Comments on: How someone got away with $1,100 by not selling a PS3 on eBay!

By: Terry

Terry — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 13:11:08 +0000

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).

By: ezma

ezma — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 12:59:42 +0000

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?

By: ECA

ECA — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 10:36:20 +0000

First LINE on an EBAY site…

ARE YOU STUPID…READ ALL the fine txt….

STUPID…

By: meetsy

meetsy — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 06:57:17 +0000

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.

By: Mr. Fusion

Mr. Fusion — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 02:40:34 +0000

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.

By: SN

SN — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 01:29:17 +0000

17. I think you’re thinking about this story:

Woman thinks she wins Toyota, wins Toy Yoda

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (AP) — A former waitress has settled her lawsuit against Hooters, the restaurant that gave her a toy Yoda doll instead of the Toyota she thought she’d won.

Jodee Berry, 27, won a beer sales contest last May at the Panama City Beach Hooters. She believed she had won a new Toyota and happily was escorted to the restaurant’s parking lot in a blindfold.

But when the blindfold was removed, she found she had won a new toy Yoda — the little green character from the “Star Wars” movies.

David Noll, her attorney, said Wednesday that he could not disclose the settlement’s details, although he said Berry can now go to a local car dealership and “pick out whatever type of Toyota she wants.”

After the stunt, Berry quit the restaurant and filed a lawsuit against Gulf Coast Wings, Inc., the restaurant’s corporate owner, alleging breach of contract and fraudulent misrepresentation.

The restaurant’s manager, Jared Blair, has said the whole contest was an April Fools’ joke.

By: tallwookie

tallwookie — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 00:24:52 +0000

HAHAHAHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

thats sweet!! more power to that guy!!

Mebbe morons will READ (assuming they can) before purchasing.

By: Reality

Reality — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 00:10:30 +0000

Actually, the person keeping the $1100 for an email account that the person never really got anyway is fraud. They should be ashamed for even keeping it.

By: ioiosotwig

ioiosotwig — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 00:05:14 +0000

I remember reading about a DJ at a radio station that ran a contest with the prize being the keys to a brand new Corvette. The winner did not take this well, and filed a lawsuit. The judge said the DJ was purposely being misleading and awarded the man a Corvette Car and NOT just the keys…

He probably would have to sue the station for the car, and this probably was a lost cause, but he had his day in court!

By: Eugene Shubert

Eugene Shubert — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 00:03:12 +0000

It is morally wrong to abuse or take advantage of mentally defective persons.

By: Gremlinclr

Gremlinclr — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 21:57:21 +0000

I’m sorry but I have no sympathy for stupid people. If you’re willing to shell out $1,100 bucks but you can’t be bothered to read the auction? Sucks to be you.

If I’m spending that kinda dough, you damn well better believe I’m gonna know what I’m buying.

By: SN

SN — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 21:05:46 +0000

#13, Yeah, we could send him some free gmail invites!

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 20:24:01 +0000

I wish we knew the email address, so we could send him some mail. At least then he’d be getting some use out of an $1100 email address.

By: Kurt Nelson

Kurt Nelson — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 20:07:42 +0000

I saw the said auction, and it was very clear to me it was just an email address.

By: rjisinspired

rjisinspired — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 19:57:56 +0000

Think it was about a week ago someone received, thought they received, a camcorder purchase. Upon opening up the box and uncovering the packaging, instead of a camcorder the person got a can of Ragu spaghetti sauce instead.

For $300.00 it must had been some good sauce.