Once they use the "refund" feature on paypal there's no way to leave feedback because the transaction is marked as incomplete.
OK... apparently in September 2015, there are some changes to the process.
Refund because they refuse to ship will count as a "Defect" on the seller's record, unless they Actually Lied and claimed that the buyer requested to cancel as the reason chosen for refunding.
If they did that, I would definitely contact eBay customer service and complain about the seller and them cancelling the transaction without permission.
I would try the old Seller Non-Performance complaint form to eBay customer service, anyways, though.
I wonder if there is still a workflow that allows still leaving negative feedback, such
as finding a "Mark transaction as payment sent" option somewhere, and then post the Negative FB.
It doesn't help that eBay keeps monkeying with their website design lately.
Would you think it normal or necessary to contact your ISP ahead of time should
you choose to start surfing secure websites outside of your country?
Well, your ISP doesn't look at what websites you are visiting (or shouldn't).
Unless your ISP is a Cell provider or Dialup account, there's no way you left the country and still use your ISP's services.
Let's try another one: Would you think it's necessary to inform your ISP you will be accessing your e-mail account from outside the country?
(HINT: Many ISPs use geoblocking. On an ISP provided e-mail account, many times overseas IP addresses will be blocked by firewall from contacting the ISP's servers over POP3 or SMTP)
Let's try another one.... would you think it's normal or necessary to contact your Cell phone carrier, before leaving the country and thus using international data roaming service?
My BoA Visa card has constantly hit their "fraud detection".
I don't use the card terribly often anymore; it seems every other time I did use it for
an online purchase of any sort, it triggers the fraud detection: even one time I was using it
in a local shop; I think the local shop had some kind of issue with their CC machine as they needed to run the card through twice.
It was very annoying that every 4 weeks or so, they were calling me up with a "fraud alert".
I have been much happier in my experience with Amex and Citi.
they say that they are refusing the sale because they thing something about my account may trigger Paypal's fraud protection.
File a complaint with eBay. Report them as a Non-Performing seller which is an eBay Terms of Service Violation.
A completed sale is contractual, the seller must go through with the transaction, otherwise they are violating the contract and can even be sued by you.
Which country has the best on-line personal privacy laws that would made it patently illegal for any actor, state, or otherwise, to access my information?
NONE. Zip. Zero. Nada.
If you wish to secure what you host, then use a solution that encrypts it on the client side.
I believe BitTorrent Sync is an example of that.
Some hosting and online backup providers also offer solutions where every file is encrypted on the client
side, and the hosting provider never gains access to the plaintext files.... this is what you need.
Or have you been calling commercial airliners to demand they stop flying above your house, as well?
Commercial airliners don't, and they don't have the right to: hover over your property and zoom in on your wife sunbathing in the secluded and fenced-off backyard or go fly over other random properties outside their flight plan, and flyover your property in order to scan it or take detailed photography of your property in particular.
Commercial airliners are not a threat to the secrecy or safety of items or structures you have placed behind a 10ft fenced off area, and if they are: their aircraft are identifiable, and you can be certain there is an entity behind that aircraft to hold responsible for damage who will have an ability to pay.
Commercial airliners have licensed pilots, great safety records, flights determined in advance, and the only thing they're allowed is expeditious passage through the air space. They don't have the kind of rights to the usage of private property that drone owners are trying to utilize.
You still own the property, the commercial airliners are authorized nothing other than expeditious passage from point A to point B public or private airports authorized for use by the aircraft, even though your property happens to be under that path, But otherwise: it wold not be possible for them to make that trip.
A Certificate of Authorization for an unmanned aircraft used for commercial purposes. Is your six-inch quad going to be used for commercial purposes?
For Many people, the answer is ABSOLUTELY YES, by the FAA's definition of commercial which includes the publication of video or photography on Youtube, and the advancement of any public or political benefit (Such as use by a non-profit for search and rescue work --- considered commercial use), or if there happens to later be any revenue from photography derived from a drone flight.
See 49 U.S. Code 40103. The airspace is outside of the jurisdiction of any state; the states are considered to only control what goes on at the ground. By act of congress, the US federal government has exclusive sovereignty over the airspace of the United States.
Can they explain where the FAA gets any Constitutional authority to regulate drones?
Drones are flying, so they are encroaching upon airspace which is used by aircraft crossing the country and multiple states to carry cargo, passengers, and conduct other interstate commerce.
... every case I've heard of where some individual was trying to elicit large amounts from a company/organization by sitting on a domain, the companies, without too much difficulty, took possession of a domain that related significantly to their company/organization.
Ah, but there are likely many cases we did not hear of, because the squatter was successful, and confidentiality might have been a condition of the settlement.
Someone could buy up a name like Google because they liked how it sounded, or they wanted to do a website about big numbers, they could then monetize the site thanks to the high level of organic traffic.
would've refused, and they certainly wouldn't have allowed the delegation to change.
Unless Google was doing something whacky like running their Google domains service he bought the domain through on the same nameservers that the Google.com zone was hosted on, And allowing the buyer to edit their existing zone contents without needing to change the list of nameservers.
The pace has slowed from doubling every 2 years to more like every 2.5 to 3.
Below 10nm the industry was on the verge of hitting a brick wall.
The new development isn't breaking more's law; it's what is needed to advance,
well-behind schedule of what Moore's law would have originally suggested.
In the US we don't have chip and PIN. We have Chip and sign.
That's a good point... they eschewed the PIN part, which I don't understand.
I guess somebody considered it a little too inconvenient.
Or perhaps the signature system provides some plausible deniability or capability to lend your card
to a child or associate with a letter of authorization, which somebody likes.
going to be potentially on the hook for a couple of months for any card fraud while they wait for their machine.
I get why that probably is, but I don't feel very sorry for them either.... terminals that can read
EMV have been around since 2014. This move was publicized by banks 12 months in advance.
They should not have waited until 90 days or less before the change.
Updating credit card processing equipment to current security standards is a vital part of the cost of doing business processing the cards.
If the retailers don't want that cost, then they should switch to cash-only or Bitcoins.
There are still plenty of options, I think, even if it might (I guess) be more expensive or have higher transaction fees or other challenges... where they could switch their payment processor and get an EMV capable terminal from a supplier that is prepared, even if their current payment processor is out of stock and can't sell them for a while.
Either that... or take the liability for months worth of transactions or suspend business until new terminal arrives.
And either way, that's the cost of procrastination to implement security-related tech updates; I guess.
It's just no VW executives, or for that matter software developers, will be going to jail.
Sure about that?
How about they charge them with XX million counts of fraud, instead of focusing on clean-air act in particular.. and the damages are whatever it costs to remedy by replacing or fixing all units and remediate / clean up pollutants released as a result of fraud? Systemic and automatic wire fraud, since it involves crafting digital systems to intentionally cause customers' vehicles to produce falsified data, which VW benefits from.
date after which merchants are supposed to be liable for fraudulent purchases made with old-style cards, and are supposed to have point of sale terminals that accept "chip and PIN" cards.
It's the date after which merchants are supposed to be liable for fraudulent purchase made with New-style chip and PIN cards which
are made as signature transactions (e.g. with an old terminal).
Their idea is: The bank will be liable for a fraudulent charge if the original bank/card doesn't support Chip and Pin but the merchant does, AND
the Merchant will be liable if the Bank's issued card supports chip and pin, but the merchant doesn't support the feature.
More like your PSU getting recalled because it claimed to be sucking up X amount of power
Your PC manufacturer claimed that your PC shipped with an amount of malware below the legal maximum,
but then you discover your BIOS shipped with special code to hide the adware/malware when an adware or antivirus scan is being run.
Your cookware was branded with the Kosher label, but it turns out to be made from a composite material formulated from
powdered pig bones.
You actually have to for a variety of finance services.
Any service (financial or otherwise), where you might be paid money or given consideration, will require the SSN for the W-9 form, and the SSN is used to complete 1099-* forms.
Basically... any service that facilitates monetizing or generating a profit for the customer, such as Ads for your Blog, or Uber where there is Cash exchanged for giving rides.
The police don't care, and since the forum owner is on the other side of the world it's unlikely there could be any legal consequences
You can make it go away with enough cash.
Either bribe the forum owner, Or hire some people who are within a stone's throw of the forum owner to make the problem post go away through any means necessary, up to and including physical force and violent coercion.
If they're outside the reach of the law, and they're doing serious harm to you, then I guess you could possibly have to go around the lack of law through vigilante tactics that would otherwise be illegal.
The plea agreement doesn't decide what it is; he chooses to plead guilty in exchange for some deal, instead of having a day in court, even if the charges have no merit.
It's the editors/wikipedia authors' job to cite the sources to explain the work.
If you need to reference the original source, then you are either researching the topic in greater depth, or working on the Wikipedia article.
Either way, you're going to have to do some work to pull certain sources --- such as visits to the library, or purchasing books.
The convenience of online sources where a link can be provided to full text is nice
(As long as the free online publisher doesn't later take it offline and not have any print available!)
However, the convenience of online free access doesn't overrule the goal of having the best most authoritative sources available on the subject.
Also, in most cases, journal content can be researched in your local library, or by getting a membership card to the library of a nearby research University.
Online journal accounts are useful for editors to actually find and reference the sources more easily.
Once they have done so, the Wikipedia article often becomes a great source of information for the general public.
It's like the paywalled information gets leaked out of the paywall one citation at a time, so the public can see some of the most important bits
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Once they use the "refund" feature on paypal there's no way to leave feedback because the transaction is marked as incomplete.
OK... apparently in September 2015, there are some changes to the process.
Refund because they refuse to ship will count as a "Defect" on the seller's record, unless they Actually Lied and claimed that the buyer requested to cancel as the reason chosen for refunding. If they did that, I would definitely contact eBay customer service and complain about the seller and them cancelling the transaction without permission.
I would try the old Seller Non-Performance complaint form to eBay customer service, anyways, though.
I wonder if there is still a workflow that allows still leaving negative feedback, such as finding a "Mark transaction as payment sent" option somewhere, and then post the Negative FB.
It doesn't help that eBay keeps monkeying with their website design lately.
They said that was grounds to kill the sale, even though I said "well then send it to my regular address"
My response to them would be that it is not acceptable, and I expect them to complete the sale through my validated address.
Again, if they refused, I would immediately leave negative seller feedback on the listing and submit the Non-Performing Seller complaint form to eBay.
Would you think it normal or necessary to contact your ISP ahead of time should you choose to start surfing secure websites outside of your country?
Well, your ISP doesn't look at what websites you are visiting (or shouldn't). Unless your ISP is a Cell provider or Dialup account, there's no way you left the country and still use your ISP's services.
Let's try another one: Would you think it's necessary to inform your ISP you will be accessing your e-mail account from outside the country?
(HINT: Many ISPs use geoblocking. On an ISP provided e-mail account, many times overseas IP addresses will be blocked by firewall from contacting the ISP's servers over POP3 or SMTP)
Let's try another one.... would you think it's normal or necessary to contact your Cell phone carrier, before leaving the country and thus using international data roaming service?
My BoA Visa card has constantly hit their "fraud detection". I don't use the card terribly often anymore; it seems every other time I did use it for an online purchase of any sort, it triggers the fraud detection: even one time I was using it in a local shop; I think the local shop had some kind of issue with their CC machine as they needed to run the card through twice.
It was very annoying that every 4 weeks or so, they were calling me up with a "fraud alert".
I have been much happier in my experience with Amex and Citi.
they say that they are refusing the sale because they thing something about my account may trigger Paypal's fraud protection.
File a complaint with eBay. Report them as a Non-Performing seller which is an eBay Terms of Service Violation.
A completed sale is contractual, the seller must go through with the transaction, otherwise they are violating the contract and can even be sued by you.
Which country has the best on-line personal privacy laws that would made it patently illegal for any actor, state, or otherwise, to access my information?
NONE. Zip. Zero. Nada.
If you wish to secure what you host, then use a solution that encrypts it on the client side.
I believe BitTorrent Sync is an example of that.
Some hosting and online backup providers also offer solutions where every file is encrypted on the client side, and the hosting provider never gains access to the plaintext files.... this is what you need.
Or have you been calling commercial airliners to demand they stop flying above your house, as well?
Commercial airliners don't, and they don't have the right to: hover over your property and zoom in on your wife sunbathing in the secluded and fenced-off backyard or go fly over other random properties outside their flight plan, and flyover your property in order to scan it or take detailed photography of your property in particular.
Commercial airliners are not a threat to the secrecy or safety of items or structures you have placed behind a 10ft fenced off area, and if they are: their aircraft are identifiable, and you can be certain there is an entity behind that aircraft to hold responsible for damage who will have an ability to pay.
Commercial airliners have licensed pilots, great safety records, flights determined in advance, and the only thing they're allowed is expeditious passage through the air space. They don't have the kind of rights to the usage of private property that drone owners are trying to utilize.
You still own the property, the commercial airliners are authorized nothing other than expeditious passage from point A to point B public or private airports authorized for use by the aircraft, even though your property happens to be under that path, But otherwise: it wold not be possible for them to make that trip.
A Certificate of Authorization for an unmanned aircraft used for commercial purposes. Is your six-inch quad going to be used for commercial purposes?
For Many people, the answer is ABSOLUTELY YES, by the FAA's definition of commercial which includes the publication of video or photography on Youtube, and the advancement of any public or political benefit (Such as use by a non-profit for search and rescue work --- considered commercial use), or if there happens to later be any revenue from photography derived from a drone flight.
See 49 U.S. Code 40103. The airspace is outside of the jurisdiction of any state; the states are considered to only control what goes on at the ground. By act of congress, the US federal government has exclusive sovereignty over the airspace of the United States.
Can they explain where the FAA gets any Constitutional authority to regulate drones?
Drones are flying, so they are encroaching upon airspace which is used by aircraft crossing the country and multiple states to carry cargo, passengers, and conduct other interstate commerce.
Ah, but there are likely many cases we did not hear of, because the squatter was successful, and confidentiality might have been a condition of the settlement.
Someone could buy up a name like Google because they liked how it sounded, or they wanted to do a website about big numbers, they could then monetize the site thanks to the high level of organic traffic.
would've refused, and they certainly wouldn't have allowed the delegation to change.
Unless Google was doing something whacky like running their Google domains service he bought the domain through on the same nameservers that the Google.com zone was hosted on, And allowing the buyer to edit their existing zone contents without needing to change the list of nameservers.
The pace has slowed from doubling every 2 years to more like every 2.5 to 3.
Below 10nm the industry was on the verge of hitting a brick wall. The new development isn't breaking more's law; it's what is needed to advance, well-behind schedule of what Moore's law would have originally suggested.
In the US we don't have chip and PIN. We have Chip and sign.
That's a good point... they eschewed the PIN part, which I don't understand. I guess somebody considered it a little too inconvenient.
Or perhaps the signature system provides some plausible deniability or capability to lend your card to a child or associate with a letter of authorization, which somebody likes.
This still does nothing about internet transactions which are always "signature"; actually, there's not even a real signature involved.
going to be potentially on the hook for a couple of months for any card fraud while they wait for their machine.
I get why that probably is, but I don't feel very sorry for them either.... terminals that can read EMV have been around since 2014. This move was publicized by banks 12 months in advance. They should not have waited until 90 days or less before the change.
Updating credit card processing equipment to current security standards is a vital part of the cost of doing business processing the cards.
If the retailers don't want that cost, then they should switch to cash-only or Bitcoins.
There are still plenty of options, I think, even if it might (I guess) be more expensive or have higher transaction fees or other challenges... where they could switch their payment processor and get an EMV capable terminal from a supplier that is prepared, even if their current payment processor is out of stock and can't sell them for a while.
Either that... or take the liability for months worth of transactions or suspend business until new terminal arrives. And either way, that's the cost of procrastination to implement security-related tech updates; I guess.
It's just no VW executives, or for that matter software developers, will be going to jail.
Sure about that?
How about they charge them with XX million counts of fraud, instead of focusing on clean-air act in particular.. and the damages are whatever it costs to remedy by replacing or fixing all units and remediate / clean up pollutants released as a result of fraud? Systemic and automatic wire fraud, since it involves crafting digital systems to intentionally cause customers' vehicles to produce falsified data, which VW benefits from.
date after which merchants are supposed to be liable for fraudulent purchases made with old-style cards, and are supposed to have point of sale terminals that accept "chip and PIN" cards.
It's the date after which merchants are supposed to be liable for fraudulent purchase made with New-style chip and PIN cards which are made as signature transactions (e.g. with an old terminal).
Their idea is: The bank will be liable for a fraudulent charge if the original bank/card doesn't support Chip and Pin but the merchant does, AND the Merchant will be liable if the Bank's issued card supports chip and pin, but the merchant doesn't support the feature.
Put them in every house and on every street corner, so if anyone ever dies unexpectedly, the authorities will be alerted promptly.
More like your PSU getting recalled because it claimed to be sucking up X amount of power
Your PC manufacturer claimed that your PC shipped with an amount of malware below the legal maximum, but then you discover your BIOS shipped with special code to hide the adware/malware when an adware or antivirus scan is being run.
Your cookware was branded with the Kosher label, but it turns out to be made from a composite material formulated from powdered pig bones.
You actually have to for a variety of finance services.
Any service (financial or otherwise), where you might be paid money or given consideration, will require the SSN for the W-9 form, and the SSN is used to complete 1099-* forms.
Basically... any service that facilitates monetizing or generating a profit for the customer, such as Ads for your Blog, or Uber where there is Cash exchanged for giving rides.
The police don't care, and since the forum owner is on the other side of the world it's unlikely there could be any legal consequences
You can make it go away with enough cash. Either bribe the forum owner, Or hire some people who are within a stone's throw of the forum owner to make the problem post go away through any means necessary, up to and including physical force and violent coercion.
If they're outside the reach of the law, and they're doing serious harm to you, then I guess you could possibly have to go around the lack of law through vigilante tactics that would otherwise be illegal.
That's like selling a car for $100, but add on another $20,000 if you want it to actually be able to move.
$100 for the car, biometric access control on locks and ignition with $1000 a month license fee for each driver to be enrolled
The plea agreement doesn't decide what it is; he chooses to plead guilty in exchange for some deal, instead of having a day in court, even if the charges have no merit.
He’s vowed never to take an invention to school again.
Now he won't be able to show off/share his work to find motivation and meaning and inspire others....
It's the editors/wikipedia authors' job to cite the sources to explain the work. If you need to reference the original source, then you are either researching the topic in greater depth, or working on the Wikipedia article.
Either way, you're going to have to do some work to pull certain sources --- such as visits to the library, or purchasing books.
The convenience of online sources where a link can be provided to full text is nice (As long as the free online publisher doesn't later take it offline and not have any print available!)
However, the convenience of online free access doesn't overrule the goal of having the best most authoritative sources available on the subject.
Also, in most cases, journal content can be researched in your local library, or by getting a membership card to the library of a nearby research University.
Online journal accounts are useful for editors to actually find and reference the sources more easily.
Once they have done so, the Wikipedia article often becomes a great source of information for the general public.
It's like the paywalled information gets leaked out of the paywall one citation at a time, so the public can see some of the most important bits