I reported about 20 of them, I figure it's enough to get their attention.
I posted on their Facebook page, here's how that conversation went:
Me: You guys have a hacking problem.... Look at the description where it requests payment outside eBay, this exact scam has been going on for months now what are you doing about it?
[URL from bogus ad posted]
Ebay: Thanks for reaching out Nick. This item is no longer on site. If you see items like this make sure you are reporting them through the report item link found on the listing page. Thanks, ~Barry
Me: It's not about a single item Barry, what's happening is a users account is compromised and hundreds of items posted fraudulently with requests for payment via credit card off of eBay. We have a thread going documenting how many times this has happened, see below. It would be very easy for you guys to simply block the URL of the linked picture, and shut down accounts which attempt to use it.
Again, people are being defrauded and eBay needs to do something about this.
[link to this thread inserted]
I would also mention that in the beginning the auction lengths were 7 days or so, now the periods are much shorter putting pressure on would-be bidders to go off site and do something dumb.
If you can't block the hackers from your site, could you at least make a community announcement to let people know what's going on?
Ebay: I definitely understand your concerns, Nick, and we are working hard behind the scenes with several policies and systems to stop this kind of behavior on the site. That doesn't mean that some listings do make it up before we catch them though. As Barry said, it's important to report them if you see them as this does help us make sure they get shut down. Thanks for reaching out on this. ~Brittanie
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So in other words, I'm just getting more lip service. This is the same basic line they gave me over the phone, and doesn't give me a whole lot of confidence that they really are trying hard to get at the root of the problem. I mean, if a computer noob like my dumb a$$ can figure this out, you gonna sit there and tell me a bunch of degree wielding computer nerds can't figure this out in 3 months????