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In article <43deb066$>, "~misfit~" <> wrote:
>Bruce Sinclair wrote:
>> In article <>, A
>> <> wrote:
>>> There was a time a few years back when somebody was creating new
>>> accounts, placing $1m bids, getting disabled, creating another
>>> account, and so on just for the fun of it. These incidents have
>>> pretty much disappeared (probably also with more advanced warning
>>> systems on TM (e.g. all bids over a certain amount should be red
>>> flagged and investigated).
>>
>> Sounds like a valuable service to me - systems testing
>
>Heh! You wouldn't say that if it was your auction that had run for a week,
>you had a good (legitimate) bid leading and you *really* needed the money
>soon.... and some plonker bid $1M on it and you had to re-list. Wery
>inconwenient.

Quite correct, I wouldn't
Still, they should have thought about idiots before going live ... there are
so many ofthem

Bruce

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I believe you find life such a problem because you think there are the good
people and the bad people. You're wrong, of course. There are, always and
only, the bad people, but some of them are on opposite sides.

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In article <>, A <> wrote:
>On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 17:00:35 +1300, Running with scissors
><> wrote:
>
>>On , , Sun, 29 Jan 2006 11:21:34 +1300, Argh @ Trade Me, "Krazy
>>Bob" <> wrote:
>>
>>>Recieved a email today advising me im 1 cent in debt with my acount on trade
>>>me and telling me i have to pay $10 to credit it back.
>>>i laughed because im not paying simply because they tell me to, i'll do it
>>>when i feel like it.
>>>
>>>So now, i log into trade me, nice warning banner tellin me im 1 cent OD, and
>>>go to ask a question and im not allowed because im 1 cent OD, and if i ask
>>>anyway i risk getting my account suspended.
>>>all this because of 1 cent....*lol*
>>
>>It is a machine doing the messages, to it ANY debit is a debit,
>>whether it is 1 cent or $1000. There needs to be a human
>>oversight on such messages going out.
>
>All it takes is to set the machine to allow some sort of limit before
>the emails are sent out - even if its $2. i.e. balance <$2 debit then
>do nothing, balance>$2 debit send out email. It can't be that hard.

Note - you can't ask questions if your balance is zero either. Given how
much sense that makes, what chance do you think there is of getting a real
debit (of whatever size) ignored ?


Bruce

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I believe you find life such a problem because you think there are the good
people and the bad people. You're wrong, of course. There are, always and
only, the bad people, but some of them are on opposite sides.

Lord Vetinari in Guards ! Guards ! - Terry Pratchett

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Bruce Sinclair wrote:
> In article <43deb066$>, "~misfit~"
> <> wrote:
>> Heh! You wouldn't say that if it was your auction that had run for a
>> week, you had a good (legitimate) bid leading and you *really*
>> needed the money soon.... and some plonker bid $1M on it and you had
>> to re-list. Wery inconwenient.
>
> Quite correct, I wouldn't
> Still, they should have thought about idiots before going live ...
> there are
> so many ofthem

True. I see one in my bathroom every time I go in there. Through this
funny-looking window that shows everything backwards.
--
~misfit~

In article <>, "~misfit~" <> wrote:
>Bruce Sinclair wrote:
>> In article <43deb066$>, "~misfit~"
>> <> wrote:
>>> Heh! You wouldn't say that if it was your auction that had run for a
>>> week, you had a good (legitimate) bid leading and you *really*
>>> needed the money soon.... and some plonker bid $1M on it and you had
>>> to re-list. Wery inconwenient.
>>
>> Quite correct, I wouldn't
>> Still, they should have thought about idiots before going live ...
>> there are
>> so many ofthem
>
>True. I see one in my bathroom every time I go in there. Through this
>funny-looking window that shows everything backwards.

I've seen that one myself

Bruce

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I believe you find life such a problem because you think there are the good
people and the bad people. You're wrong, of course. There are, always and
only, the bad people, but some of them are on opposite sides.

Lord Vetinari in Guards ! Guards ! - Terry Pratchett

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