I WON A PS2 ON E.BAY FOR $56!! (DO YOU THINK THE GUY WILL SHIP IT??)

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Viper GTS

Lifer
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You'd be damned crazy to take him to court, if you even could (which I doubt).

Your lawyer fees would cost you enough to buy 10 PS2's.

Viper GTS
 

Jmman

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A couple of comments. Since he is under 18, he can't enter into a valid contract anyway, I don't believe. And take a better look at that auction, the guy is from CANADA. Good luck taking him to court....;)
 

ForeverSilky

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He'll probably give you some crap about how it just broke or something, so he can't sell it to you, then he'll make a new eb@y name and sell it under that one.
 

Viper GTS

Lifer
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If you're under 18 you aren't even supposed to have an account at Egay. Which means you falsified a contract.

Shame on you.

Viper GTS
 

ForeverSilky

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It could be his mom or dad's account. So Josh, how do all those games you bought play on that PS2 you got from outpost? ;). By the time you get a PS2, there will be new versions of the games you bought! Why didn't outpost give you one? Didn't you reserve yours like six months ago?
 

Josh

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Silky:
I reserved one at OutPost in JULY, they claimed the cutoff was June. They told me this a DAY before launch. You could imagine how pissed off I'd be eh? :)
 

ForeverSilky

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Well at least you've learned a lesson from all of this, always pre-order something from places you can go kick the managers ass if they run out of it (example: EB).
 

Pretender

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<< Started Oct-27-00 15:57:48 PDT
Ends Oct-29-00 02:51:07 PDT

Bid cancellation:
bigpimp-n-911 (0)
Cancelled $101.00 Bid: Oct-28-00 18:48:37 PDT
Cancelled: Oct-29-00 02:50:38 PDT (Note: 30 seconds before the auction ended)

Explanation: Canceled because i didn not 3 units i only got 2
>>


My guess: The guy made the bid of $101 to get the prices jumping, realized no one else was bidding, so he cancelled the bid, then ended the auction for some unknown reason.


 

Josh

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What does that have to do with it? He isn't the seller. I don't understand...
 

lotust

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I agree with Pretender he was not going to make 1000$ like the rest of them :)
 

rmblam

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Bigpimpn was the last bidder. He did not cancel the auction the seller did. NoPS24U

Cancelled $101.00 Bid: Oct-28-00 18:48:37 PDT
Explanation: Canceled because i didn not 3 units i only got 2
 

Pretender

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The bid retraction excuse was BS....I'm guessing that bidder was the seller or one of his friends, used to jack up the high bid. When it wasn't going anywhere, he cancelled the whole thing.
 

Josh

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He just e-mailed me:

<<oh i forgot didn't you get the cancelation from E.bay???? I didn't have enough units for sale thats why it ened 2 days early>>

I responded:

Nope never got a cancelation from e.bay, that's why i figured you were still auctioning them. Do you have an extra to sell to me? I would be willing to pay higher than what the auction closed for?>>
 

MrBond

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Hmmm....thats no fun. Eb@y is bad about sending out the auction updates though. Still, even if they don't send out the cancelation email, you still shouldn't have been able to bid on it. I'd ask the guy to forward the email to you that HE got from eb@y...And then I'd watch to see if he posts another ps2 for sale again...I don't want to be a pessimist, really, but eb@y is full of liars and thieves...
 

mastertech01

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You are entitled to give him a flaming negative if you want...that is BS..he is obligated to sell.. He is not allowed to list items based on what he THINKS he may get, but what he has on hand. Thats grounds for being NARU (No longer a registered user) on E_bay
 

Yo Ma Ma

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<< US Brand new PLAYSTATION 2 PS2 NR Bought 3 playstions 2s and recieved them yesterday. I was going to sell 2 and keep 1 for my self but decided that i really need the money for school. So im selling , my Third and final Playstation System. I NOW HAVE THE PS2 IN MY HANDS right now so I will shipp the moment the auction ends. [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[No Reservers]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] happy bidding Winner pays like 10 bucks for shipping(this is pending becuase shipping cost could change depending on where you live.) >>

Clearly states the seller is in possession...also I don't understand why the bidder bigpimp has an excuse for cancelling the bid that sounds like it would be the seller's excuse for cancelling the auction? :confused: