eBay dumbasses

wingman · 21 Oct 2013 at 14:43

Can I make a fake eBay account and buy it, and wind him up? I know I am bound by the terms of the contract, but I'm not sure what rights he has for selling it in the first place?

cainer · 21 Oct 2013 at 14:48

^^ buy it now requires instant payment though?

glenimp617 · 21 Oct 2013 at 14:48

I sold something on ebay for a penny before. Since I'm a good honest ebayer, I sent it.

The git left me bad feedback as well

RedvGreen · 21 Oct 2013 at 14:58

anticonscience said:
Isn't that against the ToS from eBay?

I believe you need to have actual item on hand before you are permitted to sell.

diamount · 21 Oct 2013 at 15:22

Beerbaron said:
Its all profit if its stolen

Yep, he will probably mug people outside of GAME or something lol

Suarez7 · 21 Oct 2013 at 15:25

Report it

deanolfc · 21 Oct 2013 at 15:25

Another 22 Bids £360

Black Dynamite · 21 Oct 2013 at 15:35

You'd have to be insane to even contemplate buying from him. Even if you do get one, it is almost guaranteed to be stolen.

spudbynight · 21 Oct 2013 at 15:42

Isn't it £50 to pre-order a PS4 in GAME?

Maybe he is selling the £50 deposit for £390?

jrwagh333 · 21 Oct 2013 at 15:47

spudbynight said:
Isn't it £50 to pre-order a PS4 in GAME?

Maybe he is selling the £50 deposit for £390?

That's what it sounds like to me.
The thing is though, if the seller words it cleverly, then the buyer doesn't have a leg to stand on.

antijoke · 21 Oct 2013 at 15:48

Might just stick my other XB1 pre order up on ebay in a similar fashion.

cainer · 21 Oct 2013 at 16:07

deanolfc said:
Another 22 Bids £360

that seller also has another one listed (at £350 atm)

AtreuS · 21 Oct 2013 at 16:53

Yes he had worded it so you are buying a pre order for the listed machine, not the actual machine.... crafty but only fools the dumb

stoofa · 22 Oct 2013 at 02:27

jrwagh333 said:
That's what it sounds like to me.
The thing is though, if the seller words it cleverly, then the buyer doesn't have a leg to stand on.

Not strictly true. Remember that EBay side with buyers in a great majority of cases. There is certainly precedence for EBay siding with buyers where a seller is attempting to be clever by "wording".
As the issue would then become legal, EBay like to stop it before it gets that far - hence the fact his adverts keep on getting deleted.

breadturbo · 22 Oct 2013 at 04:37

I knew a guy who had his id stolen and a mobile contract taken out, one of those dodgy ones with a free ps3, Could be a similar thing

spike2011 · 22 Oct 2013 at 11:08

Who are the two complete morons that have bought from him :rolleyes:

They have zero chance to get the PS4 from him only has a 4 rating he is pure scum bag.

d_brennen · 22 Oct 2013 at 11:09

spike2011 said:
Who are the two complete morons that have bought from him
They have zero chance to get the PS4 from him only has a 4 rating he is pure scum bag.

Everyone has to start somewhere, but you're probably right

BigglesPiP · 22 Oct 2013 at 11:13

From the winner of my auction for a set of PC speakers:

I'm so sorry, I don't have any money, I couldn't take my bid back. Can I pay you with some CDs and a mobile phone instead.

Or some less well written version of that. This was years ago, I said no, made sure he'd left good feedback then left him some nice red feedback.

I no longer use ebay for sales, only ever buy things on there.

swiftmetal · 22 Oct 2013 at 11:28

I still use eBay but this is just another reason for why you have to be very careful.

I would hope ion this case though that eBay would side with the buyer even though they need a Darwin award for buying it in the first place.

Montala · 22 Oct 2013 at 11:34

I see that the listing has now ended... but he did have another positive feedback this morning!

I only hope that the two buyers are indeed happy with their purchasers, and receive what they expect!

Edit: On reading the original listing again, he did actually say "I will try to deliver the console on the release date however no guarantees can be made." which is interesting!