You wouldn't think it would be possible, you'd like Leo Cunha would learn his lesson.

Bidchaser.com has been spamming unsuspecting poor souls again!

http://bidchaser.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1015

You'll see once again how Leo apologizes for the confusion and his incompetence! Bidchaser supposedly uses that emailmaestro.com non-spamming mechanism, but obviously that isn't working very well, or Leo didn't pay for it, or Leo's an idiot, maybe a little bit of all three. Don't believe his bullshit!

Dear Members,

Please accept my apologies. We are testing some new designs and marketing concepts for the Bidchaser stores. These were scheduled to be introduced once we had received some iniitial feedback, and are aimed at helping our sellers market niche products to a specific audience.

The mailer was mistakenly sent to our GEARup mailing list instead of the internal staff's for testing.

This mailer is a sample that has been under development with our marketing partners. As you see, it is in a very raw form without the "wrappers", headers, footers, disclaimers, etc.

Again, please accept my sincere apologies.

I was hoping to announce this program under better circumstances, and will do so after we get feedback on its effectiveness from our marketing partners. I will be glad to post the "finished product" as it will be mailed to our marketing partners' subscription-based lists.

Regards,

Leo Cunha
Webmaster, Bidchaser.com

http://www.otwa.com/community/showthread.php?p=283462#post283462

More on the spammer, bidchaser:
Bidchaser spams again!
More Proof Bidchaser's a spammer

UPDATE: Various sources from the links below have found out that the controversial Sell Through Tool hasn't been banned, but eBay has stopped Scott Samuel from marketing the tool. There must be an investigation underway at eBay to determine if the tool is "ethical" enough to be used to manipulate eBay search results.

The controversial Sell Through Tool offered by Scott Samuel and Ethical Technologies has been shut down by eBay. The tool (the actual too, not Scott) no longer appears on the EthicalTools.com web site, and neither does the "eBay Developer" logo that appeared on the site.

Maybe Scott was using that logo against the eBay license, who knows?

The PeSA group (formerly "The eBay Elite", dictated by "jayandmarie" Jay Senese) use this tool and others from EthicalTools.com, but eBay says that the Sell Through Tool "violates the spirit of its search manipulation rules. ".

http://auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y05/m08/i09/s02

http://www.therossshow.com/showthread.php?t=38

http://www.otwa.com/community/showthread.php?t=32120

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