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Having been duped in a small way by a first time trader I wondered,
if it was intententional and not simply a mistake, how many new
accounts could be opened and abandoned by a cavalier earner before
Trademe caught up with them.
Hotmail addresses seem freely available but a telephone number
is also required and as I see it the main limiter. So how closely
do Trademe monitor this kind of thing.

J.wilson wrote:
> Having been duped in a small way by a first time trader I wondered,
> if it was intententional and not simply a mistake, how many new
> accounts could be opened and abandoned by a cavalier earner before
> Trademe caught up with them.
> Hotmail addresses seem freely available but a telephone number
> is also required and as I see it the main limiter. So how closely
> do Trademe monitor this kind of thing.

They have never called me on my phone number, what ****es me off is they assume
that people have one. Flatmate doesnt have one, I dont know what he did to get
reged on there.

Richard wrote:
> J.wilson wrote:
>
>> Having been duped in a small way by a first time trader I wondered,
>> if it was intententional and not simply a mistake, how many new
>> accounts could be opened and abandoned by a cavalier earner before
>> Trademe caught up with them.
>> Hotmail addresses seem freely available but a telephone number
>> is also required and as I see it the main limiter. So how closely
>> do Trademe monitor this kind of thing.
>
>
> They have never called me on my phone number, what ****es me off is they
> assume that people have one. Flatmate doesnt have one, I dont know what
> he did to get reged on there.

Yes, losts of sites require landlines, and I prefer to use my mobile.
When I leave here, I'm not planning on having a landline at all.

The Other Guy

On Thu, 22 Dec 2005 16:33:34 +1300, "J.wilson"
<> wrote:

>Having been duped in a small way by a first time trader I wondered,
>if it was intententional and not simply a mistake, how many new
>accounts could be opened and abandoned by a cavalier earner before
>Trademe caught up with them.
>Hotmail addresses seem freely available but a telephone number
>is also required and as I see it the main limiter. So how closely
>do Trademe monitor this kind of thing.
>
if you deal only with financial members and verified address traders
less chance of fleecing. I had a six month spin and now have over a
hundred typesof cats, only one guy ****ed me round, so I gave him a
red face and he soon pulled finger.

On Thu, 22 Dec 2005 17:10:49 +1300, Richard <> wrote:

>J.wilson wrote:
>> Having been duped in a small way by a first time trader I wondered,
>> if it was intententional and not simply a mistake, how many new
>> accounts could be opened and abandoned by a cavalier earner before
>> Trademe caught up with them.
>> Hotmail addresses seem freely available but a telephone number
>> is also required and as I see it the main limiter. So how closely
>> do Trademe monitor this kind of thing.
>
>They have never called me on my phone number, what ****es me off is they assume
>that people have one. Flatmate doesnt have one, I dont know what he did to get
>reged on there.

you can buy off TM with no verification, but some auctions are limited
to members only, and you have to pass dosh to get verified.

In article <>, Squirrel <> wrote:
>On Thu, 22 Dec 2005 17:10:49 +1300, Richard <> wrote:
>
>>J.wilson wrote:
>>> Having been duped in a small way by a first time trader I wondered,
>>> if it was intententional and not simply a mistake, how many new
>>> accounts could be opened and abandoned by a cavalier earner before
>>> Trademe caught up with them.
>>> Hotmail addresses seem freely available but a telephone number
>>> is also required and as I see it the main limiter. So how closely
>>> do Trademe monitor this kind of thing.
>>
>>They have never called me on my phone number, what ****es me off is they
> assume
>>that people have one. Flatmate doesnt have one, I dont know what he did to get
>
>>reged on there.
>
>you can buy off TM with no verification, but some auctions are limited
>to members only, and you have to pass dosh to get verified.

Yeah. Why is that ?
I can understand why you might have to give tradme some dosh if you wanted
to sell stuff ... but why can't they "verify" you exist for buying
stuff without the payment of money ?

Yeah ... I know why really ... they get a pot of cash for nothing (say
100,000 people at $10 each = a cool mil).
But it's still really stupid



Bruce

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