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- kanavulator, on 10/12/2007, -10/+221Ahem. Spent.
- Philbert, on 10/12/2007, -5/+174What an ass (the seller). He even falsified the title of the auction.
- titlesaysitall, on 10/12/2007, -2/+88And he charges a restocking fee, offers shipping insurance. What an idiot.
- wingnut21, on 10/12/2007, -1/+72And it's in the video games category.
- titlesaysitall, on 10/12/2007, -4/+73A+A+A+A+A+A+ SELLER!!! EMAIL CONFIRMS INTEGRITY!! WOULD GET CONNED FROM AGAIN!!!!
- Crass22, on 10/12/2007, -2/+44I wonder what similar auction he is referring too that sold for $700.
- Mabu, on 10/12/2007, -3/+38This is what I call financial natural selection for people with more money than brains.
- loper, on 10/12/2007, -2/+33lol 15% restocking fee....
- unfinity, on 10/12/2007, -0/+30Buyer won't have to go through with this one - the @hotmail.com address is not the sellers property in the first place, and selling it is certainly against the TOS.
- TheWorm, on 10/12/2007, -9/+37It's like the guy who paid a few hundred bucks for an xbox (empty) box a few years ago on ebay. While the person who sold it is taking advantage of people, the person who bought it is an idiot.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -8/+35OMG I LOL'D
O and its against ebays rules and regulations to do this, so he wont have to pay - khag7, on 10/12/2007, -2/+28he was lying, obviously
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -5/+30Um, no it damn well isn't against their rules.
The actual item was clearly described and the words 'email address' were even in bold for christ's sake!! - rick2k, on 10/12/2007, -9/+34I dont get why retards bid on free email addresses anyway
Yeah i really want
ultra_ps3_and_wii_powerseller@hotmail.com
You are damn professional with that email i would trust you anyday.. >.> - PicklePower, on 10/12/2007, -4/+25What are you talking about? "Spends" works. Headlines are more commonly put in present tense as well, so that would actually be appropriate.
- kanavulator, on 10/12/2007, -0/+19-Seller's return policy:-
Item must be returned within: 7 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
-Return Policy Details:-
Product must be defective/damaged for a refund.
15% restocking fee.
Tricky, tricky. How do you damage an email-address? Sign it up for Twink Pr0n Daily and tell your chain-mailing mother it's your new address? - wyomingred, on 10/12/2007, -1/+18I wonder if wii-tarded@hotmail.com is still available? I'll sell it to him for $50.
- zweben, on 10/12/2007, -3/+19That was probably "Bid-on-real-no-joke-PS3-Console-right-here-on-ebay@hotmail.com" auction.
- Andrewc989, on 10/12/2007, -0/+16Seller has 100% positive feedback right now...looks like he broke his perfect record.
- dclowd9901, on 10/12/2007, -0/+15Anyone notice the title of this listing is "NINTENDO WII PRE-ORDER!!"
Granted the guy should have read the description (though, it's debatable whether that description was the one bidded on... I mean, he changed it 11 minutes before the end of the auction), but, come on: You're telling me that this seller didn't intend to lure people into this auction under false pretenses? You're not bidding on a Nintendo Wii Preorder, you're bidding on a Nintendo Wii Ordering E-mail Address... Look at that, I just described it much better. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -5/+20revised nov 19th, hey that's today, I smell intentional scam
- rudy23, on 10/12/2007, -3/+16you think anyones gonna pay him $300 for a crappy free email address?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -5/+18Maybe the guy was actually bidding on the email address.
- Sun.Surfin, on 10/12/2007, -7/+19Come on, eBay bidders.... stop being so stupid. Is it that hard to read a freaking description on an item you're about to put good money towards?
*hits head against computer monitor* - Rorrim, on 10/12/2007, -4/+15He shouldn't have put the falsified information there (especially when selling for 300USD), but he at least put information there somewhere.
I think you should read into things a little more than the pictures. I mean, the word EMAIL ADDRESS was bolded! - btstewart, on 08/26/2009, -0/+11As DCJoeDog said earlier, the description was revised. It was revised 10 minutes before the end of the auction. There is no way to tell if he even had "email address" anywhere in the discription until 10 minutes before the auction closed.
- Poppso, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13@chmod
Ultra rare? I thought all email addresses were ultra rare. Inst there only one of each? - chmod, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12Not to mention $2.00 for shipping insurance. Personally, I would get the insurance--the two bucks is a small investment compared to the piece of mind it offers. You don't know how many times I have purchased email addresses on ebay and they were broken in transit, rendering them completely useless. ***** USPS *****.
- calbff, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10It never fails to amaze me how people (see above) actually attempt to justify stuff like this. Talk about pathological.
It's a small step away from outright theft. No more discussion necessary. - rokinroj, on 10/12/2007, -3/+13Reaffirming that fact that I hate people.
- neatflux, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9So the buyer has already posted feedback on the item:
"Genuine Seller! Great experience. Will definate buy from him again. A++++"
Dont feel sorry for the buyer. It seems the buyer == the seller. - klawz, on 10/12/2007, -3/+11I suppose it's the buyers fault when you see this same scam in TV Commercials? oh wait, yeah, that's right, it's called deceptive advertising - why should this ***** (the seller) be praised, the the people who looked at the title, and the main photo, and didn't read and or understand the small fine text print be the villian? ***** up world.. I'd send the ***** a cow turd in a ps3 box and have it delivered on Christmas day.
- mc7winkie, on 10/12/2007, -4/+11Really? I thought he was telling the COMPLETE truth with all those pictures and the misleading title. /sarcasm
- dissident, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7if you think that I've got a bridge I'd like to sell you...
who are the ***** that try to sell email addresses as real auctions? ***** spamming pieces of ***** that need to die... up there with telemarketers, email spammers, and messageboard spammers.
peace and love! :) - chmod, on 10/12/2007, -4/+11@Rudy
It is ultra rare, and similar addresses have gone for upwards of $700. - scootinger, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Yep, go search completed items and you'll find several more auctions like this. Before this I had never heard of people selling email addresses (let alone Yahoo/Hotmail ones) on eBay. I'm surprised that Yahoo/Hotmail don't shut these accounts down...
- scotte, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9"He even falsified the title of the auction."
This is yet another example of why eBay sucks and it's a good idea to avoid it at all costs. eBay provides absolutely ZERO protection to buyers (despite their claims). If you buy something, and the seller either lied (or shipped something different), there's nothing eBay will do. And if you paid for it via PayPal, it's even worse, because ebay won't even let you open a case against it (instead, you have to go through PayPal, which is equally not interested in resolving issues). - Mutaz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6what if http://myworld.ebay.com/neelzy/ (neelzy) the bidder and the seller http://myworld.ebay.com/gdg704/ (gdg704) are both in on this, I mean its arranged to promote the bid...which I think the are.
- sporkman, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8that's really unfair, the guy put "Nintendo Wii preorder" as the title, and then in the middle of the pictures writes a small amount of text saying that it's actually an Email address. I think the buyer could get the auction reversed if he decided to.
- wstrucke, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7because no one in their right mind would pay anywhere near that much money for a god damn hotmail account.
- stylerm, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5I purchased some dreamcast games and the guy sent a stack of burnt discs. Most of them worked, but I was still pissed off. I told him thats not what I paid for, then he left negative feedback, called me an ebay noob, and said I was trying to get something for nothing.
I never used ebay again (this was 3 years ago). - qpdb, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6my favorite part is
Shipping insurance
US $2.00 Optional - khiitola, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6It has already been damaged by posting the address in clear-text on eBay. It won't take spambots seven days to catch the address.
- k2senate, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5He says he refunded all of the money and apologized for being misleading.
- atomicbomb, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I know a guy who bought a lego "box". yes, just the box, no lego inside. the item was fairly clear about what it was, but my friend, blinded by the price for what was on offer (a fairly collectable set), just bought it.
- cawpin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4And, in this case, Paypal won't help him either because he bought an email address, something Paypal considers a "virtual good". Trust me, I know. I tried to get them to refund a web-host fee when the services weren't provided.
- picklepete, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Well the buyer already left the seller positive feedback, so the seller's feedback is still OK.
Based on the buyer leaving positive feedback though, something must be going... - mikeyj10, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5nice. blame the victim. Wait till it's your turn.
- ryansac, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4The winning bidder left positive feedback on the item.
- lfdeeds, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Whoever posted this email address on ebay is by definition a scumbag. One can not even begin to argue that the item is clearly labeled. For you to even begin to side with the scam artist is despicable. Chances are that some one who is relatively new to ebay just got completely picked off. I am very glad to hear that you enjoy laughing at some poor old grandma/father/mother who thinks they just bought her grandson/child the game they wanted for Christmas. If you think scams like this are funny, you deserve a special kind of hell.
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