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eBay! so funny...

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  • 11-05-2004 10:46pm
    #1
    red_ice
    Registered Users Posts: 4,946 ✭✭✭


    this was spammed in an irc channel im in and it made me wet myself! I couldnt believe someone was so dumb and slow as to actually bid for it!

    If you check the comments, the chap that bought it later posted...

    THIS

    That is class! The first i've seen on eBay, and i think its hillarious... although i wouldnt if it happened to me.. but it didnt! so hahaha

    reD.


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    Johnny_the_fox
    Registered Users Posts: 2,681 ✭✭✭Johnny_the_fox


    ROFL :D


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    #3
    Tusky
    Registered Users Posts: 17,056 ✭✭✭✭Tusky


    Poor bastard !


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    #4
    red_ice
    Registered Users Posts: 4,946 ✭✭✭red_ice


    Originally posted by Tusky
    Poor bastard !

    replace 'Poor' with 'Dumb'


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    #5
    seamus
    Registered Users Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    I think the words "Clearly Stated" should be stamped into this man's forehead.

    Moron.


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    #6
    robbie1876
    Registered Users Posts: 1,766 ✭✭✭robbie1876


    ah bless him...

    :D:D:D


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    #7
    sceptre
    Registered Users Posts: 19,608 ✭✭✭✭sceptre


    Ranks right up there with the ebay sale of a nice picture of a PS2 a few years ago.

    This one was even more specific that what was on offer was in fact a box.

    Kudos to the seller.


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    #8
    NeoSlicerZ
    Registered Users Posts: 2,327 ✭✭✭NeoSlicerZ


    lmfao, what a twit, £120 for a box
    *cracks up*


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    #9
    neokenzo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,322 ✭✭✭neokenzo


    Cant believe someone fell for that. Poor guy lol


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    #10
    cartman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,443 ✭✭✭cartman


    funniest thing iv seen in a long time heh :) dumb ****


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    #11
    RobertFoster
    Registered Users Posts: 9,153 ✭✭✭RobertFoster


    lol! poor fool...


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    #12
    Placebo
    Registered Users Posts: 8,070 ✭✭✭Placebo


    poor guy, i didnt get it at first cause i didnt read it properly.
    scabby !


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    #13
    Tivoli
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,008 ✭✭✭Tivoli


    lol, poor dumb sod


    i got an xbox box for sale, 2 missing controllers 5 games cases and guarenteed no mod chip fitted. open to offers


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    #14
    sionnach
    Registered Users Posts: 2,543 ✭✭✭sionnach


    omfg that is freakin hilarious...had me laughing for ages


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    #15
    DEmeant0r
    Registered Users Posts: 3,165 ✭✭✭DEmeant0r


    I'll give you nothing and a threat note for that mukki, heh. :D

    Poor dumb fool.


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    #16
    jongore
    Closed Accounts Posts: 559 ✭✭✭jongore


    It's not just 1 dumb ****, it's 10! 9 other idiots bid for it! Diddn't realise their where that many people online who can't read:rolleyes:


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    #17
    flogen
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 10,243 Mod ✭✭✭✭flogen


    supoib!!

    what a fool, deserves to lose that much money for not reading what he was buying

    Flogen


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    #18
    shepthedog
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,689 ✭✭✭shepthedog


    How could anyone be that stupid????????????????????


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    #19
    hedgetrimmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,070 ✭✭✭hedgetrimmer


    Did he honestly think there was an X-box with a crystal case. I mean, if you are gonna spend that kinda money, email the seller, or at least read the blurb! Must keep boxes...you can make money on them apparently :)

    /me goes off to sell magic beans


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    tman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,339 ✭✭✭✭tman


    there is a limited edition crystal style xbox, hedgetrimmer.
    little more than an xbox with clear casing...

    i feel sorry for the poor fool that bought the box:D


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    #21
    Sleepy
    Registered Users Posts: 24,176 ✭✭✭✭Sleepy


    ROFL!


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    #22
    uberwolf
    Registered Users Posts: 7,580 ✭✭✭uberwolf


    what does the term "new in box" mean? I reckon it means that there is something new in the box...


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    #23
    IDM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 187 ✭✭IDM


    Hehehe. What a muppet.

    Something I just noticed that nobody else commented on ... He even had a reserve on the 'box' ! That makes the seller twice as conniving ... If he was actually just expecting to get a few quid for box why would he bother with a reserve ? I reckon the seller knew that some dumba$$ would fall for it.

    I wonder if Ebay'll do anything about it.


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    #24
    jor el
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,713 ✭✭✭✭jor el


    Why should Ebay do anything about it, it says quite clearly that it is an Xbox box for sale, and "Use it to impress your friends by making them think you have a spiffing brand new crystal xbox".
    Anyone who bids either didn't read the sale properly, want's to buy an empty cardboard box for £115, or is just plain stupid.


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    #25
    Karoma
    Registered Users Posts: 19,396 ✭✭✭✭Karoma


    ...stupid is as stupid does... :rolleyes:


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    #26
    gimpy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6 ✭gimpy


    Hi. Im the guy that sold the box.

    Incase your wondering 2 days after he paid he realised his mistake and asked for a refund, I would have given him it if he had been polite, but he emailed me with more abuse than you could belive, so I thought screw it.

    Then he requested mediation from ebay (also including in the mediation notice a lot more abuse) Thing is he messed up again, on the mediation request he said he`d be happy to get a full refund or have the transaction carried out completly. Since I had sent the box and he had paid it was done. Ebay emailed me saying that his mediation request had been denied.

    Also, I did get about 30 - 40 emails from people during the auction saying "is this jsut for a box" I replied to each one honestly and said yes. I even got 2 or 3 asking which dvd drive was in the xbox, I told them it was just for the box too.

    Oh and about the reserve, it was set at £30, purely for the reason the auction was put up as a joke after discussing with my friend how you can sell anything on ebay, and since the post office is far away from my house I couldnt be bother to walk that far, so I put the reserve at something I never thought it would reach. I got prooved wrong :p

    And thats the story, hope you enjoyed my auction :)


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    #27
    skittishkitten
    Closed Accounts Posts: 665 ✭✭✭skittishkitten


    How Funny . The guy got what he deserves. He should have been more polite. It's why I ALWAYS read ebay auctions VERY closely .....often have reread some of them several times to figure out what I'm missing, especially if it's something I REALLY want and it seems to good to be true. Amazing how your mind can skip over important parts in your excitement. The fact that he misread the auction is no cause for rudeness. I clearly understood it was just for the box by the end of the auction description.


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    #28
    Kersh
    Registered Users Posts: 2,891 ✭✭✭Kersh


    What a cabbage...:rolleyes: :rolleyes:


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    #29
    Creamy Goodness
    Registered Users Posts: 26,558 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    he got what he bidded for tbh.

    what a pillock!


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    #30
    neokenzo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,322 ✭✭✭neokenzo


    I got a lot of boxes, PC stuff and XBOX as well. I wonder whether he wants to buy them :D


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    #31
    IDM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 187 ✭✭IDM


    I believe ya, Gimpy. It all makes sense now, hehe. Very very amusing. Thanks for that.


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