Booya Tech – December 6, 2006:
I created an auction with the title “PLAYSTATION 3 PS3 60GB PREMIUM EMAIL”. The listing had a huge picture of a PS3 that took up the entire page followed by a short sentence that read something like: “Up for auction is an email address with the letters ‘PS3′ in it. This auction is for just an email account and not the actual system.” Despite this clear sentence and warning, I got something like 16 bid from the original $599 starting price and sold the email for around $1100. I got instant payment to my paypal account.
The buyer immediately requested his money back, and when I didn’t agree, he started a paypal dispute. After the 10 day period of the dispute, Paypal sent me an email saying that I won the dispute and the $1100 balance returned to my paypal account.
The only action that eBay took was that it took down the auction so it cannot be viewed anymore which is actually good for me since the disgruntled action winner cannot leave me negative feedback.
Of course this whole thing could be a joke as we have no evidence that it actually occurred.
Well, as I think of some of the people I know.
I know this one guy, he could remove your spleen or appendix in his sleep, without any complications. But he can’t for the life of him tie a decent knot in his tie. He can’t write legibly either.
There is this other guy and his brother. Shoot, he can tear down a big block and rebuild the whole thing before lunch and have a whole car race ready by dinner. Can’t read a lick though and barely sign his name.
Then there is this guy that builds web pages. Very good work too. He prefers to buy food like canned spaghetti and ravioli because he can’t cook crap.
None of these people are stupid. Obviously they have some areas that they excel and other where, well, they are not as proficient. So to all the smug armpits that think the email bidder is a moron, let me congratulate you on your all round excellence. It must be so satisfying to know how superior you are.
#6, well put.
the pasta sauce/brick=camcorder was a story in USA Today about a couple dealing with BEST BUY
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/retail/2006-11-27-pasta-camcorder_x.htm
Not ebay.
First LINE on an EBAY site…
ARE YOU STUPID…READ ALL the fine txt….
STUPID…
4 & 10, My thoughts exactly. Ebay AND Paypal must give the buyer’s money back and take action ( auction?) against any seller scam artist selling fake stuff, lists anything misleading on Ebay. It depends on the intention, and his intention was to make money on others’ trust for Ebay. If Ebay does not limit these frivolous sales, it gives a bad name to all the ebayers.
On a second note, how could anybody who works hard for his money think that PS3 is worth anything this price?
Flip the question around: why were/are people so willing to shell out big bucks just to get the new systerm “RIGHT F***ING NOW!!” ?
For the record, I’ve worn out two NES and currently own and use SNES, Genesis, GameCube, PS2, Gameboy(s).