A long time ago, in the wee hours of the morning, I made a post to
Gadgetopia entitled Fake
Escrow Sites. It was a posting about how crooks use fake escrow
sites to cheat people out of money. It was just one or two sentences,
and it linked to a news article.
I was a little disturbed at what I read, calling it "ugly stuff."
It's gotten great searche
ngine placement, and, consequently, it gets an enormous amount of
traffic every day and a ton of comments. The average entry on
Gadgetopia has 0.83 comments — this one has 130+.
There's apparently a real need for people to know which escrow
sites are good and which aren't. I like this posting a lot because
— at the risk of sounding dramatic, it's really helping people.
Here are excerpts from some of the comments.
I have someone trying to get me to go through this site as well,
instead of via amazon. I'm very glad I haven't sent off anything yet
[...]
Thanks to this site I've been saved from sending off a £6000+
diamond ring [...]
Like Nick Allan, I too have just been saved from what appears to be
the same person in Moldova [...]
I too have been saved a ton of money by this site. I was almost
duped for a Rolex Yachtmaster watch [...]
So, as you can see, this is a very good thing. Since it's SO good,
we're happy to announce:
Nothin' but a big discussion board that will hopefully continue the
great discussion and impact that the blog posting has had. It's an
expirement really — if you throw up a simple collaboration
platform to address a real need with a real audience, will it thrive?
We're about to find out.
There's still some work to do in configuring the forum, but since
this isn't a revenue-generating operation, I wanted to get it up and
out there before other pressures took me away from it. It's a case
of, "if you wait until you're ready, you'll never be ready."
In doing this, I had to work very hard to stifle over-analysis that
would scare me out of it — namely, the potential for lawsuits.
I wrote some very clear and frank policies for the site, and I'm
simply going to brave the legal waters and hope for the best. I have
faith that we'll do much more good than harm.
I have never used an escrow site. I've only used eBay once. But
in seeing some of the stories in that news article, and some of the
comments that were posted, I really think we have a chance to make an
impact here.
I gave my cat an enema!07/10/2004 06:48 AM an enema was adminstered to a cat .. story to sink your teeth into ..
not for the faint-hearted .. He gave his cat an emema! .. this poor
kitty .. this .. dit
and he gave me the world08/11/2004 08:36 AM Via the equally excited Neil McIntosh comes OSXPlanet. The Mercator
projection of Earth, with clouds set on is just lovely. The sun is
coming up over Chicago as I type. Also via Neil, and most likely only
going to work...
AP: Chevron Gave Big to Schwarzenegger (AP)09/02/2004 06:01 PM AP - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's ambitious plan to reorganize almost
every aspect of state government was influenced significantly by oil
and gas giant ChevronTexaco Corp., which managed to shape such key
recommendations as the removal of restrictions on oil refineries.
Man 'recklessly' gave women HIV
Man 'recklessly' gave women HIV06/21/2004 11:31 PM A man had unprotected sex with a woman despite knowing he had already
infected another with HIV, a court hears.
"I gave a lot of time to women ..."
"I gave a lot of time to women ..."04/06/2005 11:31 AM Our greatest post-War writer, Saul Bellow sent his overeducated bulls
stumbling through the china shops of love.
Northwest Gave U.S. Data on Passengers (washingtonpost.com)
Northwest Gave U.S. Data on Passengers (washingtonpost.com)01/17/2004 10:42 PM washingtonpost.com - Northwest Airlines provided information on
millions of passengers for a secret U.S. government air-security
project soon after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, raising more
concerns among some privacy advocates about the airlines' use of
confidential customer data.
MP's aide gave tour to protester
MP's aide gave tour to protester09/18/2004 11:06 AM A Tory MP admits his assistant gave a Commons tour to a hunt
protester, before Wednesday's security breach.
Defense: State Gave Bryant Accuser $17K (AP)
Defense: State Gave Bryant Accuser $17K (AP)07/29/2004 05:12 PM AP - Kobe Bryant's defense team says the woman accusing him of rape
has received more than $17,000 from a victims' compensation fund
in what it calls a rich incentive to pursue a false claim against the
NBA star, according to a court transcript released Thursday.
Northwest Gave Passenger Info to Gov't (AP)
Northwest Gave Passenger Info to Gov't (AP)01/18/2004 01:40 PM AP - Northwest Airlines gave information on passengers to the federal
government for a secret air-security project after the Sept. 11
terrorist attacks, the airline said.
the ex-assistant attorney general who gave us the Patriot Act
Putin Says Russia Gave U.S. Intel on Iraq (AP)06/18/2004 07:22 PM AP - Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday his government
warned Washington that Saddam Hussein's regime was preparing attacks
in the United States and its interests abroad — an assertion that
appears to bolster President Bush's contention that Iraq was a threat.
Judging Error Gave Hamm Gold (AP)
Judging Error Gave Hamm Gold (AP)08/21/2004 10:49 AM AP - Paul Hamm's gold medal just lost its luster. A scoring mistake at
the all-around gymnastics final cost South Korea's Yang Tae-young the
gold that ended up going to Hamm, the International Gymnastics
Federation ruled Saturday. Yang got the bronze instead.
U.S. Gave $1B in Faith-Based Funds in 2003 (AP)01/02/2005 11:28 PM AP - The government gave more than $1 billion in 2003 to
organizations it considers "faith-based," with some going to programs
where prayer and spiritual guidance are central and some to
organizations that do not consider themselves religious at all.
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Dino impact gave Earth the chill
Dino impact gave Earth the chill05/31/2004 04:11 AM Scientists find firm evidence for a global winter following the
asteroid impact that is thought to have killed off the dinosaurs 65
million years ago.
Ex-AIG Chief Gave Wife 41.4 Million Shares (AP)
Ex-AIG Chief Gave Wife 41.4 Million Shares (AP)04/12/2005 11:06 PM AP - Three days before he resigned as head of American International
Group Inc., Maurice "Hank" Greenberg gave his wife 41.4 million of his
shares in the insurance company, according to a regulatory filing
Tuesday.
Lack of Hormone Gave 'Superkid' Big Muscles (Reuters)
Lack of Hormone Gave 'Superkid' Big Muscles (Reuters)06/24/2004 11:33 AM Reuters - A German toddler has massive muscles and
can lift far heavier weights than other kids his age because of
a natural genetic mutation, Markus Schuelke, a neurology
specialist in Berlin, said on Thursday.
Report: BALCO Gave Track Stars Steroids (AP)
Report: BALCO Gave Track Stars Steroids (AP)04/25/2004 07:14 AM AP - A nutritionist charged with distributing illegal drugs to pro
athletes told federal agents he gave steroids to track stars Marion
Jones and Tim Montgomery in exchange for endorsements, a newspaper
reported Saturday night.
"President Bush gave a Press Conference yesterday,"
Putin: Russia Gave Bush Iraq Intelligence (AP)06/18/2004 08:10 AM AP - Russia gave the Bush administration intelligence after the
September 11 attacks that suggested Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq
was preparing attacks in the United States, President Vladimir Putin
said Friday.
President gave instructions on implementation of the E-Government Concept
Powell Aide Gave Papers To Taiwan, FBI Says (washingtonpost.com)
Powell Aide Gave Papers To Taiwan, FBI Says (washingtonpost.com)09/15/2004 11:54 PM washingtonpost.com - A former high-ranking State Department official
who is one of the nation's leading experts on China passed documents
to Taiwanese intelligence agents and was charged yesterday with
concealing a trip to Taiwan, court papers say.
Ruling Says Mistake Gave Paul Hamm Gold (AP)
Ruling Says Mistake Gave Paul Hamm Gold (AP)08/21/2004 09:20 AM AP - Paul Hamm's gold medal just lost some of its luster. A mistake in
scoring of the all-around gymnastics final cost Yang Tae-young the
gold that ended up going to Hamm, the International Gymnastics
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