Ok, and people thought Amiga bidders on eBay were sometimes goofy?

[CatHerder]

Xbox360 At least this guy is up front about his scam and all...

[Darrin]

Judging by the name of the winning bidder, it looks like this guy is hoping to rip off people with a poor grasp of English and then try and justify it with a "but I told them it was only a bit of paper".

After all, why else go to the trouble of listing all of the XBox360 specs and sales blurb only to admit that you're only going to send them an IOU - and then charge them $5 for sending that.

Now I know why I no longer use eBay.

[Effy]

The unwritten rule on Ebay is that you ALWAYS have to read the small words in order to avoid this kind of situations. I do sell a lot so I am supposed to have at least a decent amount of experience. Yet I have found out I made a few mistakes when I got my last A4000, as it didn´t work at all. After carefully reading the auction again I found out that it WAS WRITTEN that it didn´t work but I seem to have overlooked it  :boohoo:

[daydreamer]

I studied law, I deal with Contract law on a daily basis and under English law any extraneous clauses need to be clearly and well identified and made clear at the very start of the invitation to treat. In fact one case I vaguely remember learning was that such a clause should fly in the face so much that any reasonable man ought to be able to identify it on the outset of the negotiations period. But then came Ebay... I think the poor old victim has a very good case if he can establish a jurisdiction.

Unfortunately some people fly in the face of decency and good morality and push the boundaries of what should be legal.

When I sell on Ebay I try to make any extraneous clauses very very clear, I use asterix's different colours and put in big bold and capital letters NOTE: BAD POINTS: etc... I think Ebay need to consider including a separate section dealing with the negative sides of products.

[Legerdemain]

The intentions are pretty clear (hoping someone will fall for the specs, not reading the really important information about the auction... preferably some foreign bidders).

Though, I'd have to say that in this case I think that doesn't really matter, because I think one has to stay alert as a buyer aswell. If one doesn't really understand what one is bidding on, then one shouldn't bid.

But still... it bothers me. Because I don't wan't to find something I really want from, let's say the German eBay, just to realise that it was somewhere written something, that for someone that doesn't know German well will be mistranslated. Since I don't know German well, I will thus never ever be sure as of what I am buying unless the seller can reply to a question in english.

On the other hand. This auction could very well be just a hoax, with the seller having friends making the bids, just to cause a stir.

Oh, well, anyways.

eBay is crap and will always be crap.

[redrumloa]

Legerdemain wrote:eBay is crap and will always be crap.

Correction. eBay used to be fantastic, now it is crap.

[doctorq]

Because I don't wan't to find something I really want from, let's say the German eBay, just to realise that it was somewhere written something, that for someone that doesn't know German well will be mistranslated. Since I don't know German well, I will thus never ever be sure as of what I am buying unless the seller can reply to a question in english.

Well, if you don't know what you are bidding on, then don't bid. It's that simple.