for sensitive personal information (such as your password, credit card, bank account numbers, National Insurance numbers, identity numbers etc.) in an email.

Thank you for using eBay.

Regards,
eBay



Learn More to protect yourself from spoof (fake) emails at:
http://pages.ebay.co.uk/education/spooftutorial

eBay sent this email to you at emailaddress about your account registered on ebay.co.uk.

eBay will periodically send you required emails about the site and your transactions.
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anyone any idea what caused this? :(


edit: seems to be as im selling things, does it only charge if im selling or every month? :(
Author:  steve74 [ Tue Apr 19, 2011 9:28 am ]
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Well, first off, don't click on any links in any "ebay" emails! I've never heard of ebay invoicing sellers, but then I've never actually sold anything on there so I could be wrong. I smell a phishing attempt though.

Open ebay in your web browser, click "My eBay" and login to your account. Check through the main summary and it should show up if it's genuine. You should also have a copy of the email you were sent in the "Messages" section too - if not, then the email you were sent is a spammer.

BT: You might also like to remove your hotmail email address above, or you could be soon receiving more emails like this!
Author:  brataccas [ Tue Apr 19, 2011 9:33 am ]
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hm apparently everyone gets a bit of their sale robbed off them by ebay, bastards..

and email removed lol :oops:

it appears genuine as its on ebay inbox too
Author:  paulzolo [ Tue Apr 19, 2011 9:36 am ]
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Is it spam?

Try HOVERING your mouse over one of the links - some email clients will show a tool tip which gives you the URL that clicking on the link will take you. If this is different IN ANY WAY, then it’s more than likely to be bogus.

If not, you need to be a bit of a detective - most email apps let you view the source of the email, so look at that. No doubt there will be a lot of stuff there which is irrelevant. You want to be looking for something which starts like this:

Code:
<a href="


What follows that is important - this is an HTML link tag, and in the case of the email you have, the contents of the href attribute should match the URL in the email. So, if the email is honest, you should see something like this:

Code:
<a href="http://www.ebay.co.uk">http://www.ebay.co.uk</a>


However, if the href and text the <a> tag surrounds are different, then it’s a scammer. For example, the URL may look something like this:

Code:
<a href="http://www.my.bogus.domain.ebay.com/ru/hd.php">http://www.ebay.co.uk</a>


The important thing is that the text in the href attribute matches the text that the email client is displaying.

If you are still uncertain, visit your eBay account (if you have one) by typing the eBay web address address in your browser to see what is what. Do not click the link in the email.

This is a common phishing tactic. Make people think that something bad is going on with their eBay/PayPal/Bank account and include a handy link to click on. That will take you a who-knows-where and you will get a log-on page which will look very much like the log on page you were expecting. People will type in their details, and boom - some criminals have just got access to your eBay details, and they can do what they want with it.

You may want to read this page, and forward the email to spoof@ebay.co.uk
http://pages.ebay.co.uk/safetycentre/ne ... touch.html
Author:  saspro [ Tue Apr 19, 2011 9:42 am ]
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If you're selling stuff then they'll want their cut.
The invoices just mean you haven't paid them yet.
Author:  steve74 [ Tue Apr 19, 2011 10:31 am ]
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brataccas wrote:
edit: seems to be as im selling things, does it only charge if im selling or every month?

Ah, just noticed your edit, after I'd posted mine! If you're selling, which you appear to be from this statement then, yes, there are fees - both to list an item and if using PayPal there are fees there too (usually a percentage of the value).

brataccas wrote:
it appears genuine as its on ebay inbox too

Yep. If you've sold an item, it will tell you there what the fees are. In this case, I think it's genuine as you're selling.
Author:  paulzolo [ Tue Apr 19, 2011 10:50 am ]
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steve74 wrote:
brataccas wrote:
edit: seems to be as im selling things, does it only charge if im selling or every month?

Ah, just noticed your edit, after I'd posted mine! If you're selling, which you appear to be from this statement then, yes, there are fees - both to list an item and if using PayPal there are fees there too (usually a percentage of the value).


I replied during the edit too - however, always be vigilant - only click on links in emails if you are 100% sure they are from who they say they are. If you are in business with eBay, then it’s always worth checking the site anyway.
Author:  finlay666 [ Tue Apr 19, 2011 10:51 am ]
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brataccas wrote:
hm apparently everyone gets a bit of their sale robbed off them by ebay, bastards..


Did you think they provided a free service?
Author:  leeds_manc [ Tue Apr 19, 2011 11:10 am ]
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You can't make profit on eBay, it's like gambling, the house always wins.
Author:  brataccas [ Tue Apr 19, 2011 11:36 am ]
Post subject:  Re: ebay taking money from me? :(
finlay666 wrote:

Did you think they provided a free service?


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Author:  veato [ Tue Apr 19, 2011 11:52 am ]
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Ebay will send a message to your ebay inbox and IIRC email you the invoice also.

For the majority ebay charge 10% of the final selling price (up to a maximum of £40). If the buyer then pays with Paypal you lose another 3.4% + £0.20 GBP. In the example of selling a camera lens for £100 for example from the original £100 sell price you're left with £86.40. If you offered free postage then this will eat into that a little bit more too.
Author:  finlay666 [ Tue Apr 19, 2011 12:12 pm ]
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brataccas wrote:
*facepalm*


It's a genuine question, freecycle, guntree, craigslist etc all offer free services for selling/giving stuff away and there are a couple of free auction sites floating about
Author:  ProfessorF [ Tue Apr 19, 2011 4:47 pm ]
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leeds_manc wrote:
You can't make profit on eBay, it's like gambling, the house always wins.


Nah. I sold a cigarette dispenser on there for £14. Cost me £1.50. Even after fees, I'm about £10 up.

ION, I'm hoping to complete the purchase of an item that's about 1/3rd of it's normal price tonight.
Author:  brataccas [ Tue Apr 19, 2011 5:25 pm ]
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what I really hate about ebay is I get hugely competitive if I See something that looks cool,

just ended up buying an MG42 machine gun barrel once owned by nazis :(
Author:  paulzolo [ Tue Apr 19, 2011 5:32 pm ]
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brataccas wrote:
what I really hate about ebay is I get hugely competitive if I See something that looks cool,


Just type in the price you are willing to pay for an item and leave it. If you win, you win. If you lose, you lose. I can imagine that if you treat it ike an auction house, you can get easily burned.
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