| One of the most important things about being | | | | More often though the blame lies fairly and squarely |
| successful on eBay is to take active steps to | | | | with the person staring back at you from the |
| safeguard your eBay password (also PayPal), not just | | | | bathroom mirror! Case in point: one of our own |
| in the early days but for as long as you remain a | | | | subscribers once asked me my eBay User ID to see |
| member of one or other site. | | | | how I listed items similar to those he wanted to sell. No |
| That said, it isnât just through emails your | | | | problem with that, I donât mind anyone |
| passwords may be picked up and used by fraudsters. | | | | checking my listings, but in this case I was rushed, |
| Some people use passwords that are amazingly easy | | | | under pressure, I gave him my password instead! He |
| for scamsters to guess, such as a first name followed | | | | never knew that, of course, but just in case I changed |
| by year of birth (avril1950, for example) or the city | | | | my password fast and emailed our subscriber with the |
| from which they run the business (available for all to | | | | correct user name. |
| see inside almost any eBay listing). | | | | |