Just got burned by this, so I thought I’d let folks know. The scam is simple and hinges on 2 key elements: eBay “seller protection” doesn’t protect against this (or much else, for that matter). eBay recently changed its policies to prevent anyone from leaving negative feedback ratings for buyers. Buyers can only be good [...]
The people in the list below sent unsolicited press releases to Chris Andersen, Wired’s Editor in Chief. That’s not nice. I sympathize with Chris because I have a similar problem. What’s funny is a number of them had the nerve to comment that they believed their actions were justified because 1) they paid for the [...]
I subscribe to Wired Magazine. It’s cheap, and it’s not a bad way to kill time when you’re stuck somewhere without Internet access. Plus, in the print version, they leave out all the press releases articles by people who have no business writing about biology, one of the things that annoys me most about their [...]
