McDonalds Monopoly Mayfair eBay fraud...

mario2004 · 14 Apr 2010 at 22:40

So having found quite a few pall mall tickets at mcdonalds I thought i'd have a look on eBay to see about buying a Mayfair ticket which basically wins you 500k. So I found only 1 seller on eBay and started getting excited...however, after VERY close examination of the picture it seems that the seller is selling an 'unofficial ticket'. How deceiptful can some people be?? Anyway...the link is as follows:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Mcdonalds-Mon...Trave_Vouchers_Coupons_LE?hash=item2a064886ad

Apopcalyptic · 14 Apr 2010 at 22:44

More to the point, how stupid can the 36 people bidding on it be?

mario2004 · 14 Apr 2010 at 22:48

Well yeah that too. It'll be interesting a) what the ending bid is, and, b) if the seller gets away with it.

neil3k · 14 Apr 2010 at 22:52

Item location: Middlesbrough, Cleveland, United Kingdom
Post to: United Kingdom

Burnsy2023 · 14 Apr 2010 at 22:53

Why on earth did you think that someone would be selling a real mayfair ticket for anything under £500k?

utajoker · 14 Apr 2010 at 22:54

why on earth would you sell mayfair when park lane is so easy to get?? even if u have to buy 10 mcdonalds to get it you are winning 500k.

pretty obvious it is a fake.

peterattheboro · 14 Apr 2010 at 23:00

neil3k said:
Item location: Middlesbrough, Cleveland, United Kingdom
Post to: United Kingdom

So?

Danm54 · 14 Apr 2010 at 23:00

Item condition: Used

SB118 · 14 Apr 2010 at 23:06

Could it be from the last time they ran it? Or was it a "big win" ticket back then too?

randomshenans · 14 Apr 2010 at 23:23

OP it's Park Lane you need and not Pall Mall

D1ngd0ng · 14 Apr 2010 at 23:26

Item condition: Used

that was also my first thought, minor lol

d3moliti0n · 14 Apr 2010 at 23:26

It's gone up from £265 to £1020 in about 30 minutes. Pretty crazy, especially if it is a fake, someone is going to be sorely disappointed.

Berserker · 14 Apr 2010 at 23:27

SB118 said:
Could it be from the last time they ran it? Or was it a "big win" ticket back then too?

Mayfair is the highest value property on the board, therefore it makes sense that it's the highest value prize - always.

iamdjdz · 14 Apr 2010 at 23:28

I reported it as fraudulent behaviour. It's really stupid, especially as the bids are over £1000 now.

MagicBoy · 14 Apr 2010 at 23:29

Cheeky ******.

I wonder who Paypal will side with...

touch · 14 Apr 2010 at 23:33

MagicBoy said:
I wonder who Paypal will side with...

Normally i think they would side with the buyer because there is nothing obvious in the text description saying it's an unofficial ticket. So it should be a simple "item is not as described" claim.
Dont know tho because paypal's buyer protection only applies for transactions under £500 or something like that?

I'm rekon ebay will pull the auction before the end tho.

shauncr91 · 14 Apr 2010 at 23:33

Fair play to him, if people are that retarded then he's done well.

Mark A · 14 Apr 2010 at 23:35

iamdjdz said:
I reported it as fraudulent behaviour. It's really stupid, especially as the bids are over £1000 now.

Same here.

d3moliti0n · 14 Apr 2010 at 23:35

Apparently there are only a few Mayfair's been printed, if any at all.

MagicBoy · 14 Apr 2010 at 23:36

I got a pang of conscience and reported the auction as a trademark infringement...

d3moliti0n said:
Apparently there are only a few Mayfair's been printed, if any at all.

That's the point - they'll only print as many tickets as there are prizes to back it up...