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purpledoggy wrote:skigod377 wrote:
If she is that bad, then make it so she does not have an influence in your life. People can only do to you what you let them do to you.
You sound like my husband 😆
Both Ski and your husband are right, though. 😉
My thoughts exactly. If he didn’t like her listing stock, he could’ve asked her not to instead of suddenly telling her not to advertise here at all. Seems a bit harsh, IMHO.
Nambroth wrote:From what I understand**, this is true and not true. Dealers are most welcome here and should anyone wish to purchase through them that is no problem at all. Windstone does indeed encourage you to shop at bricks-and-mortar stores! 🙂 I think the only issue may lie with heavy-handed advertisement, as the forum is a place created to encourage individual collectors to trade and sell pieces from their personal collections. 🙂
No worries Vaprodragon, you are most welcome to post photos of your collection!!
** – I am not someone that makes these decisions (I’m just the messenger)!
I’m still not entirely sure I understand, though I appreciate to a certain extent what you’re saying. A lot of folks on this forum don’t have access to a brick and mortar dealer, and wouldn’t even know there were dealers here, outside of Windstone, to get their production pieces if they didn’t advertise once in a while.
I guess I’m still confused as to why it’s all of a sudden a problem now when it hasn’t been previously. That’s all.
I’ve noticed that too. Several folks that used to be regular posters haven’t posted in weeks. Kind of surprised.
Arlla wrote:What the heck?? 😕 I thought they ENCOURAGED dealers to sell here, and for people to buy through dealers if they could… D:< Sorry, emerald...I've definitely got you bookmarked.
I kind of wondered why it was all of a sudden a problem myself, to be honest.
skigod377 wrote:That would totally spook me. I cant believe people DO that!
I was spooked and upset at first, but now I’m just really pissed.
All the info I have on this is now with the State Police.
They didn’t change my passwords or anything, they just toggled the filters in my email address so I didn’t receive emails from ebay or paypal.
They slipped up when they went to a site called ‘gold4power.com’ and that site sent me an email confirming an order.
I got really suspicious and checked my credit card online first, saw a balance well over my limit and a bunch of paypal charges I hadn’t made, so I went to Paypal and all the activity was staring me in the face.
Needless to say, I slammed the door pretty quickly then.
skigod377 wrote:Crap. I just got an email saying they think my Ebay password has been compromised. I cant change it cuz I am at work 🙁
I wonder if it’s going around, then. I found the ebay account used to purchase all that World of Warcraft stuff (the butthead leaves bad feedback for everyone), I have an IP address now too, and a telephone number.
I’m calling the state police here shortly.
darjeb wrote:I am sorry to hear about that it’s scary. I am sure you have already done this but as a reminder you should notify all three credit bureaus and ask for a Fraud Alert to be placed on your record. /FYI/ Equifax is 866-640-2273, Trans Union is 800-680-7289 and Experian 888-397-3472. But they all have websites where you can notify them.
I’d imagine that’s probably something anyone would want on their report anyway, just as a safety measure.
I’m headed down to the police station tomorrow, since Mr. Pleaseman said I ought to go down and report it, and to bring my paperwork with me.
Life gets interesting, don’t it?
I wasn’t home, but the dog was. There were a lot more vital things they could have taken besides a gaming system and four James Bond DVDs. They were in such a hurry to leave, though, they even left a bag full of quarters on the table next to the door they had to close behind them to keep the dog inside.
It was probably a good thing I was not there, yes, for the safety of everyone, myself and the burglar included. I’m not a little girl, and I’m far from a weakling. We both might have ended up hurt.
mimitrek wrote:I know how you feel. Its probably safest to do what people have mentioned so far: don’t ever link your regular bank account info to your Paypal account, and don’t leave your credit card info on file in your Paypal account (i.e., input your credit card information when you need to make a purchase).
That sounds like a very good plan. Live and learn, I guess.
It’s not really the money that irritates me the most, since Paypal has given it all back, *and* my credit cards are doing fraud investigations to remove the charges, it’s the sheer gall that it takes to just take something that isn’t yours.
Someone broke into my apartment in Champaign and stole my PS2, but on the way out, I’m 100% certain they got dogbit by a 70pound GSD, or if she didn’t bite them, they won’t forget her soon. It wasn’t the PS2 then, either.
It’s just that someone thinks it’s OK to just waltz into where they have no business and take what they want; stuff they haven’t earned and belongs to someone else. If I had been at home when the PS2 thief came in, the least of their concerns would have been the dog, suffice it to say. Especially if I had access to something heavy, and swingable.
Well, apparently the fellow slipped up with a website he was using my email address on, and if it’s not a fake, I have his/her telephone number. It’ll be provided to PayPal and then I’ll ask the cops if there’s anything that can be done with it. I’ll find the ass and press charges if I can. It’s a New York area code.
I do not respond to phishing emails or scams and all my business is done entirely directly from the site. All I can think is that due to my forgetfulness, I had the password for my email and my paypal set as the same one, and it was an easy one, so, they may have guessed both, or even just hacked it.
I did let Discover sign me up for a fraud alert/protection thing for a month where they’re sending me some info and copies of my credit reports.
I’ve opened unauthorized activity disputes with paypal and once that’s resolved, I’ll cancel that particular account. I have to get another one (with a completely different email address) though, since my website’s shopping cart is set up with it.
There wasn’t anything else really vital in my account, except my address, but I would think that’s pretty much public record. I’ll be watching, anyway, though.
Found out this evening when I got home from work that my paypal account was hacked, along with my email address where they apparently changed the filters so I wouldn’t receive the emails telling me there was activity going on in my Paypal.
All sources of funding have been removed from that account and the two credit cards reported as compromised and fraud investigations opened on the unauthorized charges. Lord knows what I’ll need to do with my bank account, guess we’ll see Monday.
Passwords have been changed all around.
Has anybody else had this problem and managed to get back on the horse, so to speak? I need Paypal’s shopping cart for my website, but I may have to open a new account with a different email to feel comfortable. I feel horribly exposed right now. Especially since I had changed the password earlier.
