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Empty Box For $50

PostPosted: Thu Jan 01, 1970 6:35 am
by BuddhaTB
There are some really stupid people out there. Here's an EBay auction in which an empty box was sold for $51.01. Always read the description carefully before bidding.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2064472027

PostPosted: Thu Jan 01, 1970 6:35 am
by TheWizard
If people are stupid enough to buy an empty box, kudos to the seller. :)

PostPosted: Thu Jan 01, 1970 6:35 am
by BuddhaTB
If you don't even bother to read the entire description for something you are bidding on you deserve to get screwed.

PostPosted: Thu Jan 01, 1970 6:36 am
by Tolyngee
I still have my Ti 500 box, and it's in damn good shape!

I wonder if it's worth $75!? :o

Ya know, some how for some reason that box was worth $51.01 to that bidder, as the auction made it nothing but absolutely clear it was just the box they were bidding on...

Though, with the world today, it would not surprise me to find out the bidder hadn't bothered to read the text in the auction listing...

And really thought they were bidding on the video card itself...


In weirder news, I remember my brother mentioning someone sold a photograph of a television... Something like they took a polaroid of a 52" television or something, and scanned the polaroid, and said "what you see is what you get."

I don't know the final outcome, but yes, the bid amount far, far exceeded the value of that polaroid...


But, I admit, for some reason (unknown to me), someone felt that BOX was worth $51.01...

PostPosted: Mon Jan 06, 2003 7:40 am
by F1Pilot
Worst part about it...neither left feedback for the other. That woulda been funny to read.

:P F1

PostPosted: Mon Jan 06, 2003 9:23 am
by Spazmogen
Looking at that guys bid history, he's retracted 3 bids in the past 6 months.

He's learning.

Not quickly, but he's learning.

PostPosted: Mon Jan 06, 2003 6:18 pm
by dhc014
Hehe, "no acutal Video Card is included in this acution."

u before c when you're trying to spell those words buddy!

PostPosted: Mon Jan 06, 2003 10:49 pm
by Derek
What a moron...

Derek

PostPosted: Tue Jan 07, 2003 6:18 am
by F1Pilot
But yeah, Derek...could you imagine the feedback and the explanation that the "buyer" would have to give? I mean, what the hell can you say to that? "...I biffed..." :lol:


PostPosted: Wed Jan 08, 2003 1:25 am
by TheWizard
Did somebody say Biff?

"So why don't you make like a tree and get outta here!"

"Hey you, get your damn hands off her! Oh, Biff, I didn't know it was you."

PostPosted: Fri Jan 17, 2003 2:36 am
by CentronMe
Derek wrote:What a moron...

Derek


What, the seller or buyer?

Or maybe both... :roll: