[fishfuzz]

Actually, there are a lot of tools available for eBay users to eliminate scams. First, if you actually win an item that you think might be shady, do a contact info request. This will provide you with a location and phone number - CALL IT. If you don't get who you expected, or the phone number is wrong, start filing with eBay and notify the seller.

Sellers, you can do the same with your buyers. And if you get ripped like the last poster, you have the ability to file for a credit (for the final value fee). I can't tell you how many scam accounts I've gotten deleted by just reporting them to eBay. Plus, if they leave you negative feedback, and the user is deleted later, the feedback goes with it.

Make sure you do your research, me peeps. eBay can be the bane of your existance, or a real joy (I recently sold two heroclicks that I got free at a Con for $60 and ended up shipping them to Spain to a legit buyer *grin*).

[fishfuzz]

Actually, there are a lot of tools available for eBay users to eliminate scams. First, if you actually win an item that you think might be shady, do a contact info request. This will provide you with a location and phone number - CALL IT. If you don't get who you expected, or the phone number is wrong, start filing with eBay and notify the seller.

Sellers, you can do the same with your buyers. And if you get ripped like the last poster, you have the ability to file for a credit (for the final value fee). I can't tell you how many scam accounts I've gotten deleted by just reporting them to eBay. Plus, if they leave you negative feedback, and the user is deleted later, the feedback goes with it.

Make sure you do your research, me peeps. eBay can be the bane of your existance, or a real joy (I recently sold two heroclicks that I got free at a Con for $60 and ended up shipping them to Spain to a legit buyer *grin*).

[daninnj]

Remember when someone bid 425 bucks on a PLAYSTATION 2 box?

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[Ekkie Tepsupornchai]

Everyone always focuses on the how lame the winning bidder was in paying such an outragious price, but what people forget is that it takes at least two "eDiots" bidders to drive the price to such ridiculous heights (assuming the seller started at a legitimate price).

so for sellers, you'll never profit much from just having one ignorant bidder. You have to hope to attract two.

[thadrool]

Originally Posted by DanInNJ

Remember when someone bid 425 bucks on a PLAYSTATION 2 box?

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$425? I sold one of those puppies on ebay for $880.

[bjornkeizers]

Originally Posted by thadrool

$425? I sold one of those puppies on ebay for $880.

Haha! Read the 'fine print' my man - a PS2 *BOX*

[ghostppc]

Originally Posted by dean_shan

You gotta love the revenge items.

:rotfl: That was awesome!!

[Darius Wey]

Originally Posted by bjornkeizers

Haha! Read the 'fine print' my man - a PS2 *BOX*

I was hoping to read the actual comments on the eBay site yet unfortunately, the link at The Register leads to an invalid item. Oh well.

A thumbs-up from me for another eBay eDiot story. :way to go:

[daninnj]

Here you go.

[Darius Wey]

Originally Posted by DanInNJ

Here you go.

Thanks. That is pretty funny. :lol:

[Ekkie Tepsupornchai]

Originally Posted by Darius Wey

Thanks. That is pretty funny. :lol:

It is a funny story, I won't deny that. But I do sympathize with the buyer on this one. The seller didn't lie outright about what he was selling, but the title of the auction "Playstation 2 Original Box and Receipt" can easily be misconstrued. I mean, how many people do you know would ever just sell a box with a receipt? In the same token, I've never known anyone to go online shopping for just a box with original receipt.

In any case, I'm willing to bet there were multiple bidders going after the same item not knowing the catch.

Early in the year, I was bidding on a Nokia 6600 phone. I actually put in a bid at about $250, then decided against going any higher when I promptly outbid. Lucky for me, I reread the auction information and in small print, it clarified that this auction was for information only (no phone).

I was never more glad to have been outbid (the phone finished at higher than $300, so there were obviously a lot of bidders who hadn't read the fine print either).