More Unprofessional Antics At OLA

It is easy for people interested in shopping or selling on the internet to find out about the unsavory behaviors displayed by OLA administration - onlineauction.com - and/or its members.

One good place to check is on PSU. They have a whole section available to read more about OLA - click here to be enlightened.

You can also read through the list of Google search results about OLA "ripoffs" by clicking here.

And, more about onlineauction.com by clicking here and here.

The latest reported antic takes the cake. It is probably the craziest thing we have seen an online selling venue do.

Betty Lou, of seewhatimsellingnow, has reported that she cancelled her founding membership last spring to allow OLA time to do the necessary steps to cancel her account and not charge her credit card again (the final date of her membership would be 08-10). When she checked her account the other day, it stated that her account was not to expire until 08-11 which means they did not cancel her account. Betty Lou sent an email to support to make sure that her account was cancelled and to let them know not to charge her credit card again.

On 08-11-10, Betty Lou was going to check on her account and was greeted with this when trying to log into her account:

Click The Graphic To EnlargeAmazing!

Betty Lou never received an email response to her email about her membership but instead, found her link was changed to (or redirected to) a link to the above fake Internet Explorer page. Here's the link that her OLA log in was changed to: http://www.onlineauction.com/End.htm

What kind of site does this kind of thing?

So, Betty Lou has cancelled her credit card associated with her OLA account to ensure that they do not bill her card again. While that is a major inconvenience, we believe that she had no other choice due to the above response and the sites track record of charging credit cards of members who have previously cancelled their memberships.

If you want to read more about Betty Lou's story or other experiences of various people who have dealt with OLA, just go to the links above in this post. It's a lot to take in since some of OLA's members actually show their true colors in the PSU forums. Maybe you should have your coffee and a sack lunch with you as you start to read. lol

We do not recommend using OLA due to what we feel is unethical behavior of the site administration and some of their members. A serious seller should also protect the reputation of their business. As with anything, people might feel your reputation is not so hot if you hang out with others with questionable reputations. You know, the guilt by association thing. We give OLA 2 thumbs down. If we had more thumbs, they would all be down.