Teh One Who Knocks
03-10-2017, 01:19 PM
Nicole Morley for Metro.co.uk
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A woman was shocked to receive a string of creepy messages after trying to sell a few dresses on eBay.
Katherine Macpherson, 42, modelled a few dresses she wanted to sell on the online auction site and was seriously creeped out by the replies.
Rather than bids or offers from keen buyers, the mum-of-two received a slew of pervy messages from men – including one guy who said he only logged on to buy a tractor.
Ms Macpherson, who only started her eBay account to earn a little extra money, said she even received naked images from a man who stumbled across her clothes listings.
‘I sell dresses and other clothing which I think is better marketed by being pictured worn.
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‘The eBay community’s answer to this is that because I use myself as my model that “I’m asking for it” and “what do you expect”, she told The Sun.
She also said users should ‘control themselves’ and she felt that sexual harassment was being condoned by the site.
eBay confirmed they were investigating the creepy messages.
A representative for the site said: ‘This is something we call member to member communication. eBay take this very seriously and if there are any allegations of harassment that is something we will look into and take action on.
‘We will look into this specific case and investigate it.’
http://i.imgur.com/tkBnRAs.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/gT4wJHH.jpg
A woman was shocked to receive a string of creepy messages after trying to sell a few dresses on eBay.
Katherine Macpherson, 42, modelled a few dresses she wanted to sell on the online auction site and was seriously creeped out by the replies.
Rather than bids or offers from keen buyers, the mum-of-two received a slew of pervy messages from men – including one guy who said he only logged on to buy a tractor.
Ms Macpherson, who only started her eBay account to earn a little extra money, said she even received naked images from a man who stumbled across her clothes listings.
‘I sell dresses and other clothing which I think is better marketed by being pictured worn.
http://i.imgur.com/jDlkIxv.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/AIJZGUS.jpg
‘The eBay community’s answer to this is that because I use myself as my model that “I’m asking for it” and “what do you expect”, she told The Sun.
She also said users should ‘control themselves’ and she felt that sexual harassment was being condoned by the site.
eBay confirmed they were investigating the creepy messages.
A representative for the site said: ‘This is something we call member to member communication. eBay take this very seriously and if there are any allegations of harassment that is something we will look into and take action on.
‘We will look into this specific case and investigate it.’
http://i.imgur.com/tkBnRAs.jpg