EBAY Warning - Dont Be Conned

[wraggster]

Hawq on IRC just posted a link where some body was selling 3 Playstations not PS3s theres some crafty wording in the auction saying about dont preorder and the 20gb version etc and the auction sold for $900

Thats a tad expensive for 3 PS1 consoles, remember please read the auction very carefully.

Heres the auction link (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=020&sspagename=STRK%3AMESO%3AIT&viewitem=&item=300050305788&rd=1&rd=1)

Anyone been duped on ebay before, tell us via comments

[scarph]

hahah thats funny

[erix2006]

The guy who bought it was very happy probably :D and who sold it too :D Unlucky..............

[wraggster]

ive got a PreWii aka gamecube ill sell for 200 dollars

[erix2006]

hehe.... :D

[Video_freak]

It CLEARLY states multiple times on the page that you are bidding on 3 Playstation units. You don't even need to read it carefully, just read it lol. I guess there is a reason for school after all. :rolleyes:

[jstush04]

haha, i love this part:

"You're bidding on Sony Playstations, 3 of them.



Bid with confidence."

wow. there are some crafty people in the world, and they will be followed close behind by the stupid people in the world.

[The_Ultimate_Eggman]

BUYER BEWARE !! LMFAO as Homer would say its funny because its not me :).

[joesnose]

come without controllers, that is a rip off, lmao.

[.:}<3\/!}\{:.]

Lol!!!!!!!!

[ogm]

That's some serious social engineering :)

[Davidov]

lol the guy who bidded is an R-Tard.
Especially for having a name like 9126635472.

He'd had his desserts if you ask me.

[Baboon]

Haha... I cant believe someone would actualy fall for that! lol

Put me down for 3 of em!

[phenikx]

HAHHAH.... still cant stop laughing....maybe i should try to sell 360 BOXES maybe someones stupid enough to fall for that :cool:

[ryan2006]

i bought a psp off ebay around a year ago i was all excited thn it never came had to complain to ebay only goot like 100 quid of the 180 bk :(

[**1_Man_Matrix**]

Yer, I've been waiting on my Nokia N70 for a few months now, to be shipped from the same state. Out $300, great con job.
Well, I'm off to Melbourne with nothing but some Bank Details, a Tyre Iron and a bad attitude :D

[S34MU5]

LOLOL owned

[The_Ultimate_Eggman]

9126635472.



That was probably how much he payed last time he was ripped off :).

[inlovewithi]

I did the moron a favor by reporting it. I also checked what else he bought, and he bought a Wii, and some action figure for something like 324 dollars. I'm sure he's just some kid with rich parents.

the 9126635472 screen name is probably his telephone number.

[Tonx_9]

HAHHAH.... still cant stop laughing....maybe i should try to sell 360 BOXES maybe someones stupid enough to fall for that :cool:

omg that could work lol! but 360 boxes aint that easy to ship lol:D :D

[**1_Man_Matrix**]

Social Engineering? Ever seen the movie hackers?
Thats social engineering, this is just dumb haha :D
P.S I love that movie...

It wouldn't be so bad if the eBay police gave a crap :)

[Eyedunno]

Wow. Just wow. At that price, the seller should throw in a gun and some ammo, so the buyer can shoot himself in the face. I don't feel sorry for the guy at all, since, aside from the ever-so-slightly-but-not-really misleading 20GB comment, it was obviously three Playstations.

[iniquitous_beast]

If not an idiot, the only other type of person to bid so quickly an so high would be the ever-ubiquitous Nigerian scammers. That would be just too ironic.

[classicgmr]

Same auction, different eBay user name... (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260055332576&ssPageName=MERCOSI_VI_ROSI_PR4_PCN_BIX&refitem=300050305788&itemcount=4&refwidgetloc=closed_view_item&refwidgettype=osi_widget)

[kennyk]

I remember hearing about someone who won a $150 picture of a NDS. I pm'd the seller about it, and he said he was just trying to teach people a lesson on how to read the small print. I think he was just scared he got caught

[T-2000]

i wouldnt buy a ps3 off ebay anyway, too expensive and too hard to repair when it goes wrong...lol

[F9zDark]

I remember hearing about someone who won a $150 picture of a NDS. I pm'd the seller about it, and he said he was just trying to teach people a lesson on how to read the small print. I think he was just scared he got caught

And I'd drive to that seller's house and beat the living shit out of him until he learned the lesson of not scamming people.

Want to teach people a lesson, do so in a way that doesn't cost them 800 dollars; because thats just being a blatent scammer.

[**1_Man_Matrix**]

I reckon if your smart and cunning (and guilt free) enough to scam people. Then why not?
I mean c'mon, there's far too many idiots in the world, might aswell teach em' a thing or too.

I don't like violence and physical robbery or anything like that, I have absolutely no appreciation for those meat heads. But scamming is different, takes some thought and skill to pull off.

I've been scammed, and I seriously don't hate the person (or people) that did it. I kinda shrugged, was a bit annoyed but learn't a lesson and am much wiser.

People just don't like feeling dumb. Get over it.

[iniquitous_beast]

Sheep are too dumb to care about being fleeced. The guy is not lying in his auction. If I were doing it though, I'd overcharge on shipping. That way, when I am forced to refund the sale, I can specify in my refund policy that I don't refund the shipping. That way, I would still gain a small bit. I don't do that, of course, but that is how I would do it if I did.

[Vegetable]

Wouldn't doubt if this was faked.

[Eyedunno]

The other sellers selling the same thing are all in different locations and all have positive feedback though. Pretty bizarre.

[Dee-Lite]

I wonder if the seller shipped him the 3 ps one's just to rub it in? :D

Dee

[Kcen]

If he payed by a credit card on paypal he wont pay for this. Paypal will try to backcharge the seller, who almost certianly withdrawn the money

Then the buyer should call the CC and they will backcharge paypal so the one stuck with the bill will be ebay.

I really have no idea why ebay allows console launch acutions, it causes alot more trouble then they are worth.

[weaselboy246]

Maybe he really REALLY wanted 3 PS1s? :P

[Zion]

You're bidding on Sony Playstations, 3 of them.

lol

[**1_Man_Matrix**]

Maybe with the PS3 about to hit the floor, Sony Playstation's will be worth heaps :)
Like... Collectables, haha. You'll see them in antique stores soon :D

[Adrenalin]

Lmao! nice con!

[Vegetable]

Well it's been how many days and still no feedback left by either party?

Definitely premeditated. You can all go home, kids. Nothing but a fake here.