FREE: Wal-Mart Gift Card

Watch out for a seller called bio_cratos. She is selling hundreds of dollars worth of gift cards and not sending the codes (Amazon is what I won from her, days ago). She is bidding on everyone else's gift cards and then demanding IMMEDIATE e-mail of the codes so she can send them to HER winners. If she wins this one ... you might want to give her a taste of her own medicine and wait a day or two to send it.

I've been ripped off by her already and will probably have to wait a week to get my credits back ... warning to all!

I'm starting a special 21-day listing tonight and asking people to post comments warning everyone else of scam sellers. To see it, search for "natahoa scam" after 11 pm Eastern and tell us YOUR story!

I'm happy to hear you haven't been ripped off, but trust me, it happens to all of us eventually and just seems to be MORE rampant than usual with the holidays. It's really awful to win and expect something to arrive, possibly as a gift, and then realize days later you not only will not get it, but you're going to have to wait forever to get your credits back. I mean, we're all on a deadline this time of year.

Basically, I'm just trying to get some action going on these ripoffs. I think it's TIME to circle the wagons, try to get some of these people OFF Listia (or at least warn bidders) and encourage LISTIA to do something about these people. Normally Listia doesn't even close their accounts, I have no idea why.

They need to change that, and if enough of us complain, maybe they will act more quickly to take these people out of Listia and ensure they don't just set up another account.

So, visit my auctions or spread the word on yours. If a bunch of us do that, maybe it will clear out some of the trash ...