The Obligatory Funny/Ridiculous Ebay Listings Thread

On Holiday · 28 Jan 2014 at 20:10

Place your bets; how long will the thread last?

Moving on.

During my search for a server or HTPC.. I came across a monsterous Dell running a whopping 6.8GHz!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DELL-6-8G...t=UK_Computing_DesktopPCs&hash=item20d82521ee

Ebay Description said:
This is the REAL DEAL. A genuine Pentium D Dual Core CPU which really gives you 2 processors for the price of one and an effective output of 6.8GHZ!!!!

What's worrying is that, according to ebay, 881 of those items have been sold!

What ebay listing have you seen today that has piqued your interest?!

Ken · 28 Jan 2014 at 20:16

How has he managed 99.9% positive feedback assuming the other items he sells are just as misleading :confused:

Theophany · 28 Jan 2014 at 20:16

3.4Ghz x2 cores = 6.8Ghz? What's ridiculous about that listing? :confused:

On Holiday · 28 Jan 2014 at 20:20

Theophany said:
3.4Ghz x2 cores = 6.8Ghz? What's ridiculous about that listing?

Should've gone for the Quad core and had 13.6 GHz.

reflux · 28 Jan 2014 at 20:23

Lol at people still selling dual core CPUs like that. I remember they used to do it back when dual cores first came out.... and they're still doing it.

cyber69 · 28 Jan 2014 at 20:37

I came across this earlier when have a leisurely browse of the ebay wares:=

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Simpsons-...UK_Construction_Toys_Kits&hash=item1c3baec723

Caged · 28 Jan 2014 at 20:37

Roll up, roll up, pay actual money for a 2007 PC.

R.O.S.S.I · 28 Jan 2014 at 20:47

I remember when I used to work at Currys on Customer Services and heard the sales guys run spiel off like this all the time. Cringeworthy!

ste_bla · 28 Jan 2014 at 21:11

What gets me more is 32bit o/s with 4gb ram

bitslice · 28 Jan 2014 at 21:42

Found a bargain on a bit of industrial equipment,
until I noticed the P&P was circa £1,000 :{

Stolly · 28 Jan 2014 at 21:48

reflux said:
Lol at people still selling dual core CPUs like that. I remember they used to do it back when dual cores first came out.... and they're still doing it.

At least its not a duel core.

That really narks me off.

Theophany · 28 Jan 2014 at 21:52

Stolly said:
At least its not a duel core.

That really narks me off.

If the cores were duelling it would be a slower speed, but because they're working together you get the full 6.8Ghz.

Also, you need to be careful, because it's Windows so it gets viruses, unlike Macs.

I start work at PC World next week.

leaskovski · 28 Jan 2014 at 22:17

ste_bla said:
What gets me more is 32bit o/s with 4gb ram

PAE

Whitewater · 28 Jan 2014 at 22:24

ste_bla said:
What gets me more is 32bit o/s with 4gb ram

We had to put 32-bit Windows on a machine with 16GB ram, I nearly cried

gillywibble · 28 Jan 2014 at 22:56

Whitewater said:
We had to put 32-bit Windows on a machine with 16GB ram, I nearly cried

Just partition and put it on twice, problem solved.

Malevolence · 28 Jan 2014 at 22:58

Not eBay, but read the first review.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CMEN95U/ref=tsm_1_fb_lk?tag=nerdgsm-20

Pawnless Endgame · 28 Jan 2014 at 23:03

Yeah I've seen the e.g. dual core 3.4GHz advertised as 6.8GHz all too often. The sheeple buys that though. Us OCUKers don't :-)

Then there's the ATI HD5450. That benches around about the same as an Intel HD 3000 onboard graphics lol. And an 80GB hard drive wtf

£150 not bad for a basic internet PC though. Not sure how well it would fare with the more graphics-heavy web 2.0 though.

Caged · 28 Jan 2014 at 23:06

It's a terrible way to spend £150 - it's around 7 years old so very close to death, a P4 so it eats power etc.

You will find better machines being thrown away. It's worth about £30 max.

Simps · 29 Jan 2014 at 00:02

nom nom http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/111263997628

Pawnless Endgame · 29 Jan 2014 at 00:10

£4.5k and 66 bids? Seems like they've forgotten rule 30 (give or take) - there are no girls on the internet