Per the title of the thread, I logged into a gun auction site (won't mention which) and imagine my surprise when I was greeted with that notification. The only thing I've done with it of late has been add a couple items to my 'watch' list, update and add some new bank account information. No other transactions were made in the last few months. So far as I can reconnoiter the account wasn't hacked.
I was hoping to use the site more frequently for 'horse trading' rather than letting the local pawn place scalp me on guns I don't desire to keep or letting a pistol languish on a store's consignment shelf for who knows how long. Now I reckon I get to play the waiting game and see what happens on appeal instead.
There was a time where I genuinely believed that in order to get in trouble you'd have to have done something wrong, and thus should not be surprised by it because you knew full well what you did.
It's very frustrating, and perhaps a little eye opening, that an account that's been open and in good standing since at least 2012 - so stated because I just dug through my firearm receipts (yes I keep them all) and found the first purchase I made from the site to verify whereabouts I started to browse the site - can just be switched off with no warning, no email to tell you what (if anything) you did wrong, or anything of the like. It probably pre-dates that to be honest. I likely watched for a very long time before deciding to take the plunge and make the first order.
I guess it shouldn't surprise me that companies don't value tenure, loyalty, or a longstanding good record. Transparency has likely always been anathema to them. Hence the reason they put it in writing they can remove you at any time, for any reason, including no reason, with or without notice. I can only imagine what it's like when this kinda thing happens to someone that's got a bunch or merchandise up on a site like that one.
I was hoping to use the site more frequently for 'horse trading' rather than letting the local pawn place scalp me on guns I don't desire to keep or letting a pistol languish on a store's consignment shelf for who knows how long. Now I reckon I get to play the waiting game and see what happens on appeal instead.
There was a time where I genuinely believed that in order to get in trouble you'd have to have done something wrong, and thus should not be surprised by it because you knew full well what you did.
It's very frustrating, and perhaps a little eye opening, that an account that's been open and in good standing since at least 2012 - so stated because I just dug through my firearm receipts (yes I keep them all) and found the first purchase I made from the site to verify whereabouts I started to browse the site - can just be switched off with no warning, no email to tell you what (if anything) you did wrong, or anything of the like. It probably pre-dates that to be honest. I likely watched for a very long time before deciding to take the plunge and make the first order.
I guess it shouldn't surprise me that companies don't value tenure, loyalty, or a longstanding good record. Transparency has likely always been anathema to them. Hence the reason they put it in writing they can remove you at any time, for any reason, including no reason, with or without notice. I can only imagine what it's like when this kinda thing happens to someone that's got a bunch or merchandise up on a site like that one.
