cgi.ebay.com— I guess the $295.99 Buy it Now and the Wii pictures fooled him. Time to head back to grade school and learn to read!
Nov 19, 2006View in Crawl 4
Anyone that doesn't read the description and purchases something that they did not intend to, deserves to get pwned be these crap auctions. Murphy's law comes to mind...It is morally wrong to let a sucker keep his money.
For anyone who thinks this is not against eBay's terms and conditions, read through them. This is against USA's terms and conditions too, if you will. This is purposefully misleading someone to buy something they think is something else. Not only does eBay not want this s**t on their reputation, but credit card companies don't want to have to deal with the cancellations and what not. PayPal also takes a hit, as witnessed by the recent bombing of the eBay/PayPal building.In no way shape or form is this legal in anyway.
Check out the seller's feedback. The buyer already left positive feedback. Apparently he KNEW he was buying an email address.Why, oh why was I born with morals . . . and why can't I rid myself of them?
Uh, yeah that does work as a money laundering scheme. The sale would be the source of the illicit funds and the money clearly can come from anywhere. It's just a pretty stupid scheme because you're basically leaving records of the transaction on eBay. Usually this type of stuff is done with antiques, but the same principle carries over to eBay.
Closed AccountNov 20, 2006
Anyone that doesn't read the description and purchases something that they did not intend to, deserves to get pwned be these crap auctions. Murphy's law comes to mind...It is morally wrong to let a sucker keep his money.
poppsoNov 20, 2006
@chmodUltra rare? I thought all email addresses were ultra rare. Inst there only one of each?
aborteddddNov 20, 2006
For anyone who thinks this is not against eBay's terms and conditions, read through them. This is against USA's terms and conditions too, if you will. This is purposefully misleading someone to buy something they think is something else. Not only does eBay not want this s**t on their reputation, but credit card companies don't want to have to deal with the cancellations and what not. PayPal also takes a hit, as witnessed by the recent bombing of the eBay/PayPal building.In no way shape or form is this legal in anyway.
emericaNov 20, 2006
<a class="user" href="http://www4.ncsu.edu/~gdgottli/ebay/system.jpg">http://www4.ncsu.edu/~gdgottli/ebay/system.jpg</a>Looks like he's been editing.
behunterNov 20, 2006
Check out the seller's feedback. The buyer already left positive feedback. Apparently he KNEW he was buying an email address.Why, oh why was I born with morals . . . and why can't I rid myself of them?
mikeyj10Nov 24, 2006
Uh, yeah that does work as a money laundering scheme. The sale would be the source of the illicit funds and the money clearly can come from anywhere. It's just a pretty stupid scheme because you're basically leaving records of the transaction on eBay. Usually this type of stuff is done with antiques, but the same principle carries over to eBay.
nyx210Dec 3, 2006
Do you mean, conscience?