Posts Tagged ‘craigslist’
UPDATED - An Anatomy of Fraud: Don’t Let it Happen to You
Tuesday, January 6th, 2009
Hi everyone,
As a former law enforcement officer this kind of fraud really makes me cringe because it could have been easily avoided! Recently we learned about a woman who was victimized by a fraudster because she didn’t realize that there is no relationship between Craigslist and eBay postings, and did not follow eBay’s general buying [...]
Oodles of Opportunities
Thursday, June 5th, 2008
Wal-Mart quietly launched its own Classified Listings service at the end of last month partnering with Oodle to deliver the service. With the recent headline-grabbing news for online classifieds with both eBay’s Kijiji and Craigslist, I was surprised that this only raised a few eyebrows online. Although, it does confirm what we talked about on [...]
Online Classified Information
Friday, May 23rd, 2008
There has been a lot of discussion over the past few weeks about the redacted complaint made public by eBay regarding its lawsuit with Craigslist and, more recently, with Craigslist’s lawsuit with eBay filed last week. I have been approached by a number of Ink readers and employees at eBay asking me why I have [...]
One final flak jacket reference
Friday, April 11th, 2008
A report issued yesterday by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) looked at the issue of military goods that were either stolen or not disposed of properly turning up on online sites. The GAO conducted its investigation between January 2007 and March 2008.
eBay VP and Deputy General Counsel for Government Relations, Tod Cohen, testified on this [...]
