Enter The Verification Code

[soul45s]

Enter the verification code

Does anyone know why, when using 'ask seller a question' option on ebay listings that you have to 'Enter the verification code' before you can submit a question?

Why do we have to do it??

As well as collecting vinyl, I also collect vintage hi-fi so I often have several questions to ask before I will consider placing a bid and it gets a bit tedious entering these bloody codes all the time.

cheers

paul

[Guest newone]

Enter the verification code

Does anyone know why, when using 'ask seller a question' option on ebay listings that you have to 'Enter the verification code' before you can submit a question?

Why do we have to do it??

As well as collecting vinyl, I also collect vintage hi-fi so I often have several questions to ask before I will consider placing a bid and it gets a bit tedious entering these bloody codes all the time.

cheers

paul

must have just started i was asking a seller in the us sveral questions the other day never got one verifacation code, probaly do do with spoof e mails, i have not bought from e bay in two years soon as i bought something the other day i was bombarded with fake e bay request to update my account so if it stops this great

[Stuart Bower]

Enter the verification code

Does anyone know why, when using 'ask seller a question' option on ebay listings that you have to 'Enter the verification code' before you can submit a question?

Why do we have to do it??

As well as collecting vinyl, I also collect vintage hi-fi so I often have several questions to ask before I will consider placing a bid and it gets a bit tedious entering these bloody codes all the time.

cheers

paul

Well, as the verification code is not text (it`s a picture) it cannot be read by machines, programs and the like. It is meant as a pretty foolproof method of verifying that you are a human and not some automated bot.

Edited June 5, 2009 by The Big Lebowski