Britauctions.com is this a scam? Have your listings been targeted?

[the-bee-keeper]

Hi,

Do you experience harassment, abuse, violent messages, good luck with the sale comments the list is endless.. Only one potential buyer harassing you for the item with a low ball offer?

Britauctions.com your friendly shopping destination. What about ebay? Hang on a minute this affiliate is mimicking ebay for his own personal pleasure.. having complete access to the ebay product database!

Ever wondered why you don't sell on ebay? And it seems that all you are doing is 'advertising'?

Private, business or charities advertising through ebay should check out britauctions.com to see if their listings appear on this website.

Affiliates are in control!

Is this the latest trend to farm out items for select buyers?

A targeted scam?..

Apparently this affiliate 'finds a buyer' and has a contract through ebay where he is paid a paypal commission if a click through his site on one of your listings amounts to a sale.

You can't shake this website off because I have tried. I have had to shut down accounts in the past to create a new ebay account, yet not even a week old and affiliates are snapping at the heels of my listings...

Relisting doesn't make a difference. 

Putting the same item on a new account doesn't stop the cycle.

Using a blank image seems to do something to stop the affiliate.

Don't be so sure that your listings are being made visible to the public which will account to no sales.

Affiliates should not be messaging and saying good luck with your sales. 

I would love ebay management to explain the benefits of the EPN (ebay partner network)

Is it all about the images for marketing purposes and the affiliates are selling off your images is that where the money is? An interesting subject! The affiliate is given the control not ebay...

The affiliate finds a buyer, what about the public or is it hidden on the public server?..

I welcome everyone's thoughts on this issue!

[the-bee-keeper]

The public has a right to know what is going on.

Ebay are dishing out contracts to off site affiliate websites and these websites are not publicly known thus affecting sellers sales!! 

[myriad*seller]

I was going to tell you that I have just checked, and your items are listed on another affiliate site; PicClick, and probably on all the other affiliate sites too. 

Search PicClick for your listing for "TOP OF THE POPS VOLUME 38 8 TRACK TAPE CARTRIDGE" and you will see you are on all the eBay affiliate sites 

It's just how eBay works, they pay affiliates money for advertising your items on their website, to drive traffic to eBay. Nothing sinister, it's not a scam, I don't even understand where you think a scam is possible?

[thesmi42]

Erm... I did not say that you do not have a legal standing!! (Extra exclamation mark added for effect).

Entirely up to you whether or not you take the advice that has been given.

[the-bee-keeper]

Affiliates can set their websites to private to stop public viewing.

This explains the harassment, abuse, death threats, petrol threats, low ball offers from only 1 person because like the affiliate said they find A BUYER, didn't say BUYERS!!

[the-bee-keeper]

But it is not up to me if I get any sales it is down to the affiliates!!(!)

[davrman]

Yes it was! 😉

[abrahamtoast]

Why would an affiliate restrict access to their website? That would completely defeat the purpose.

Also, if you think about if for a few seconds, each of your listings can have only one buyer. Once one person has bought, that listing disappears.

If you really are receiving death threats and "petrol threats", there are proper channels to report such things.

I wish I had the willpower to leave this alone.

[myriad*seller]

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I wish I had the willpower to leave this alone.

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