some juicy ebay-auctions

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May 21, 2014 at 9:27 pm #30473
Barliman
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The official statement says that eBay believes no access was gained to personal data or PayPal data (which is on a different system):

“Cyberattackers compromised a small number of employee log-in credentials, allowing unauthorised access to eBay’s corporate network.

“Working with law enforcement and leading security experts, the company is aggressively investigating the matter and applying the best forensics tools and practices to protect customers. Information security and customer data protection are of paramount importance to eBay Inc, and eBay regrets any inconvenience or concern that this password reset may cause our customers.

“We know our customers trust us with their information, and we take seriously our commitment to maintaining a safe, secure and trusted global marketplace.”

Really? The news channel I saw the snafu reported on says that eBay are advising their members to change their passwords, but I’ve not heard a thing from eBay themselves! Bloody inefficient, is all I can say. Should have been the first thing they did.

Needless to say, the Elf is right, and you should all change your passwords to be on the safe side. I do this on a fairly frequent basis anyway, just to be on the safe side!
May 22, 2014 at 11:10 am #30474
Gildor
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I don’t want to be pessimistic but considering that ebay also owns… paypal… I hope Paypal itself is not the real and final target of those cyber attacks !

If paypal was to be hacked, a big part of the world “online” economy would be in jeopardy, and not only the online one…
May 22, 2014 at 12:46 pm #30475
Barliman
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eBay’s statement says:

“The company … has seen no indication of increased fraudulent account activity on eBay … [and] has no evidence of unauthorised access or compromises to personal or financial information for PayPal users. PayPal data is stored separately on a secure network, and all PayPal financial information is encrypted.”
May 22, 2014 at 3:44 pm #30476
Milo
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I cannot login Ebay since this morning….
May 22, 2014 at 4:27 pm #30477
Barliman
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Odd. I haven’t had any problems (well, not yet anyway). But I did notice a guy on a blog saying he’d tried to log in 13 times today and hadn’t succeeded.
May 22, 2014 at 5:06 pm #30478
Milo
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Well, it’s working now… I just changed my password.
May 22, 2014 at 7:48 pm #30479
Gildor
MMP Elder
due to the massive access from people trying to change their password, their login / authentification servers may have been overloaded, thus the problem to login you had master Milo
May 23, 2014 at 3:07 pm #30480
Barliman
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I’ve now received a message from eBay re this cock-up, as follows:

“Dear eBay Member,

To help ensure customers’ trust and security on eBay, I am asking all eBay users to change their passwords.

Here’s why: Recently, our company discovered a cyberattack on our corporate information network. This attack compromised a database containing eBay user passwords.

What’s important for you to know: We have no evidence that your financial information was accessed or compromised. And your password was encrypted.

What I ask of you:
Go to eBay and change your password. Changing your password may be inconvenient. I realize that. We are doing everything we can to protect your data and changing your password is an extra precautionary step, in addition to the other security measures we have in place.

If you have only visited eBay as a guest user, we do not have a password on file.

If you used the same eBay password on any other site, I encourage you to change your password on those sites too. And if you are a PayPal user, we have no evidence that this attack affected your PayPal account or any PayPal financial information, which is encrypted and stored on a separate secure network.

Here are other steps we are taking:
As always, we have strong protections in place for both buyers and sellers in the event of any unauthorized activity on your account.
We are applying additional security to protect our customers.
We are working with law enforcement and leading security experts to aggressively investigate the matter.

Here’s what we know: This attack occurred between late February and early March and resulted in unauthorized access to a database of eBay users that includes customers’ name, encrypted password, email address, physical address, phone number and date of birth.

However, the file did not contain financial information. And, after conducting extensive testing and analysis of our systems, we have no evidence that any customer financial or credit card information was involved. We also have no indication of a significant spike in fraudulent activity on our site.

We apologize for any inconvenience or concern that this situation may cause you. As a global marketplace, nothing is more important to eBay than the security and trust of our customers. We know our customers have high expectations of us, and we are committed to ensuring a safe and secure online experience for you on any connected device.”
June 11, 2014 at 11:51 am #30622
hsf62
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MITHRIL Mordor Black Troll M295
http://www.ebay.de/itm/MITHRIL-Mordor-Black-Troll-M295-Pelennor-Fields-LOTR-Miniature-Lord-Rings-OVP-/191210588625?hash=item2c850a09d1
June 11, 2014 at 1:16 pm #30625
Milo
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Nice & uggly. I’ve got 4 or 5 already
June 11, 2014 at 1:27 pm #30627
Barliman
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Me too – some courtesy of Master Milo, I seem to recall.
June 11, 2014 at 2:13 pm #30629
Milo
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June 21, 2014 at 7:20 pm #30694
Mornedhel
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Orc warband finishing soon [mith]MW336[/mith]

http://www.befr.ebay.be/itm/221466406872?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649
June 22, 2014 at 7:24 pm #30695
shadyt
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Final Price on the orc warband was $58 usd plus shipping.
June 23, 2014 at 3:24 pm #30696
Gerold
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A bargain ! Only $1,80 (1,36 euro) for a figure ! Almost the retail price.
I remember the retail price for the Warband sets (30 figures) was app. 50 euro, but a few years later I could lay my hands on a bag of 40 Warband figures for only 37,50 euro.
Don’t understand because I still think these are great figures.
June 23, 2014 at 3:36 pm #30697
Barliman
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The “plus shipping” adds a fair chunk of extra expense to the purchase, don’t forget – plus whatever import and VAT charges may be required.
June 23, 2014 at 4:24 pm #30698
Theobald
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For the warband it’s a low price nevertheless.
July 11, 2014 at 2:48 pm #30867
Milo
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This is the biggest miniature lot I have ever seen on ebay. more than 700 minis, more than 44 pounds !
Unfortunately only around 30 mithrils….

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ral-partha-grenadier-mithril-hhg-d-d-lotr-dragons-huge-lot-vintage-44-lb-dungeon-/161362643092

Still expensive but so nice and very rare like this: vintage rohan riders in blisters:
[mith]M4[/mith] : http://www.ebay.com/itm/OOP-Mithril-Middle-Earth-M30-Riders-Of-Rohan-Mounted-Rohir-Standard-Bearer-BNIB-/221490732736
[mith]M29[/mith] : http://www.ebay.com/itm/OOP-Mithril-Minatures-Middle-Earth-M29-Riders-Of-Rohan-Mounted-Rohir-Archer-BNIB-/321458310700
[mith]M30[/mith] : http://www.ebay.com/itm/OOP-Mithril-Miniatures-Middle-Earth-Figurines-M4-Mounted-Riders-Of-Rohan-BNIB-/221490732248
July 11, 2014 at 4:36 pm #30868
Barliman
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How on earth could 700 minis be mailed for just $13.41….??
July 11, 2014 at 8:02 pm #30869
ddaines
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Barliman wrote:

How on earth could 700 minis be mailed for just $13.41….??

I suspect Barli that if ordered the shipping amount would suddenly appear considerably higher – I often look at and sometimes order kits from the US of A and even single boxed plastic kits can vary from reasonable to down right ridiculous shipping prices (I pass on these ).

I think ebay sometimes gives wrong quotes as well, but this does seem way wide of reality.
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