Ebay

Pataman

Why are the xbox's so cheap on ebay? They are pal and 220v. Is there something I am missing?

Retr0gamer

It's a dead console since the 360 came out. Nothing new is being released that is anyway interesting and the 360 plays most xbox games anyway.

Vyse

There are still games being released just no first party titles. I can also guarantee you that the postage costs for the XBox will be massive. This is were you will get stung!!!!

wayne040576

If you can't afford one of the new consoles, it is a great time to buy one of the older ones. The machines are cheap enough and the games will start to drop soon. Also it could be worth just buying and old xbox just to mod it and run xbox
multimedia centre on it. It's a really cheap solution to having a media device that can stream from your pc. plus you don't need xp media centre for it to work either.

Pataman

These are the 360's
http://cgi.ebay.ie/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8287314104&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1

ladgie353

Because the guy is in China, will ask you to pay via WesternUnion and run with your money.
Did you look at the feedback? Looks like a chancer or somebody who's account was hijacked.
Would't bid on it.

Pataman

100% positive. His location is china but curiously the xbox location is sds, dublin.
ok he doesnt take paypal, but others do.

ladgie353

Pataman wrote:

100% positive. His location is china but curiously the xbox location is sds, dublin.
ok he doesnt take paypal, but others do.

Fair enough, I'm still conviced it's a scam but if you decide to go for it, can you keep us posted as to how it goes?

Could you read any of the feedback? Also, it is only coming from sellers for items worth nothing.

djkeogh

I wouldn't buy anything of value off ebay without paying by paypal. If it costs me over €20 delivered I won't be interested unless with paypal. By the payment methods he's accepting you have no comeback if he takes your money and runs. Beware of this. His feedback is 100% but looks manufactured. Look at the feedback comments. BEWARE

kaisersose77

if you want to give away your money fire ahead and buy from the chinese sellers. They infest ebay with loads and loads of these auctions and if they get one idiot to send money then its a success. If you see the chinese sellers selling 360's on ebay atm you'll see most of the ppl who bid for them so far are from the US

lol at patamans link above:
http://cgi.ebay.ie/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8287314104&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1

Seller: hxluzeaz ( 13Feedback score is 10 to 49) Not a registered user

And idiot of the week:
http://feedback.ebay.ie/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback&userid=birdyisme&iid=8287314104

Alnilam

Given the thread title I couldn't resist. Enjoy

http://youtube.com/watch?v=W6XBvS0aar4&search=weird%20al%20ebay

koneko

"PAYMENT BY CHEQUE, PO OR BANK TRANSFER ONLY"

Those words alone should steer you away from any auction. If you can't pay by paypal, don't do it, because if it's a scam you'll never see that money again.

kaisersose77

http://cgi.ebay.ie/XBOX-360-CORE-BOX-XBOX-360-CORE_W0QQitemZ8288184971QQcategoryZ112848QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

lol and he's selling loads of them

mcgovern

kaisersose77 wrote:

http://cgi.ebay.ie/XBOX-360-CORE-BOX-XBOX-360-CORE_W0QQitemZ8288184971QQcategoryZ112848QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

lol and he's selling loads of them

That ones just an empty box.

wayne040576

kaisersose77 wrote:

if you want to give away your money fire ahead and buy from the chinese sellers. They infest ebay with loads and loads of these auctions and if they get one idiot to send money then its a success. If you see the chinese sellers selling 360's on ebay atm you'll see most of the ppl who bid for them so far are from the US

That's a very big generalisation there. In the UK they say similar things about the irish . I've been using ebay for years now and have bought lots of items from chinese sellers without problems including a PSP,DS, cameras and phones.
I would say that you shouldn't judge an auction by the nationality of the seller but rather what is being listed, how it is worded and what the payment methods are. Avoid paying for anything expensive by cash, cheque or money transfer. With paypal you have some comeback if you get ripped off. There's no real reason for not accepting paypal these days and even if it is genuine, it is just pure laziness on the part of the seller.
And try to get some impression if the seller seems to be trying to get rid of it in a hurry (not always easy). Always check the feedback and also check what these items were as well. Check the way the item was listed. Did the seller take a photo of the item or is this a generic picture taken from another site? If the latter is true, is the seller selling\has sold more than one of these items? If not, why did they not take a photo of the one they have and put it on ebay. It's very easy to do
One thing to be aware of with items from china etc especially the one listed here is that you'll get get hit for import tax. And it will bring the total cost up a bit. Plus , check to see what version you are buying (european, japanese, US?).

kaisersose77

well i dont mean all of them and i should have said that, but you know the ones who fill a whole page selling xbox360's or ipod videos for 100 euros.



and yes thats an empty box and someone has bid 60 euros so far!

Ronan

mcgovern wrote:

That ones just an empty box.

That is so obvious as well...

Vyse

Ronan wrote:

That is so obvious as well...

Tell that to the poor sod who is bidding on it!!

Ri_Nollaig

Alnilam wrote:

Given the thread title I couldn't resist. Enjoy

http://youtube.com/watch?v=W6XBvS0aar4&search=weird%20al%20ebay

that song was brillant summed it up well

i thought they banned selling empty boxes and the like on ebay

Ri_Nollaig

the winning bid for that carboard box was 112.83euro! seriously are these people just stupid or do they really want a box badly ?

Ronan

I tried to send the guy a message via my ebay account to let him know what he was doing, but the system wouldn't let me... oh well!

kaisersose77

poor aul winner isnt gonna be able to play with his recently purchased controller and fight night and kameo

he'll probably make a profit selling the box on to another poor sod

Laguna

I have a golden rule when it comes to eBay, if the seller doesn't take PayPal, I don't bid, you're actually begging to be conned if you pay by cash/western union/cheque.