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West Bend,#2Consumer Comment
Fri, May 24, 2013
Hi, I just finished reading your report of a Listia credit earning survey giving your computer a virus &/or Malware. I have been browsing the many reports of this site all day. Reason being is because I have been listing & buying on Listia for several months now but am still fairly new to the community. I became more curious about the sites reputation when I shipped out a brand new Disney DVD that ended with a less than perfect delivery expierience. The winner of my auction followed all the rules & steps necessary on completion of my item so at first I had no reason to worry. i sent out the package on a Monday. The person that won repeatedly contacted me about the status of delivery. I am a commited seller & I check my inbox often to make sure there are no problems or questions reguarding one of my ended auctions. I also always send a msg to the winner instantly following the auction notifying them that I am aware it has ended & they are the winner. I als express my gratitude. However I was unable to keep up with this particular winner replies. I responded to her as often as possible all the while trying to maintain a professional realationship as she did not. The comment feed had gotten so long it became a chore just to scroll through it. She would send msgs about previous auctions sheb had listed telling me to watch for one in the future. I agreed. Then she started to inquire about my childrens ages & their interests. I replied. As the days passed she started to veer the conversation in the direction of her negative expieriences in her previous transactions on the site stating that one time she never recieved the item & another the person didn't claim they received one she had sent....... long story short, by the middle of the week I started to get worried that the things she was talking about she was planning on doing to me. All I could do is continue to respond to her msgs & hope she kept sending them since communication is key in avoiding a scammer. By Wednesday I told her it should be there by the next day. She replied again with another scary story. Every day after that I would wake up & check my msgs to see another reply, "didn't come today maybe tomorrow". On Friday, after receiving that msg I told her that it didn't seem right & something must be wrong. Never have I heard of a package taking so long to arrive. I proceeded to assure her that i would make it my buisness to figure out where it went. I told her that the receipt the post office gives you has a label # on it & they can help you, after 6 buisness days, find out where it went ifyou didn't buy the confirmation. I think that scared her because she took more time than usual to respond with, "maybe it will come tomorrow or Sunday. Sunday?! Mail doesn't circulate on Sunday. i didn't tell her this because if she would've said she received it Sunday I would have been able to confirm my suspicions of her motives. She must've wised up because finally on Monday I received the credits & a msg of gratitude.
This issue wa my reasoning for wanting to research more about Listia's reputation. When I read this report about a virus it kinda hit home for me. I decided since I have been doing so well on Listia selling my sons old clothing to get him more on a fixed income that I would try selling on ebay to earn money since my disability enables me to perform many other jobs. & I would still be at home with my children. When I attempted to sell on ebay, however, a very unusual thing happened. I would select a category & click continue to be redirected each time to an error msg telling me I did not select a category. I tried all different ways around this from contacting their customer service to installing the app on my ipod to get passed the category point. Since the app allowed me to select a category I realized the problem was not site realated. I tried to then finish my listing on my pc. I continued to get error msgs or just got stuck in general. I went back to the app & was able to finish my listing there. Could my issue be due to a virus I may have gotten from Listia? I don't know a whole lot about viruses so I can't check for myself. If anyone can help me figure this out I would greatly appreciate it. If I find out this listing issue is due to a virus caused by this site I will immediatly refrain from using this Site in the future. The sooner the better. If I do have a virus issue can it be fixed? How?