2,101 Topic by sebi

(1 replies, posted in Trading Post)

Mail Fraud
 

What is mail fraud?
 

The first important link is to the USPS postal inspectors website More specifically, this is the link to Title 18 of the USPS Postal Code regarding Mail Fraud, Swindles, and the use of a Fictitious name for mail delivery in cases of fraud: USPS Postal Code
 

In synopsis, mail fraud is a felony offense and for every individual instance of fraud the ripper “shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both”. Remember that each individual letter that is stolen and each instance of ripping that occurs is considered a separate prosecutable felony offense! Once convicted of a felony, the felon will have to disclose their felony offense on all job applications throughout their life. Felons are also automatically barred from certain sensitive government and civil jobs that involve classified information and employer trust. In short, a felony lasts a lifetime.
 

It is also important to note that the Postal Code specifically references those using a false name to obtain delivery. If someone misrepresents their identity for the purpose of obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, they will be found guilty of mail fraud.
 

How do I file for mail fraud?
 

If you are indeed the victim of mail fraud, you have a couple of different options, all of which are extremely easy to use and not time-consuming at all:
 

  • You can call or visit your local post office to obtain help and to file the Mail Fraud Complaint Form.

  • You can find a postal inspector near you who can help more with your problem: USPS locator

  • You can use this link to an online Mail Fraud form and file your mail fraud complaint in a couple minutes!: Mail Fraud Complaint

  • There is even a toll-free number that you can call to obtain help! 1-800-372-8347 Mail Fraud Hotline

 

Keep all evidence that you have regarding your complaint. Print out and include all unedited original emails, physical addresses, supposed names, lists of all items involved, names and contact information for any other people with similar problems, etc. All these things are vital to a successful prosecution and compensation for your loss. If you choose to file mail fraud using the online form, you will receive an automatic letter acknowledgement and your claim will then be processed. If you have all the information neatly organized and well presented, your claim will be processed faster. Similarly, if your loss is monetarily large or involves multiple parties, your claim will be prioritized accordingly.
 

For fraud cases within the US, I would contact the local police department of the ripper (or contact your local PD and request an “agency assist” to an investigator in the city where the ripper lives). They will take your complaint information and send a detective to physically interview the ripper (or his parents). Remember that the law is there to work for you.
 

Acknowledgements
 

This guide is reproduced with permission from ein's excellent post on mtgsalvation.

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2,102 Reply by sebi

(2 replies, posted in Site Discussion)

Hi. You don't have to click any button, just remove the cards you want removed (by clicking on the count and typing 0) o add new cards. You will be able to propose the new version of the trade afterwards.

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2,103 Reply by sebi

(67 replies, posted in Announcements)

HikingStick wrote:

If you have only a few items in your inventory (so that the list is not very long--doesn't require a lot of scrolling), if you try to edit the version of the card (via card details), the edition chooser bleeds off the bottom of the page, making it impossible to see edition options that fall below the bottom bound of the screen.

I also tried this in Chrome and FF, but for me the page becomes a bit longer when the menu appears, and you can scroll it a bit more. This is on a mac though, might be a different behaviour on windows I suppose. Will check again when fixing the IE bugs smile

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2,104 Reply by sebi

(67 replies, posted in Announcements)

Thanks again guys for the great (in quantity and also quality!) feedback you provided.

We've fixed a number of the reported bugs, and still have a few to go though. I won't list all issues fixed as it just gets confusing smile

Some comments:

@HikingStick's question on downtime: yes, we have a number of database migrations, upgrades and maintenance tasks to do anyway. We will post an announcement when we have a 100% release date, but I anticipate a 4 hour downtime. It will be during the EU morning / US night time, so hopefully not too many users will be affected smile

marumari wrote:

I look at marumari<->codysattva (can get 73, can receive 62) and it's almost entirely impossible to do now.  Even just 15<->15 is hard to decipher.

The "intersection" listing is indeed bulky, and I agree we could probably make it sleeker. That said, I'm curious if you have any suggestions on what functionality you would like it to provide.

The truth is you do need 73 cards from him, and he does need 62 cards from you. So whichever way we implement it, the lists will be large anyway. I suppose pagination would help, as would sorting them by card value. How does that sound?


Finally, we know the current features that list potential trade partners are not ideal (on users profile page and card pages),  and we will change them soon. The initial release of the new version will probably not include these changes, but they're coming immediately after.

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2,105 Reply by sebi

(19 replies, posted in Announcements)

rfioren wrote:

One suggestion that I might have to the feedback process and lost mail / mail fraud was if there was a way to see which traders have "lost" a lot of mail, in either direction.

For example, person X often has small trades "lost" on the way to his house (assuming small trades without DC). Although it's usually on the senders to prove it, and that's the risk they run in not using DC. However, if I know that person X has made 5 lost mail claims out of 50 trades, I would know that person X might be suspicious, and I'd want to make sure that used DC for his trades.

As a high-volume trader myself, with lots of smallish ($5-$20) trades, I don't use DC for most trades -- the expense isn't really worth the reward, and most people here are overwhelmingly honest. If we're moving to a system with DC becomes more formally necessary, and one where people with higher reps may not get the  benefit of the doubt, then I'd be really interested in some sort of system that gives me as a trader more info on how many disputes they've had -- besides just feedback. If someone claims they my envelope never arrived, I'm likely to apologize profusely, resend new cards, give them positive feedback, and probably not mention it in the feedback. Thus the repeat offenders may be hard to identify.

thanks!
-RFioren

As many of the other posters, I really like this suggestion as well. Do you have any ideas on what would be the cleanest way of doing this?

Some trades with claims of lost mail will not get to the state of a Trade Dispute, so moderators will not be involved at all. Thus there has to be a mechanism which allows the traders to specify at the "leave feedback" stage that there were issues in this trade (lost mail) but they have been resolved, and how.

Maybe just an additional option alongside feedback, with a predefined list of trade characteristics, like:
 

  • Trade went perfectly smooth

  • The other trader claimed my cards were lost in the mail, and I resent them

  • There was significant delay in the sending, but everything was resolved

  • This trade has been the subject of a trade dispute, but it has been resolved

  • The trade was changed after being accepted because of other trader's requests, but we have come to an agreement

  • ... other options? ...

This information would then be displayed alongside the actual feedback score and message on that trade.

This would force people to leave feedback that future traders will find meaningful and helpful, even in case of "+1".

How does this sound?

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2,106 Reply by sebi

(19 replies, posted in Announcements)

Thank you for all the feedback guys, we've been following the discussion and there are some great points made in this thread.

We don't want to force people to use DC in all cases. The sender's choice is between using DC, in which case there will be no risk of problems, or not using it, in which case if the receiver claims mail was lost, the sender has to resend his cards.

Most of this issue revolves around who is responsible for lost mail (or claims of lost mail, which in absence of proof of delivery is the same thing).

There has been another discussion on the topic in the Reddit MTG Trades subforum: http://deckbox.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=4599 . The two viable options in case of lost mail claims are: splitting the loss or the sender covers the loss. The thread has good arguments for both sides, and is an interesting read. In the end we felt arguments in favor of making the sender responsible were a bit stronger, trade resolutions easier to enforce and execute and the process clearer to understand.

Looking forward to your feedback!

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2,107 Reply by sebi

(1 replies, posted in Site Discussion)

deathlord28 wrote:

I was just wondering if there were any plans on having commander's arsenal included in the card descriptions.  I would like to add the cards to my inventory and not have to leave the set blank.

Yep, coming soon.

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2,108 Reply by sebi

(8 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Not yet, but it's in 2.0! So at some point in the next 2 weeks smile

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2,109 Reply by sebi

(67 replies, posted in Announcements)

HikingStick wrote:

Sorry, Sebi.  I just realized that I posted a lot of feedback on the Alpha in this thread.  I tried to move those posts, but was not able to do so.

You're right, thanks for bringing it up, I moved them. You can select moderate on a thread, then there's a checkbox on the top right of a post, and then an option to move at the bottom of the thread.

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2,110 Reply by sebi

(67 replies, posted in Announcements)

HikingStick wrote:

Thanks for clarifying that, Sebi.  I can live with that.  :-)

The thing is... I kept going back and forth on that add widget, I think I implemented it 4 times from scratch smile. It's still I think not perfect and a bit confusing for new people so your feedback on it is very important.

The reason I would not have an extra quantity input is that I felt it makes it even more cluttered, as it already has a lot of stuff going on in it, with all the default inputs and so on.

By all means, I'd love to hear what people think is still not good enough usability wise with it, or even general thoughts and impressions about how it "feels" to use.

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2,111 Reply by sebi

(67 replies, posted in Announcements)

HikingStick wrote:

I don't know where everyone else stands, but this one is a bit of a step backwards for me. I often am entering more than one copy of a card at a given time.  Am I the only one who uses the current system this way?

After typing part of a card's name, pressing tab or enter adds one to your inventory. If you then TAB again, write a number in the box and ENTER, you get the same effect as we had on live.

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2,112 Reply by sebi

(17 replies, posted in Announcements)

Weird, that traceroute looks ok...

Can you not even see the homepage? I would have thought about a https issue maybe but that's only used after you try logging in.

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2,113 Topic by sebi

(3 replies, posted in Reddit MTG Trades)

Hello everyone. I know many of you do not follow the official posts in the Announcements forum, so I thought we should cross post this information in the community subforum as well.


First, we have a preview of upcoming features in the next deckbox release: http://deckbox.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=5044

Secondly and more important, we have drafted an updated set of trading rules and our plans for dealing with scamming and trade resolutions. Please see our post here: http://deckbox.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=5211 for details.


We would love it if you joined us in the discussion there, to hear your feedback on these proposed changes.

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2,114 Reply by sebi

(26 replies, posted in Reddit MTG Trades)

UnstableFlux wrote:

I'm still not really sure how to handle this as it's been 1.5 months for me and still no cards....They're the last cards I need to complete my standard deck as well =/

Please send us an email with details to support@deckbox.org

For more details about upcoming changes to trade rules, see our recent post here: http://deckbox.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=5211

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2,115 Reply by sebi

(67 replies, posted in Announcements)

Thank you guys for the great amount of feedback and reports. We're doing another deploy in a couple of days to alpha to address some of them.


For now only a couple of small things:
  - english cards have the US flag now smile
  - rows have zebra colours so you can easily see the same card group
  - trade score for a user is now in the format "23 (100% positive)"
  - drafts of the new trading rules, as explained in their own announcement post: http://deckbox.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=5211 (feedback for trading policies should be posted in that topic)


Thanks again, will post some responses to your reports in a couple of days, with more updates.

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2,116 Topic by sebi

(19 replies, posted in Announcements)

Hello everybody.


Aside from the other changes to collection management (previewed and described here: announcement), we have promised a post regarding our trading rules.

The current ones are too vague, not prominent enough, and users do now know how they are enforced. This leads to uncertainty and confusion, and we would like to clarify that. Users are being flagged as scammers and banned, but it's not visible unless you visit their profile. All this environment may also lead some people to believe that they can get away with scamming without repercussions.

We need to change some rules to properly protects the fair users and discourages less serious traders and scammers.

After some discussion we have come to the conclusion that we need to do what all other major trading forums have done: implement a public forum for trading resolution, more strongly regulate and moderate feedback, and create a public list of names and addresses of proven scammers.

We will also encourage users to file for mail fraud when they are being scammed.

Below are the links to our first (rough) drafts for:

(the password for the alpha preview is let me see)

These will be posted on the help section, as well as stickied as topics in the trade forum.


These documents are not yet final. We would love to hear your feedback on these proposed changes.

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2,117 Reply by sebi

(1 replies, posted in Site Discussion)

Yep, we're fixing it for the next release. Already available for preview here: http://deckbox.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=5044

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2,118 Reply by sebi

(67 replies, posted in Announcements)

ArtosKincaid wrote:

What happened to the Total Decks count column in the Inventory?  That was the only place I could easily see when I had a deficit of cards owned versus ones I wanted for decks.  Please don't remove that column.  If anything give me a way to filter on it so I don't have to page through my entire inventory to check it. tongue

Cards that you have in decks are marked with a deck icon to the right of the card name. If you click that, you'll see a detailed listing of the decks and counts used per deck.

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2,119 Reply by sebi

(67 replies, posted in Announcements)

@offit7 - Yep, it's final

@HikingStick - That is weird, I will definitely take a look at that Urza's Tower.

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2,120 Topic by sebi

(0 replies, posted in Rochester NY MTG)

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2,121 Reply by sebi

(67 replies, posted in Announcements)

varble wrote:

The new site looks awesome!

I really like the "For each card you add to this set with this widget, one is also added to your Inventory." warning when adding cards to the tradelist. I feel it's equally important to have the mirror of that when adding cards to the inventory; I know there have been several threads about that.

When looking at my decks, the yellow and red indicators for when I don't have enough of a card is missing.

After poring over it, those minor things are all I could find. Great job!

Thanks for the feedback!

On the topic of adding cards, we thought that if you wish to add cards directly to the tradelist you could use the tradelist add. Do you mean you generally want things added to the tradelist as well when added to the inventory? Would an extra checkbox option be ok in the add widget of the inventory for that?

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2,122 Reply by sebi

(10 replies, posted in General Discussion)

We would really like to have an API to help people build apps, but we've got some other things that need to be finished first.

Can't promise anything before spring 2013.

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2,123 Reply by sebi

(150 replies, posted in Site Discussion)

atomicashes wrote:

Is there somewhere that lists the current issues/upgrades/etc that are being worked on?

Is there somewhere that says when the next upgrade will be or is scheduled for?

If not, can there be?

With Love, Charlie

Sure, there is, in the Announcements forum: http://deckbox.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=5044 wink

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2,124 Reply by sebi

(67 replies, posted in Announcements)

NullParameter, you are right, we kind of went overboard with the tooltips, we'll tone it down a bit. The tooltip mouseout bug you mentioned is fixed now (was not happening in chrome that's why we didn't see it, firefox is a bit more fussy tongue).

Inventory and wishlist counts in decks should also be correct now, thanks for reporting.

Also fixed a crash with inventory display when filtering by owned edition and sorting by price.

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2,125 Reply by sebi

(50 replies, posted in Reddit MTG Trades)

Helios52 wrote:

Sebi - is there anything that can be done about the 0 in feedback? I mean its not the end of the world if it has to remain as such but it kinda of sucks that I have this 1 bad reputation point for doing nothing wrong in trying to get the trade completed...

Yep, we've changed it to +1.

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