whats with all these "Bots only, no humans" appearing on Ebay ?

ShiWarrior · 31 Mar 2021 at 10:19

looking at Graphics cards..

Deleted member 77746 · 31 Mar 2021 at 10:26

what you mean

ShiWarrior · 31 Mar 2021 at 10:29

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Please-N...394767?hash=item1ab77a4acf:g:h24AAOSwiIVgY9EV

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/No-human...940311?hash=item3ff7a84757:g:eG0AAOSwwvJgYcJ6

Jez · 31 Mar 2021 at 10:31

This is literally explained in full in the very listing that you linked to

Surveyor · 31 Mar 2021 at 10:32

A human would read and understand the advert (hopefully).

PowerColor AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT Red Devil 8GB Graphics Card GPU. Condition is "New".... Picture OF CARD ONLY!!!

THIS IS NOT REAL. I SELL THE PICTURE ONLY!! I CREATED THIS POSTING TO SEE IF BOTS WILL KEEP BUYING THEM AND SCAMMING NORMAL PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST WILLING TO PLAY GAMES.

DEAR SCALPERS, THANK YOU FOR DESTROYING GRAPHICS CARD MARKET IN 2020. I HOPE YOUR BOTS WILL BUY THIS! THANKS TO ALL OF YOU NONE OF US, NORMAL CONSUMERS, STUDENTS, HARD-WORKING PEOPLE CANNOT AFFORD ANY OF THE NEW GRAPHICS CARDS. TODAY YOU CANNOT BUY ANYTHING BETTER THAN A GT 1030...

DO NOT BUY THIS IF YOU ARE A HUMAN! THIS EBAY POSTING SELLS A PICTURE OF THE GRAPHICS CARD! IF YOU WIN THIS AUCTION, I WILL SEND YOU A PICTURE OF THE GRAPHICS CARD VIA EMAIL.

ShiWarrior · 31 Mar 2021 at 10:32

but why, why bother

Deleted member 77746 · 31 Mar 2021 at 10:33

They testing to see if they can make money and have no come back from ebay because of bots. If the bot buys it and there is a sale they can't get a refund from ebay.

It's a good way to stop the scalpers.

Jez · 31 Mar 2021 at 10:33

..what dont you understand? He explains it in the listing.

ShiWarrior said:
but why, why bother

ShiWarrior · 31 Mar 2021 at 10:36

far enough , thanks

make money from not so false advertising then

drakulton · 31 Mar 2021 at 10:36

Surely they can't allow this listing, as it discriminates against humans.

Puzzled · 31 Mar 2021 at 10:36

ShiWarrior said:
but why, why bother

Teach scalpers a lesson and make some money in the process. Although I'm not sure how ebay / paypal would respond to the buyer opening a case.

ShiWarrior · 31 Mar 2021 at 10:37

drakulton said:
Surely they can't allow this listing, as it discriminates against humans.

thats a good point !!

Deleted member 77746 · 31 Mar 2021 at 10:38

drakulton said:
Surely they can't allow this listing, as it discriminates against humans.

By that analogy then all listings just for humans is discriminating against bots?

Efour · 31 Mar 2021 at 10:43

Judgement day

drakulton · 31 Mar 2021 at 10:44

Bouton Aide said:
By that analogy then all listings just for humans is discriminating against bots?

I haven't seen any listings for just humans, or unjust humans.

Deleted member 77746 · 31 Mar 2021 at 10:45

drakulton said:
I haven't seen any listings for just humans, or unjust humans.

Not yet you ain't...

StriderX · 31 Mar 2021 at 11:11

Some people will still purchase it having ignored the description.

Bots can be changed to pick out keywords in the description to see if it's real.

Ergo, bots smarter than people.

Deleted member 77746 · 31 Mar 2021 at 11:16

StriderX said:
Ergo, bots smarter than people.

They not smarter than people. People made the bots that are told what to do. They don't pick their own keywords.

StriderX · 31 Mar 2021 at 11:22

Pfft, pedantics.

Puzzled · 31 Mar 2021 at 11:23

Bouton Aide said:
They not smarter than people. People made the bots that are told what to do. They don't pick their own keywords.

Smarter than your average ebayer then