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If true I'm going to contact the winning bidder and laugh at him.
Post by: Arbok on November 16, 2006, 06:44:22 PM
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Originally posted by: Shecky
not real, you can tell by the bid activity
Explain. The winning bidder has 100% feedback rating.
Post by: vudu on November 17, 2006, 04:27:31 AM
Post by: KnowsNothing on November 17, 2006, 04:46:47 AM
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SONY PLAYSTATION 3 PS3 - 60GB Premium System NIB! NR!
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Post by: vudu on November 17, 2006, 04:57:31 AM
The buyer would have been better served going to his local Best Buy at opening and paying the guy who's first in line three grand (or less) for his PS3.
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Post by: Shecky on November 17, 2006, 05:22:28 PM
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Originally posted by: Shecky
not real, you can tell by the bid activity
Explain. The winning bidder has 100% feedback rating.
There's a lot of everything going on right now with the PS3 and Ebay. A lot of grievers for one. People who wanted a system, don't have one, and hate the ebayers for it. They bid outrageously without ever intending to pay and don't care about the feedback that they might get. Once one of these types have jacked up your auction by driving up the cost to insane values, your looking for problems if your the seller. This auction definately had them, -1 bidders driving up their own bid over and over...
...or this one may be legit. A *FEW* people will get lucky and get a large sale. If I had to guess, the winning bidder is a buddy of seller and you'll see a relist later.
check out any auction for >$3.5 K.... chances are it could have a 100%feedback guy with only a dozen or less, many will be 0 feedback users. They don't care about feedback.
Post by: Arbok on November 17, 2006, 05:55:34 PM
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Originally posted by: Shecky
...or this one may be legit. A *FEW* people will get lucky and get a large sale. If I had to guess, the winning bidder is a buddy of seller and you'll see a relist later.
*slaps forehead* So you honestly just said this one was "fake" without even checking it out? Yes it's a high price, but the winning bidder has a 100% feedback with 54 people weighing in and has been on eBay since 2003. That doesn't spell fake bidder to me. Most of us are pretty well versed in eBay, we know that "0 feedback" bidders on high price items usually means a fake bidder; this wasn't the case.
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on November 17, 2006, 05:57:55 PM
Post by: Arbok on November 17, 2006, 06:00:02 PM
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I have put limits on my auction, they need at least 2 positive feedback and no non-paying bids. They must also pay within 24 hrs.
I really don't understand why everyone doesn't do that for these launch consoles... it's not like they are going to have trouble selling them, and people get burned enough with having to pay eBay fees from "fake bidders" that you think they would learn quicker.
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on November 17, 2006, 06:10:19 PM
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I have put limits on my auction, they need at least 2 positive feedback and no non-paying bids. They must also pay within 24 hrs.
I really don't understand why everyone doesn't do that for these launch consoles... it's not like they are going to have trouble selling them, and people get burned enough with having to pay eBay fees from "fake bidders" that you think they would learn quicker.
Yeah it is a huge risk to allow anyone to post, it is too bad you have to do things like that but you have to protect yourself. I've always been an honest ebay seller, whether it be for the Xbox 360, Nintendo DS and even the old Xbox along with various other things, I expect others to be as well when they are bidding.
Post by: Shecky on November 17, 2006, 06:11:12 PM
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...or this one may be legit. A *FEW* people will get lucky and get a large sale. If I had to guess, the winning bidder is a buddy of seller and you'll see a relist later.
*slaps forehead* So you honestly just said this one was "fake" without even checking it out? Yes it's a high price, but the winning bidder has a 100% feedback with 54 people weighing in and has been on eBay since 2003. That doesn't spell fake bidder to me. Most of us are pretty well versed in eBay, we know that "0 feedback" bidders on high price items usually means a fake bidder; this wasn't the case.
No actually I still think it's a buddy of his helping him relist later. I still think it's "fake" in the sense that no transaction will take place. The risk of a mutual transaction withdrawal decreases significantly if you know the buyer...
Post by: Shecky on November 17, 2006, 06:15:42 PM
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Originally posted by: VGrevolution
I have put limits on my auction, they need at least 2 positive feedback and no non-paying bids. They must also pay within 24 hrs.
Only allowable limits I've seen are for preventing bids from users with negative feedback. It's not in Ebay's best interest to implement restrictions of 0 feedback or greater (It would kill the growth of the service). Are the limits you speak of just textual in the description?
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on November 17, 2006, 08:46:47 PM
Block buyers who:
* Are registered in countries to which I don't ship
* Have received 2 Unpaid Item strikes in the last 30 days
* Have bid on or bought my items in the last 10 days and have met my limit of 100 who have a feedback score of 0 or lower
* Don't have a PayPal account
That is what I Have turned on. So I have blocked those with 0 or lower feedback.
Post by: Shecky on November 18, 2006, 03:21:02 AM
In other words, someone with zero feedback can bid on your item if he hasn't bid on 100 other items you have.
Post by: Ghisy on November 18, 2006, 03:30:40 AM
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Originally posted by: VGrevolution
Block buyers who:
* Are registered in countries to which I don't ship
Now I have a question about that: I'm only a buyer on Ebay and it annoys me when people don't wanna ship the item I'm interested in to where I live.
Is there a reason why? I mean, if the buyer agrees to pay shipping to his/her country, I don't see where the problem is.
Post by: vudu on November 18, 2006, 06:39:26 AM
VG, let us know when your auction is over; I'm curious how it goes for.
Post by: GoldenPhoenix on November 18, 2006, 09:04:55 AM
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Originally posted by: VGrevolution
Block buyers who:
* Are registered in countries to which I don't ship
Now I have a question about that: I'm only a buyer on Ebay and it annoys me when people don't wanna ship the item I'm interested in to where I live.
Is there a reason why? I mean, if the buyer agrees to pay shipping to his/her country, I don't see where the problem is.
Ah good question, trust me I would if I could track the item. The trouble is that I've have a couple bad experiences where the item gets caught up in customs or something, and it takes weeks to get shipped leaving me wide open to get negative feedback. One guy actually left me negative feedback and did end up getting the game a few days later, but did not retract his feedback. So I keep it in the US where I can track the package and know for sure what is going on.
Post by: Ghisy on November 18, 2006, 09:41:40 AM
You could always state in the auction that any customs fees are the buyer's responsibility and delays may apply. As for tracking, you could use FedEx or others but of course, their prices are much higher than USPS'.
I'm just being the devil's advocate here but I totally understand your point of view, thanks for clearing that up
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