Everytime I visit FTE and view the posts it logs a visit to E-Bay on the browser history - This separate from the FTE browser visit history
Next thing ya know every time I scratch my butt E-Bay will be sending me suggestions for toilet paper auctions

 

I remember when I used to use ebay with a smile.

Now that site has just turned into a trash can of spammed ads...and overpriced at that.

Ex.--I look for muscle cars that I'm interested in, find one car at the bottom of the page, and the rest of the page is taken up by about 25 ads for the same freaking $7,000 independent front suspension; being that I sort for the most expensive first they now come before most of the cars.....

 

Hmm.


Mine doesn't. I wonder if it's because I have every ad blocked.....

 

I just discoverd this today when I opened my "History" section of my browser - It showed that there were about 6 "visits" to an ebay site epdn.ebay.com and
http://edpn.ebay.com/engagement?INIT...-question.html
for each post that I had opened.
I haven't been on e-bay for a least a week and I dump my "History" every day - also i heven't seen an "ad" for e-bay on FTE pages I've been on

 

Internet Explorer has grown exponentially in complexity over the last few years and it is really difficult to keep up with all these changes. I know from my own personal experiences that every time you upgrade the operating system, Windows in most cases, you have the opportunity to clear/reset some features that you have either selected or rejected previously. I use Norton Internet Security to block many of these "attachments", "cookies", and/or other backdoor riders that I don't want on my PC. I used to use eBay a lot but lately I have found that Amazon and Craigslist have most everything I need. eBay has gone the way of most swap meets, lots of vendors selling cheap crap that is being drop-shipped from some warehouse and not much in the way of private sellers getting rid of decent unneeded household items.

 

Thumbs up on Amazon. I recently bought three Battery Tender Jrs and a car cover from there. The whole purchase was cheaper than eBay and I got free shipping.

 

There's some sort of "live" active google toolbar that I accidentally downloaded/allowed google to open the the other day. If you go to the google homepage, it's a tab in the upper left hand corner called "+You". It's apparently brand new. I made the mistake of clicking on it out of curiosity the other day and then went back to FTE. Next thing I know there was a listing for an F1 on ebay down at the bottom of the page, I kid you not. I was able to turn it back off, but I can't remember how I did it. That may be what your problem is.

EDIT: I just mentioned that to a friend of mine. He said that is some sort of new "facebook" type thing for google. So probably not what you're talking about. But who knows.

 

Amazon literally forces manufacturers to accept the price that Amazon wants set for the goods they wish to sell via the Amazon site. Many of us buy autobody supplies from a vendor named TCP Global (TCP stands for Tri-Cities Paint) that is located here in San Diego. TCP has their own site but also lists items on Amazon. The Amazon prices are better than the TCP site prices and those prices are better than you can get at the counter. What TCP will do, which is nice, is that they will sell across the counter at any price listed on the web...even the Amazon prices. I guess that there is so much volume generated through Amazon that vendors can make up for the small individual loss through a much higher volume of sales. Capitalism at it's finest!

 

hmmm, i just checked my browsing history and didn't see anything that *I* didn't do. I'm running FireFox with adblock plus, and Win XP. I don't see any of the ads anywhere anymore except the chatroom bottom right corner ad on AOL, but that's a whole separate program from FireFox. I also have IE blocked from contacting the web using ZoneAlarm. I also use AVG free as my antivirus.

Lately, i've just let the laptop run, and I generally have at least 4 browing tabs including Craig's list, E-Bay, and FTE open. I still don't have a record of all the extra stuff you're mentioning. AVG does clean between 35 and 50 tracking cookies a day when it scans however. Mostly Zedo and like QuestionMart or somesuch. Before AdBlock Plus I used to see all sorts of advertizing server addresses flash by as web pages were updating or opening. Zone Alarm does a good job of nixing nefarious info collector websites too.

 

I saw this today on an eBay auction... can't verify, but I have no reason not to believe it. No wonder Craigslist is booming:
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DSR Ratings

Please make sure you leave a rating of "5" on all detailed sellers ratings (DSRs) when you are leaving feedback. E-bay has recently changed their feedback system where sellers can suffer penalties if anything besides a "5" is left and you may be hurting your favorite sellers without knowing it. Here are these penalties E-bay can impose:



*Any rating below 4.9: Seller pays an additional 5% in fees to sell on eBay

*Any rating below 4.8: Seller pays an additional 10% in fees to sell on eBay, and seller's listings are demoted in eBay’s search - making them harder to find

*Any rating below 4.6: Seller pays an additional 5% in fees to sell on eBay and loses seller status. Listings are further demoted in eBay’s search

*Any rating below 4.3: Penalty -Seller's listings are moved the the last pages of search results

*Any rating below 4.1: Penalty - Seller is no longer allowed to list on eBay (Click here for ebay's policy of banning sellers at a 4.1 rating)



eBay tells you a "4" rating means the item was accurately described, that you were satisfied with the seller's communication, the item was shipped quickly, and the shipping charges were reasonable - which a normal person would say is a good thing. However, eBay treats a "4" as a request to terminate the sellers's eBay account, charge the seller more, and make it difficult for bidders to find that seller's items. If you feel that the service you received does not warrant a "5" rating, contact us so we can resolve any issues for you.