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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Marketplace => Topic started by: Asmodean on April 26, 2005, 12:13:21 PM

Title: Tricky ebay auction
Post by: Asmodean on April 26, 2005, 12:13:21 PM: I was searching for some blizzard cards on ebay today, and then I found this auction:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=98928&item=8187960659&rd=1

Not a very nice way to fool people I think. The auction has a "buy it now" for only £0.01 and then the seller want £99.99 which is his "Seller's Standard Rate" :roll:
Title: Re: Tricky ebay auction
Post by: Red_Melons on April 26, 2005, 12:38:43 PM: Some dubious feedback as well:

- Never recived item. Avoid like the plague. Filed claim with paypal. Do not use!!

- shame on you, hornochse

- Wanted to collect, would not allow. No reply to emails, IDIOT, TOTALLY AVOID!

- No Comms from Seller, Paid. no Goods Recieved. Recovered Money. AVOID!!

- No contact after purchase, do not trust, VERY BAD EBAYER!!!

- NON PAYING BIDDER. Promised payment several times but not received, no replies to dispute. Fees reclaimed and strike issued.

- did not complete purchase had to relist item

- Not Satisfactory. Nearly 3 weeks to arrive. No cable to connect to TV included.
Title: Re: Tricky ebay auction
Post by: Kinster on April 26, 2005, 02:24:12 PM: Jaysis, is that even legal?

Cheeky bollix I'd say.
Title: Re: Tricky ebay auction
Post by: dnelsonfl on April 26, 2005, 04:29:22 PM: Report him to Ebay for attempting to circumvent seller fees. Ebay will take it seriously and take action.
Title: Re: Tricky ebay auction
Post by: adolescent on April 26, 2005, 05:03:37 PM: Reported. I usually don't like to tattle, but this person is seriously whacked. We'll see what they do about it, but I'd think eBay would take it's money seriously.
Title: Re: Tricky ebay auction
Post by: Robert17 on April 26, 2005, 06:06:55 PM: Well, I just bought his A4000 atx power supply adaptor, buy it now for 1 pence, £11 postage, still not too bad, certainly a lot easier than doing it yourself (I know, I've done it) :-)

Robert
Title: Re: Tricky ebay auction
Post by: Martin_Lee on April 26, 2005, 06:20:13 PM: i noticed this too, hes done it with a few things.
i wouldnt trust him
Title: Re: Tricky ebay auction
Post by: Acill on April 26, 2005, 06:27:19 PM: Thats just dirty!
Title: Re: Tricky ebay auction
Post by: Linchpin on April 26, 2005, 06:28:22 PM: Nor me.

What an ass. Ripping people off isnt cool. Especially amiga people like me with um.. no cash to spare :-)
Title: Re: Tricky ebay auction
Post by: x56h34 on April 26, 2005, 06:37:19 PM: Someone local should bid and pick-up all of his items. :-)
Title: Re: Tricky ebay auction
Post by: weirdami on April 26, 2005, 07:20:47 PM: Merlancia did that a while ago, too. Large fake shipping fees are bad news and mean. Ebay doesn't like it, either.
Title: Re: Tricky ebay auction
Post by: adonay on April 26, 2005, 09:12:50 PM: Wow :-o so thats what all the fuzz is about.
Hope nobody falls into it by not noticing the shipping costs.

Thats just low :pissed:

adonay :-D
Title: Re: Tricky ebay auction
Post by: guest1955 on April 26, 2005, 10:02:50 PM: People like that should be executed without trial. :-x
Title: Re: Tricky ebay auction
Post by: JaXanim on April 26, 2005, 10:30:29 PM: He's not the only example of this practice. Even 'reputable' companies do it. For example, you can buy brand new, Epson compatible carts for a penny or two Right Here (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=69932&item=6763674650&rd=1). And Here (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=69932&item=6763769275&rd=1). Check the postage.

Another much more common practice is adding PayPal fees to the auction price, typically 4%. This is also in contravention of eBay rules, so do eBay really care that much?

Cheers,

JaX
Title: Re: Tricky ebay auction
Post by: adonay on April 27, 2005, 05:41:23 PM: Dont buy from this person here he\she is again selling a "bargin" http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=98930&item=8187962479&rd=1

hes a ripp off all right.

adonay :-D
Title: Re: Tricky ebay auction
Post by: Acill on April 27, 2005, 05:55:12 PM: Report that guy, he is doing it 1. to fool people and 2. to get out of
the ebay fees.
Title: Re: Tricky ebay auction
Post by: adonay on April 27, 2005, 05:58:29 PM: I will report him as well this is not tolerated form me who live on ebay and could be a victim from the faul scam as well.

adonay :-D
Title: Re: Tricky ebay auction
Post by: Brian on April 27, 2005, 09:03:55 PM: Item prices stay the same, shipping cost varey... with one item one could make, though higly stupid and totaly transparent, an argument but with this second item even that would fail.

As for the Inc links it's pritty standard that you can get something for cheap if you are willing to pay for it with stupidly high S&H costs. I get that sort of things in my mail every other day or so. It's still withing the "reasonable" range. After all high quality packages that can survive a nuke blast does cost a bit one could argue. ;)
Title: Re: Tricky ebay auction
Post by: weirdami on April 27, 2005, 09:49:07 PM: I emailed him asking if I could pick it up locally and he said that I could but it would be cheaper not to get on a plane from the USA. So, I said I was asking for someone who was in the UK and...
Quote
I'm wanting £90 for the board with or without postage
was his reply. This was all by email, but then he posted a reply to my question original question, about local pickup, on his auction after all the email back and forth we did. The answer he put was, "NO". He needs a spanking. :-(
Title: Re: Tricky ebay auction
Post by: Effy on April 27, 2005, 11:23:48 PM: He also sold a Warpengine 040 (http://cgi.benl.ebay.be/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8187936272&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&rd=1) for 1 penny but 75 GBP shipping ... to me this seems like a total of 75 GBP for a "Amiga 3000 / 4000 Warp Engine 040 40mhz with 32 meg ram + scsi", in Euro´s that would be 110 euro. Is this a rip-off ??? It´s not really for free, but I wouldn´t want to call it extremely expensive, or is it ?! :-o
Title: Re: Tricky ebay auction
Post by: weirdami on April 28, 2005, 03:14:34 AM: @Effy

And his "standard rate" changed, too.
Title: Re: Tricky ebay auction
Post by: Brian on May 01, 2005, 08:37:13 AM: What's this... an invalid item? :banana:
Title: Re: Tricky ebay auction
Post by: lorddef on May 01, 2005, 10:55:47 AM: Also has anybody else noticed the sellers on (uk at least) ebay saying that their location is china or hong kong?

Mainly sellers of electrical goods and pc accessories, I've seen kvm's going for about £6.99 with £16 shipping from china etc. I think all of these ar uk based companies saving on ebay seller fees.
Title: Re: Tricky ebay auction
Post by: adonay on May 01, 2005, 06:00:44 PM: Quote

lorddef wrote:
Also has anybody else noticed the sellers on (uk at least) ebay saying that their location is china or hong kong?

Mainly sellers of electrical goods and pc accessories, I've seen kvm's going for about £6.99 with £16 shipping from china etc. I think all of these ar uk based companies saving on ebay seller fees.

I dealt with some off these guys but hey the stuff was posted from asia i dont think those guys are responsible for scam no they use UK\US to get a better international perspective that we got our buisnes office in UK :lol: Just to raise their standard or what ever :lol:

adonay :-D
Title: Re: Tricky ebay auction
Post by: amigamad on May 01, 2005, 06:27:58 PM: Reporting them worked look at the email i got .

Hello,

Thank you for taking the time to write to eBay.

We have reviewed the listing you have brought to our attention and taken
the appropriate action.

Violations of eBay's listing policies can lead to consequences that
range from issuing the seller an informational alert, ending the
listing, moving the listing to a more appropriate category, a temporary
suspension, an indefinite suspension or terminating the membership.
Repeated violations of eBay's listing policies can result in the
suspension of a member's account.

I can understand your desire to know what action we may have taken on
the seller's account. However, due to eBay's Privacy Policy, I am unable
to provide you with information regarding the details of another user's
account. This is for the protection of all eBay users.

I trust that the above information answers your query to your
satisfaction.

Regards,

Bernard Conor,
SafeHarbour Team
______________________________

item is removed as well. :-)
Title: Re: Tricky ebay auction
Post by: adonay on May 01, 2005, 07:05:26 PM: wow they did do something about it cool tho i havent gotten anny mail yet ..

adonay :-D