Can you believe people do this and get away with it?

[whalen]

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<< You are bidding on the chance to win an XBOX from microsoft. You can be the first on your block with this awesome new system!!! Bidding in no way guaruntees that you will win the xbox. DO NOT BID IF YOU ARE NOT 100% FULLY AWARE OF WHAT YOU ARE BIDDING ON. All shipping costs will be fully paid for by me, the total amount you will owe me will be no more than exactly what you bid. I accept payment by PAYPAL ONLY!! If you dont know what paypal is, visit www.paypal.com and get an account BEFORE you bid on this auction! >>



That is absolutely terrible...this guy just totally ripped someone off, and others are doing it too...just do a search for "win an xbox" on ebay, and you will find tons of auctions that are ending at like 150.00+. This guy needs to be flamed... :|

 

[Amused]

While dishonesty sucks, he IS being honest about what he's selling.

There's an age old saying that goes something like caveat emptor.

"BUYER BEWARE."

 

[nitsuj3580]

I dont get what you are complaining about? If a guy owns an Xbox and someone else wants to pay him $250 for it, then why not. That's the free market for ya?

 

[guyver01]

<< I dont get what you are complaining about? If a guy owns an Xbox and someone else wants to pay him $250 for it, then why not. That's the free market for ya? >>



but he doesn't own the XBOX .. he's probably giving away a URL for an online contest or something..

 

[Brutuskend]

<< I dont get what you are complaining about? If a guy owns an Xbox and someone else wants to pay him $250 for it, then why not. That's the free market for ya? >>




Uhhh did you bother to READ what he is selling??


I think not.

 

[Kenazo]

has anyone emailed the buyer to warn him?

 

[Cyberian]

<< I dont get what you are complaining about? If a guy owns an Xbox and someone else wants to pay him $250 for it, then why not. That's the free market for ya? >>

We have a new potential customer here.

 

[Brutuskend]

I just did...........

 

[Paulson]

These have been around for a long time. I never use ebay anyways, so I don't really care.

Stupid people who don't read the fine print end up with the loss.

 

[Nefrodite]

if your going to worry about that then also complain about all the untested "suppliments" sold in health stores, bs pseudo science sold in tv commercials. they do far worse then this xbox guy.

 

[nitsuj3580]

hahahaha....I'm a moron

I skimmed and assumed since ebay is used to sell stuff, that he was selling it. not selling to win one. that's pretty bad.

I'm surprised I didn't get flamed more

 

[whalen]

The thing is how he can tell the bidders obviously dont understand what they are bidding on...no one would bid 250 dollars if they KNEW it was only a URL for a contest...his description is trying to be deceptive.

 

[Dually]

I am sorry but Ebay needs to police itself.

 

[pulse8]

<< The thing is how he can tell the bidders obviously dont understand what they are bidding on...no one would bid 250 dollars if they KNEW it was only a URL for a contest...his description is trying to be deceptive. >>



Obviously, but it's the buyer's problem not his own. If the buyer doesn't read the auction then they will now have a $250 lesson for it.

 

[bigdog1218]

see thats the thing, ebay will never police itself, just the cost of that would hurt them big time, and then they still make money on all these scams, so they could care less,

 

[Skyclad1uhm1]

He will pay for the shipping costs though!

 

[Juniper]

Thats why you should read eyes open and mind open, everything thats posted by the seller

Some dumbo will fall for that. Just wait and see

 

[Antoneo]

Hmm... I'm have never bought/sold anything on Ebay but isn't it relatively easy to make a bogus account and just bid on items like that? I really cannot believe that people would even think about dumping money into that. Yes, there are scumbags who try to make a profit on anything but really, nobody should be dumb enough to bid on that one.

 

[TallBill]

me thinks that it would not get paid.. as long as someone informed the buyer.. fsckin jerkmonkeys... i should find a smaller item that hes seelling, bid and win it.. then put a huge old negative warning on his face

 

[LethalWolfe]

<< The thing is how he can tell the bidders obviously dont understand what they are bidding on...no one would bid 250 dollars if they KNEW it was only a URL for a contest...his description is trying to be deceptive. >>




What? his description plainly says, You are bidding on the chance to win an XBOX from microsoft... Bidding in no way guaruntees that you will win the xbox.


Don't blame the seller, who did disclose this was a CHANCE to win an Xbox, 'cause some idiot buyer wants to waste his money on a chance. This isn't seller being sneaky, it's buyer being dumb.


Lethal

 

[whalen]

<< What? his description plainly says, You are bidding on the chance to win an XBOX from microsoft... Bidding in no way guaruntees that you will win the xbox. >>



Right, but that could also be taken like "Just because you bid, doesn't mean that you will win my auction."

Plus, when he includes that crap about "Including the shipping" in there, then that could confuse someone even more. This description was carefully written so as to confuse stupid ebayers or bidders that aren't very fluent in english.

 

[LukFilm]

Agreed. There is definitely an intent to deceive even though the deception is clearly (for most) spelled out.

 

[TallBill]

yes it is sneaky.. and yes teh bidders are dumb

 

[MrCodeDude]

Bidders deserve it if they are stupid enough to bid on it.
-- mrcodedude

 

[ddeder]

If I were taken by this, I would just refuse to pay it. Screw paypal. I think my credit card company would just reverse it.