• All submissions to this site are governed by Second Life Project Contribution Agreement. By submitting patches and other information using this site, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agreed to those terms.
Issue Details (XML | Word | Printable)

Key: SVC-2641
Type: Bug Bug
Status: Resolved Resolved
Resolution: Cannot Reproduce
Priority: Critical Critical
Assignee: WorkingOnIt Linden
Reporter: cheergirl allen
Votes: 59
Watchers: 16
Operations

If you were logged in you would be able to see more operations.
2. Second Life Service - SVC

Classifieds still appear in search despite insufficient lindens to cover fee

Created: 13/Jul/08 06:44 PM   Updated: 29/May/09 02:19 PM
Return to search
Component/s: Search
Affects Version/s: 1.22.4 Server
Fix Version/s: None

File Attachments: None
Image Attachments:

1. classifiedcap.JPG
(86 kB)
Environment: n/a

Last Triaged: 15/Jul/08 11:02 AM
Linden Lab Issue ID: DEV-17907


 Description  « Hide
Summary: classified ads will post and continue to appear in search, even if the account has insufficient funds to cover the classified fees. This is enabling people to post extremely expensive classified ads for free, and skewing the search results. – Hypatia

MY Question has to do with Classified ads and their Impact on the SL economy.

For the past 4 weeks I ran a small experiment with paid classified adverts on SL. It is a follows, 4 weeks ago I set up an ALT on a friends computer I gave that alt 50$L . this alt had no Business to run & no source of $L dollar income. I then placed a 50$L classified on SL with this alt. the classified was for a sandbox for the cost of 50$L. Before I paid for the classified I checked off the "AUTO RENEW EACH WEEK" button with the understanding that this alt would not LOG ON again for the next 4 weeks. so I clicked OK and paid 50$L to run a classified for a Public sandbox. Each new week I would SEARCH classifieds to check the status of the classified. Low and Behold each week with out fault the classified was still Running. 4 weeks passed and still the classified was active for a cost of 50$L dollars when the 4th week was up, I returned to my friends house LOGGED IN to the ALT account to find that it's L$ dollars was in the Red! The ALT had -$L150 thats right it had Negative one hundred and fifty linden dollars! This was Caused Because Linden Lab Deducted 50$L each week from that account for the cost of "AUTO RENEWING" the classified. This is ALSO TRUE for 30$L a week LAND CLASSIFIEDS that are AUTO RENEWED. With the Results of this Experiment I was Shocked but not Surprised. What happened to the Alt you may ask? easy, I sent it 150$L to bring it's $L dollar amount back to 0 (zero) then Canceled the account. so my Questions are as follows

Q.1 - does this work for people who take out 100000$L and up classifieds?
A????

Q.2 - how does this effect the Economic stats seen on the SL website for Classifieds?
A????

Q.3 - How does is effect the Exchange rate for $L dollars to US or Canadian Dollars?
A????

Q.4- are People who Run as I refer to it "Classified Alts\bots" liable for the Negative balance of thier accout?
A????

Q.5- how does Linden Lab plan to Prevent this from happening in the future?
A????

Q.6- Does Linden Lab really expect people to Believe that some one is paying 500000$L a week for a classified? that is over 500 US$

A????



 All   Comments   Change History      Sort Order: Ascending order - Click to sort in descending order
Harleen Gretzky made changes - 13/Jul/08 08:20 PM
Field Original Value New Value
Priority Showstopper [ 1 ] Critical [ 2 ]
markbyron falta made changes - 14/Jul/08 06:46 PM
Summary $ DRAIN ON SL ECONOMY WITH THE HELP OF CLASSIFIEDS $ DRAIN ON SL ECONOMY WITH THE HELP OF CLASSIFIEDS (FREE CLASSIFIED AD EXPLOIT)
cheergirl allen made changes - 14/Jul/08 07:20 PM
Summary $ DRAIN ON SL ECONOMY WITH THE HELP OF CLASSIFIEDS (FREE CLASSIFIED AD EXPLOIT) $ DRAIN ON SL ECONOMY WITH THE HELP OF CLASSIFIEDS
Hypatia Callisto made changes - 14/Jul/08 07:47 PM
Affects Version/s 1.22.4 Server [ 10340 ]
Hypatia Callisto made changes - 14/Jul/08 07:50 PM
Summary $ DRAIN ON SL ECONOMY WITH THE HELP OF CLASSIFIEDS Classifieds still appear in search despite insufficient lindens to cover fee
Hypatia Callisto made changes - 14/Jul/08 08:05 PM
Environment Mac and PC n/a
Hypatia Callisto made changes - 14/Jul/08 08:08 PM
Description
For the past 4 weeks I ran a small experiment with paid classified adverts on SL. It is a follows, 4 weeks ago I set up an ALT on a friends computer I gave that alt 50$L . this alt had no Business to run & no source of $L dollar income. I then placed a 50$L classified on SL with this alt. the classified was for a sandbox for the cost of 50$L. Before I paid for the classified I checked off the "AUTO RENEW EACH WEEK" button with the understanding that this alt would not LOG ON again for the next 4 weeks. so I clicked OK and paid 50$L to run a classified for a Public sandbox. Each new week I would SEARCH classifieds to check the status of the classified. Low and Behold each week with out fault the classified was still Running. 4 weeks passed and still the classified was active for a cost of 50$L dollars when the 4th week was up, I returned to my friends house LOGED IN to the ALT account to find that it's L$ dollars was in the Red! The ALT had -$L150 thats right it had Negative one hundred and fifty linden dollars! This was Caused Because Linden Lab Deducted 50$L each week from that account for the cost of "AUTO RENEWING" the classified. This is ALSO TRUE for 30$L a week LAND CLASSIFIEDS that are AUTO RENEWED. With the Results of this Experiment I was Shocked but not Suprized. What happend to the Alt you may ask? easy, I sent it 150$L to bring it's $L dollar ammount back to 0 (zero) then Cancled the account. so my Questions are as follows

Q.1 - does this work for people who take out 100000$L and up classifieds?
A????

Q.2 - how does this effect the Economic stats seen on the SL website for Classifieds?
A????

Q.3 - How does is effect the Exchange rate for $L dollars to US or Canadian Dollars?
A????

Q.4- are People who Run as I refer to it "Classified Alts\bots" liable for the Negative balance of thier accout?
A????

Q.5- how does Linden Lab plan to Prevent this from happening in the future?
A????

Q.6- Does Linden Lab really expect people to Believe that some one is paying 500000$L a week for a classified? that is over 500 US$

A????
Summary: classified ads will post and continue to appear in search, even if the account has insufficient funds to cover the classified fees. This is enabling people to post extremely expensive classified ads for free, and skewing the search results.

--
For the past 4 weeks I ran a small experiment with paid classified adverts on SL. It is a follows, 4 weeks ago I set up an ALT on a friends computer I gave that alt 50$L . this alt had no Business to run & no source of $L dollar income. I then placed a 50$L classified on SL with this alt. the classified was for a sandbox for the cost of 50$L. Before I paid for the classified I checked off the "AUTO RENEW EACH WEEK" button with the understanding that this alt would not LOG ON again for the next 4 weeks. so I clicked OK and paid 50$L to run a classified for a Public sandbox. Each new week I would SEARCH classifieds to check the status of the classified. Low and Behold each week with out fault the classified was still Running. 4 weeks passed and still the classified was active for a cost of 50$L dollars when the 4th week was up, I returned to my friends house LOGED IN to the ALT account to find that it's L$ dollars was in the Red! The ALT had -$L150 thats right it had Negative one hundred and fifty linden dollars! This was Caused Because Linden Lab Deducted 50$L each week from that account for the cost of "AUTO RENEWING" the classified. This is ALSO TRUE for 30$L a week LAND CLASSIFIEDS that are AUTO RENEWED. With the Results of this Experiment I was Shocked but not Suprized. What happend to the Alt you may ask? easy, I sent it 150$L to bring it's $L dollar ammount back to 0 (zero) then Cancled the account. so my Questions are as follows

Q.1 - does this work for people who take out 100000$L and up classifieds?
A????

Q.2 - how does this effect the Economic stats seen on the SL website for Classifieds?
A????

Q.3 - How does is effect the Exchange rate for $L dollars to US or Canadian Dollars?
A????

Q.4- are People who Run as I refer to it "Classified Alts\bots" liable for the Negative balance of thier accout?
A????

Q.5- how does Linden Lab plan to Prevent this from happening in the future?
A????

Q.6- Does Linden Lab really expect people to Believe that some one is paying 500000$L a week for a classified? that is over 500 US$

A????
cheergirl allen made changes - 14/Jul/08 09:53 PM
Summary Classifieds still appear in search despite insufficient lindens to cover fee Drain on SL economy thanx to Classifieds
Hypatia Callisto made changes - 14/Jul/08 10:18 PM
Summary Drain on SL economy thanx to Classifieds Classifieds still appear in search despite insufficient lindens to cover fee
cheergirl allen made changes - 14/Jul/08 10:35 PM
Summary Classifieds still appear in search despite insufficient lindens to cover fee Drain on SL economy thanx to Classifieds
Description Summary: classified ads will post and continue to appear in search, even if the account has insufficient funds to cover the classified fees. This is enabling people to post extremely expensive classified ads for free, and skewing the search results.

--
For the past 4 weeks I ran a small experiment with paid classified adverts on SL. It is a follows, 4 weeks ago I set up an ALT on a friends computer I gave that alt 50$L . this alt had no Business to run & no source of $L dollar income. I then placed a 50$L classified on SL with this alt. the classified was for a sandbox for the cost of 50$L. Before I paid for the classified I checked off the "AUTO RENEW EACH WEEK" button with the understanding that this alt would not LOG ON again for the next 4 weeks. so I clicked OK and paid 50$L to run a classified for a Public sandbox. Each new week I would SEARCH classifieds to check the status of the classified. Low and Behold each week with out fault the classified was still Running. 4 weeks passed and still the classified was active for a cost of 50$L dollars when the 4th week was up, I returned to my friends house LOGED IN to the ALT account to find that it's L$ dollars was in the Red! The ALT had -$L150 thats right it had Negative one hundred and fifty linden dollars! This was Caused Because Linden Lab Deducted 50$L each week from that account for the cost of "AUTO RENEWING" the classified. This is ALSO TRUE for 30$L a week LAND CLASSIFIEDS that are AUTO RENEWED. With the Results of this Experiment I was Shocked but not Suprized. What happend to the Alt you may ask? easy, I sent it 150$L to bring it's $L dollar ammount back to 0 (zero) then Cancled the account. so my Questions are as follows

Q.1 - does this work for people who take out 100000$L and up classifieds?
A????

Q.2 - how does this effect the Economic stats seen on the SL website for Classifieds?
A????

Q.3 - How does is effect the Exchange rate for $L dollars to US or Canadian Dollars?
A????

Q.4- are People who Run as I refer to it "Classified Alts\bots" liable for the Negative balance of thier accout?
A????

Q.5- how does Linden Lab plan to Prevent this from happening in the future?
A????

Q.6- Does Linden Lab really expect people to Believe that some one is paying 500000$L a week for a classified? that is over 500 US$

A????
MY Question has to do with Classified ads and thier Impact on the SL economy.

For the past 4 weeks I ran a small experiment with paid classified adverts on SL. It is a follows, 4 weeks ago I set up an ALT on a friends computer I gave that alt 50$L . this alt had no Business to run & no source of $L dollar income. I then placed a 50$L classified on SL with this alt. the classified was for a sandbox for the cost of 50$L. Before I paid for the classified I checked off the "AUTO RENEW EACH WEEK" button with the understanding that this alt would not LOG ON again for the next 4 weeks. so I clicked OK and paid 50$L to run a classified for a Public sandbox. Each new week I would SEARCH classifieds to check the status of the classified. Low and Behold each week with out fault the classified was still Running. 4 weeks passed and still the classified was active for a cost of 50$L dollars when the 4th week was up, I returned to my friends house LOGED IN to the ALT account to find that it's L$ dollars was in the Red! The ALT had -$L150 thats right it had Negative one hundred and fifty linden dollars! This was Caused Because Linden Lab Deducted 50$L each week from that account for the cost of "AUTO RENEWING" the classified. This is ALSO TRUE for 30$L a week LAND CLASSIFIEDS that are AUTO RENEWED. With the Results of this Experiment I was Shocked but not Suprized. What happend to the Alt you may ask? easy, I sent it 150$L to bring it's $L dollar ammount back to 0 (zero) then Cancled the account. so my Questions are as follows

Q.1 - does this work for people who take out 100000$L and up classifieds?
A????

Q.2 - how does this effect the Economic stats seen on the SL website for Classifieds?
A????

Q.3 - How does is effect the Exchange rate for $L dollars to US or Canadian Dollars?
A????

Q.4- are People who Run as I refer to it "Classified Alts\bots" liable for the Negative balance of thier accout?
A????

Q.5- how does Linden Lab plan to Prevent this from happening in the future?
A????

Q.6- Does Linden Lab really expect people to Believe that some one is paying 500000$L a week for a classified? that is over 500 US$

A????
Hypatia Callisto made changes - 14/Jul/08 10:50 PM
Description MY Question has to do with Classified ads and thier Impact on the SL economy.

For the past 4 weeks I ran a small experiment with paid classified adverts on SL. It is a follows, 4 weeks ago I set up an ALT on a friends computer I gave that alt 50$L . this alt had no Business to run & no source of $L dollar income. I then placed a 50$L classified on SL with this alt. the classified was for a sandbox for the cost of 50$L. Before I paid for the classified I checked off the "AUTO RENEW EACH WEEK" button with the understanding that this alt would not LOG ON again for the next 4 weeks. so I clicked OK and paid 50$L to run a classified for a Public sandbox. Each new week I would SEARCH classifieds to check the status of the classified. Low and Behold each week with out fault the classified was still Running. 4 weeks passed and still the classified was active for a cost of 50$L dollars when the 4th week was up, I returned to my friends house LOGED IN to the ALT account to find that it's L$ dollars was in the Red! The ALT had -$L150 thats right it had Negative one hundred and fifty linden dollars! This was Caused Because Linden Lab Deducted 50$L each week from that account for the cost of "AUTO RENEWING" the classified. This is ALSO TRUE for 30$L a week LAND CLASSIFIEDS that are AUTO RENEWED. With the Results of this Experiment I was Shocked but not Suprized. What happend to the Alt you may ask? easy, I sent it 150$L to bring it's $L dollar ammount back to 0 (zero) then Cancled the account. so my Questions are as follows

Q.1 - does this work for people who take out 100000$L and up classifieds?
A????

Q.2 - how does this effect the Economic stats seen on the SL website for Classifieds?
A????

Q.3 - How does is effect the Exchange rate for $L dollars to US or Canadian Dollars?
A????

Q.4- are People who Run as I refer to it "Classified Alts\bots" liable for the Negative balance of thier accout?
A????

Q.5- how does Linden Lab plan to Prevent this from happening in the future?
A????

Q.6- Does Linden Lab really expect people to Believe that some one is paying 500000$L a week for a classified? that is over 500 US$

A????
Summary: classified ads will post and continue to appear in search, even if the account has insufficient funds to cover the classified fees. This is enabling people to post extremely expensive classified ads for free, and skewing the search results. -- Hypatia

--

MY Question has to do with Classified ads and thier Impact on the SL economy.

For the past 4 weeks I ran a small experiment with paid classified adverts on SL. It is a follows, 4 weeks ago I set up an ALT on a friends computer I gave that alt 50$L . this alt had no Business to run & no source of $L dollar income. I then placed a 50$L classified on SL with this alt. the classified was for a sandbox for the cost of 50$L. Before I paid for the classified I checked off the "AUTO RENEW EACH WEEK" button with the understanding that this alt would not LOG ON again for the next 4 weeks. so I clicked OK and paid 50$L to run a classified for a Public sandbox. Each new week I would SEARCH classifieds to check the status of the classified. Low and Behold each week with out fault the classified was still Running. 4 weeks passed and still the classified was active for a cost of 50$L dollars when the 4th week was up, I returned to my friends house LOGED IN to the ALT account to find that it's L$ dollars was in the Red! The ALT had -$L150 thats right it had Negative one hundred and fifty linden dollars! This was Caused Because Linden Lab Deducted 50$L each week from that account for the cost of "AUTO RENEWING" the classified. This is ALSO TRUE for 30$L a week LAND CLASSIFIEDS that are AUTO RENEWED. With the Results of this Experiment I was Shocked but not Suprized. What happend to the Alt you may ask? easy, I sent it 150$L to bring it's $L dollar ammount back to 0 (zero) then Cancled the account. so my Questions are as follows

Q.1 - does this work for people who take out 100000$L and up classifieds?
A????

Q.2 - how does this effect the Economic stats seen on the SL website for Classifieds?
A????

Q.3 - How does is effect the Exchange rate for $L dollars to US or Canadian Dollars?
A????

Q.4- are People who Run as I refer to it "Classified Alts\bots" liable for the Negative balance of thier accout?
A????

Q.5- how does Linden Lab plan to Prevent this from happening in the future?
A????

Q.6- Does Linden Lab really expect people to Believe that some one is paying 500000$L a week for a classified? that is over 500 US$

A????
markbyron falta made changes - 15/Jul/08 08:41 AM
Summary Drain on SL economy thanx to Classifieds Drain on SL economy thanx to Classifieds (FREE CLASSIFIED AD EXPLOIT)
markbyron falta made changes - 15/Jul/08 09:10 AM
Attachment classifiedcap.JPG [ 17642 ]
Delora Starbrook made changes - 15/Jul/08 09:22 AM
Summary Drain on SL economy thanx to Classifieds (FREE CLASSIFIED AD EXPLOIT) Drain on SL economy thanks to Classifieds (FREE CLASSIFIED AD EXPLOIT)
Description Summary: classified ads will post and continue to appear in search, even if the account has insufficient funds to cover the classified fees. This is enabling people to post extremely expensive classified ads for free, and skewing the search results. -- Hypatia

--

MY Question has to do with Classified ads and thier Impact on the SL economy.

For the past 4 weeks I ran a small experiment with paid classified adverts on SL. It is a follows, 4 weeks ago I set up an ALT on a friends computer I gave that alt 50$L . this alt had no Business to run & no source of $L dollar income. I then placed a 50$L classified on SL with this alt. the classified was for a sandbox for the cost of 50$L. Before I paid for the classified I checked off the "AUTO RENEW EACH WEEK" button with the understanding that this alt would not LOG ON again for the next 4 weeks. so I clicked OK and paid 50$L to run a classified for a Public sandbox. Each new week I would SEARCH classifieds to check the status of the classified. Low and Behold each week with out fault the classified was still Running. 4 weeks passed and still the classified was active for a cost of 50$L dollars when the 4th week was up, I returned to my friends house LOGED IN to the ALT account to find that it's L$ dollars was in the Red! The ALT had -$L150 thats right it had Negative one hundred and fifty linden dollars! This was Caused Because Linden Lab Deducted 50$L each week from that account for the cost of "AUTO RENEWING" the classified. This is ALSO TRUE for 30$L a week LAND CLASSIFIEDS that are AUTO RENEWED. With the Results of this Experiment I was Shocked but not Suprized. What happend to the Alt you may ask? easy, I sent it 150$L to bring it's $L dollar ammount back to 0 (zero) then Cancled the account. so my Questions are as follows

Q.1 - does this work for people who take out 100000$L and up classifieds?
A????

Q.2 - how does this effect the Economic stats seen on the SL website for Classifieds?
A????

Q.3 - How does is effect the Exchange rate for $L dollars to US or Canadian Dollars?
A????

Q.4- are People who Run as I refer to it "Classified Alts\bots" liable for the Negative balance of thier accout?
A????

Q.5- how does Linden Lab plan to Prevent this from happening in the future?
A????

Q.6- Does Linden Lab really expect people to Believe that some one is paying 500000$L a week for a classified? that is over 500 US$

A????
Summary: classified ads will post and continue to appear in search, even if the account has insufficient funds to cover the classified fees. This is enabling people to post extremely expensive classified ads for free, and skewing the search results. -- Hypatia

--

MY Question has to do with Classified ads and their Impact on the SL economy.

For the past 4 weeks I ran a small experiment with paid classified adverts on SL. It is a follows, 4 weeks ago I set up an ALT on a friends computer I gave that alt 50$L . this alt had no Business to run & no source of $L dollar income. I then placed a 50$L classified on SL with this alt. the classified was for a sandbox for the cost of 50$L. Before I paid for the classified I checked off the "AUTO RENEW EACH WEEK" button with the understanding that this alt would not LOG ON again for the next 4 weeks. so I clicked OK and paid 50$L to run a classified for a Public sandbox. Each new week I would SEARCH classifieds to check the status of the classified. Low and Behold each week with out fault the classified was still Running. 4 weeks passed and still the classified was active for a cost of 50$L dollars when the 4th week was up, I returned to my friends house LOGGED IN to the ALT account to find that it's L$ dollars was in the Red! The ALT had -$L150 thats right it had Negative one hundred and fifty linden dollars! This was Caused Because Linden Lab Deducted 50$L each week from that account for the cost of "AUTO RENEWING" the classified. This is ALSO TRUE for 30$L a week LAND CLASSIFIEDS that are AUTO RENEWED. With the Results of this Experiment I was Shocked but not Surprised. What happened to the Alt you may ask? easy, I sent it 150$L to bring it's $L dollar amount back to 0 (zero) then Canceled the account. so my Questions are as follows

Q.1 - does this work for people who take out 100000$L and up classifieds?
A????

Q.2 - how does this effect the Economic stats seen on the SL website for Classifieds?
A????

Q.3 - How does is effect the Exchange rate for $L dollars to US or Canadian Dollars?
A????

Q.4- are People who Run as I refer to it "Classified Alts\bots" liable for the Negative balance of thier accout?
A????

Q.5- how does Linden Lab plan to Prevent this from happening in the future?
A????

Q.6- Does Linden Lab really expect people to Believe that some one is paying 500000$L a week for a classified? that is over 500 US$

A????
markbyron falta made changes - 15/Jul/08 09:52 AM
Summary Drain on SL economy thanks to Classifieds (FREE CLASSIFIED AD EXPLOIT) Drain on SL economy thanks to Classifieds (FREE AUTO-RENEW CLASSIFIED ADs)
Alexa Linden made changes - 15/Jul/08 10:58 AM
Assignee WorkingOnIt Linden [ WorkingOnIt Linden ]
Alexa Linden made changes - 15/Jul/08 11:01 AM
Summary Drain on SL economy thanks to Classifieds (FREE AUTO-RENEW CLASSIFIED ADs) Classifieds still appear in search despite insufficient lindens
Alexa Linden made changes - 15/Jul/08 11:02 AM
Summary Classifieds still appear in search despite insufficient lindens Classifieds still appear in search despite insufficient lindens to cover fee
Alexa Linden made changes - 15/Jul/08 11:02 AM
Last Triaged 15/Jul/08 11:02 AM
lindenrobot made changes - 15/Jul/08 11:12 AM
Linden Lab Issue ID DEV-17907
Sue Linden made changes - 13/Nov/08 12:05 PM
Workflow jira-2007-12-22a [ 57379 ] jira-2008-11-14 [ 81206 ]
Sue Linden made changes - 13/Nov/08 04:32 PM
Workflow jira-2008-11-14 [ 81206 ] jira-2008-11-14a [ 87788 ]
Sue Linden made changes - 13/Nov/08 04:54 PM
Workflow jira-2008-11-14 [ 87788 ] jira-2008-11-14a [ 94934 ]
nya Linden made changes - 29/May/09 02:19 PM
Status Open [ 1 ] Resolved [ 5 ]
Resolution Cannot Reproduce [ 5 ]