Well Bryan we'll have to agree to disagree. Speculation of false positives is something I would expect Andrew or Ophelie to say. I know for a fact they get a shitload of false positives with their shill bidding algorithm with incorrect system generated suspensions and bans but they stand 100% behind that false positive mechanism.
Clearly a website claiming large amounts of traffic without any Alexa rating isn't a false positive.
Clearly a website claiming revenue without any proof whatsoever wouldn't create a false positive.
Clearly a website claiming months of revenue that was registered a week ago wouldn't create a false positive.
Clearly enforcing the no revenue claim rule on a website less than 60 days old wouldn't create a false positive.
Clearly removing traffic and revenue screenshots that don't have any reference to the website or seller wouldn't create any false positives.
Clearly looking at a Most Active listing that has 26+ bids with a current price around $100 wouldn't create any false positives.
Clearly watching the Ending Soonest page for listings that get bumped every 55 minutes for DAYS waiting for a real bid wouldn't create any false positives.
Clearly looking at the exact same affiliate codes on possible linked sellers copies or websites wouldn't create any false positives.
I could go on all day long about the OBVIOUS shit Flippa ignores but 99% of this has been put right under their nose a thousand times and completely ignored. I wrote a script that found listings and reported them to Flippa over a year ago. It was reporting absolute violations of Flippa's rules (not guesses or speculations). It was averaging more than 300 reports a DAY to Flippa. You know what their response was?
"Please stop we're having meetings about whether we're going to enforce those rules so in the meanwhile please stop reporting those violations. We don't have the staff to deal with this volume of reporting."
That was from Danny the Marketplace Integrity Officer over a year ago. So I killed the script and now comment on most threads about Flippa's lack of integrity. While they'll not hesitate to ban a seller "suspected" of shill bidding (duh, like sellers can't create new accounts in minutes), they'll ignore most other rule violations and let sellers openly fleece ignorant buyers without a second thought.
I think we both see Flippa pretty much the same but you're using a sponge hammer while I prefer a sledge hammer.
