Anybody ever heard of Coinbay.biz?

[Scavenger]

I received an email from this place that said if I register, they will issue $100 credit to my account which I can use for free listings. Sounds like somebody is trying to take some of Ebay's business.

[WinstonWare]

I've not heard of this but the .biz domains seem to be a bit hokie

[Scavenger]

I hadnt thought of it until you just said that. But it does sound kind of like an afterthought.

[Bruceswar]

.biz is a newer form of the internet. .com . net. .gov .edu. org. .tv (Newer) .biz is for Business. I like the idea of that but its in the same line as .com(Commerial) As to the site you will just have to check it out and see what happens. Ebay rules the day right now, but in the future I see sections of Ebay dieing out some. Smaller but more confined websites are popping up and taking some business from ebay. Most of these are specialized.

[Beijim]

Yes. This person is setting up a competing coin auction site and using eBay purchases as an opportunity to spam sellers with inducements (both email and printed matter) to do business on the competing site. For awhile the person was even using "coinbaydotbiz" and "www_coinbay_dot_biz" as their eBay User ID. Each of these actions is understandably a flagrant violation of eBay's terms of service, not to mention tacky and annoying in the extreme to the recipients of such ersatz missives.

 

Beijim

[ElectricEye-migration]

They spam me on a regular basis.