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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Grey Wolf on January 25, 2004, 10:07:47 am

Title: People on eBay can be very stupid
Post by: Grey Wolf on January 25, 2004, 10:07:47 am
Take a look at this:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4619&item=3656891141
People are bidding on an empty folder. And they're actually willing to pay money for it.
Title: People on eBay can be very stupid
Post by: Gloriano on January 25, 2004, 10:12:32 am
some peoples are wierd
Title: People on eBay can be very stupid
Post by: Lt.Cannonfodder on January 25, 2004, 10:19:02 am
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Originally posted by Holy Imperial Gloriano
some peoples are wierd

Indeed :wtf:
Title: People on eBay can be very stupid
Post by: Martinus on January 25, 2004, 11:01:01 am
[color=66ff00]Someone posted a thread about this before a few months back. It's still weird as hell.
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Title: People on eBay can be very stupid
Post by: kode on January 25, 2004, 11:44:14 am
he had to burn it to a cdr, because ebay doesn't allow electronic shipment.

well, at least on the last folder auctioned out
Title: People on eBay can be very stupid
Post by: Knight Templar on January 25, 2004, 12:03:04 pm
Woa sweet!

*bids $50
Title: People on eBay can be very stupid
Post by: Goober5000 on January 25, 2004, 12:21:35 pm
:lol:
Title: People on eBay can be very stupid
Post by: Solatar on January 25, 2004, 01:10:23 pm
Last one of these I saw was going for $15.
Title: People on eBay can be very stupid
Post by: Carl on January 25, 2004, 01:48:01 pm
now i'm gonna have to sell a virus on ebay.
Title: People on eBay can be very stupid
Post by: Falcon on January 25, 2004, 01:59:20 pm
Now if the folder had his credit card information then I would consider buying it.  :D
Title: People on eBay can be very stupid
Post by: CP5670 on January 25, 2004, 02:12:34 pm
I've heard of people doing this kind of thing just to increase their feedback. The high bidder is a zero feedback guy; it may well be one of the seller's alt-nicks, so no actual transaction takes place but he can give himself feedback. This is obviously not allowed but it can be difficult to track people doing it.

ebay does have its fair share of idiots though, so I wouldn't be surprised if it was genuine. I use ebay for all my lego purchases and every now and then I see two or three guys placing insanely high bids on items because they haven't bothered to see what identical items have sold for in the past. :p
Title: People on eBay can be very stupid
Post by: Zeronet on January 25, 2004, 02:16:34 pm
This guy makes money, for selling bog all. Seems like a good deal 2 me, if your the seller.
Title: People on eBay can be very stupid
Post by: karajorma on January 25, 2004, 05:16:55 pm
But how does he get repeat business? What's to stop whoever buys it from making copies of it and passing them on to his friends? :D
Title: People on eBay can be very stupid
Post by: redsniper on January 25, 2004, 05:39:45 pm
I heard that somone got $10 for absolutely nothing one ebay. He specifically said that if you bid and won you wouldn't get anything. :rolleyes: I worry about our species sometimes.
Title: People on eBay can be very stupid
Post by: CP5670 on January 25, 2004, 09:15:12 pm
Look at the price now; it's something like $2000. Another zero feedback guy, too.
Title: People on eBay can be very stupid
Post by: Setekh on January 25, 2004, 09:20:06 pm
Yeah, this is just some guy trying to improve his rating (cf. his "Positive feedback: 100%"). Bah, pointless.
Title: People on eBay can be very stupid
Post by: Carl on January 25, 2004, 11:17:04 pm
ten million now.
Title: People on eBay can be very stupid
Post by: Stealth on January 25, 2004, 11:27:54 pm
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Originally posted by Setekh
Yeah, this is just some guy trying to improve his rating (cf. his "Positive feedback: 100%"). Bah, pointless.


that wouldn't make sense.  you pay like $2.00 for every auction, plus a few % of the final cost... so he's paying for feedback, which doesn't make sense at the price it's at.

one of us should make an alternate Ebay name, then bid it up to like $50,000.00 so he has to pay the 7% or whatever;7
Title: People on eBay can be very stupid
Post by: Thorn on January 26, 2004, 12:50:01 pm
What do you mean "can be"? :wtf:
Title: People on eBay can be very stupid
Post by: Carl on January 26, 2004, 01:02:06 pm
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Originally posted by Stealth


that wouldn't make sense.  you pay like $2.00 for every auction, plus a few % of the final cost... so he's paying for feedback, which doesn't make sense at the price it's at.

one of us should make an alternate Ebay name, then bid it up to like $50,000.00 so he has to pay the 7% or whatever;7


but like i just said, it's up to ten million.
Title: People on eBay can be very stupid
Post by: Grey Wolf on January 26, 2004, 05:49:01 pm
It's only at 102 pounds right now.
Title: People on eBay can be very stupid
Post by: Stealth on January 26, 2004, 08:09:38 pm
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Originally posted by Carl


but like i just said, it's up to ten million.


that's not in dollars.
Title: People on eBay can be very stupid
Post by: neo_hermes on January 26, 2004, 08:13:07 pm
oh my god
Title: People on eBay can be very stupid
Post by: Grey Wolf on January 26, 2004, 08:15:41 pm
1 million pounds for an empty folder!??!
Title: People on eBay can be very stupid
Post by: Stealth on January 26, 2004, 08:21:26 pm
he's going to get fux0red with ebay fees