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Keep Calm And Discuss Retro Generally!

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  • #3602
    OwaynOTT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,622 ✭✭✭✭OwaynOTT


    sengoku wrote: »
    I was stung by a bogus bidder also, see here. The only thing you can do is use the eBay Resolution Center. You will need to do this otherwise eBay will charge you there max amount for sellers fees, approx Eur200 for a Eur1200 bid, at the end of the month. It takes 7 days to get it sorted.

    It is other ebay sellers that are selling similar items to yours, that are setting up bogus accounts and bidding on auctions they have no intention of paying for. Essentially, they're eliminating the competition.

    This is not a new thing and eBay are doing next to nothing to stop it. It's a dirty practice.

    Interesting, never would of thought of that. So did you not sell your game in the end? Or did you offer it to next in line?


  • #3603
    sengoku
    Closed Accounts Posts: 220 ✭✭sengoku


    OwaynOTT wrote: »
    Interesting, never would of thought of that. So did you not sell your game in the end? Or did you offer it to next in line?

    I'm afraid it didn't sell and it was not offered to next in-line. I did get the fees back though. I am going to leave it off for a while before re-listing it, my faith in eBay has been damaged by this incident. Although the fees have been returned to me, it is the amount of time that has been wasted that is the most annoying part.


  • #3604
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,763 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Wow, Adverts seems like a paragon of virtue in comparison, who knew?


  • #3605
    Augmerson
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6,162 ✭✭✭Augmerson


    sengoku wrote: »
    It is other ebay sellers that are selling similar items to yours, that are setting up bogus accounts and bidding on auctions they have no intention of paying for. Essentially, they're eliminating the competition.

    This is not a new thing and eBay are doing next to nothing to stop it. It's a dirty practice.

    Really sneaky and annoying thing to be doing if true.


  • #3606
    OwaynOTT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,622 ✭✭✭✭OwaynOTT


    Augmerson wrote: »
    Really sneaky and annoying thing to be doing if true.


    Inflating the price on their own items as well.


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  • #3607
    sengoku
    Closed Accounts Posts: 220 ✭✭sengoku


    Augmerson wrote: »
    Really sneaky and annoying thing to be doing if true.


    Here is a link to an article in the eBay "Review and Guides" section that goes back to 2009. Nothing has changed since.

    Ebay could at least make it a little less easier to open a new account. Any one of us could set up a new account right now and have an auction spoiled in less than 5/10 minutes.


  • #3608
    sengoku
    Closed Accounts Posts: 220 ✭✭sengoku


    OwaynOTT wrote: »
    Inflating the price on their own items as well.

    I discovered a method of doing this by accident, or at least getting the most out of the last bidder. I was selling a mobile phone on Ebay. The bids were at €50, the exact figures are hazy so I'm using estimates from here on in. A bidder with a zero feedback score made quite a large bid bringing the auction up to €76. I smelled a rat because of the zero feedback, I checked there profile page and it stated that they had just joined eBay 10 minutes ago, so I cancelled their bid. That brought the bidding back down to €50.

    This got me thinking. The previous bidder was willing to go as high as €75. I shouldn't know this. So If I had a second account, I could put in a bid of €74, thus getting the most out of what the previous bidder was willing to pay instead of €50.


  • #3609
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,460 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Here's one for Enternow - a guy who collects sit down driving cabs. These are all in his apartment! Even has a four player Daytona setup :eek:

    http://forum.arcadeotaku.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=17526


  • #3610
    Atavan-Halen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,183 ✭✭✭✭Atavan-Halen


    o1s1n were you in club hell tonight? There was a guy who looked exactly like you there!


  • #3611
    johnny_ultimate
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 30,617 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    atavan-halen wrote: »
    o1s1n were you in club hell tonight? There was a guy who looked exactly like you there!

    Club Hell - where long hair and beards reign supreme.

    That and one euro shots.


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  • #3612
    Atavan-Halen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,183 ✭✭✭✭Atavan-Halen


    johnny_ultimate wrote: »

    Club Hell - where long hair and beards reign supreme.

    That and one euro shots.

    I go for the cheap drink and the music!

    Although the €1 shots contain sambuca. The taste of regret.


  • #3613
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,763 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    You must be getting better though Atavan, no drunken posts alluding to spilt drink and lost love, and few vowels and misplaced consonants...


  • #3614
    Atavan-Halen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,183 ✭✭✭✭Atavan-Halen


    I am seriously building up an immunity to alcohol! Had 1 pint, 1 shot, 1 bottle of smirnoff ice and 4 bottles of kopparberg last night and wasn't even buzzed.

    Quick question that some of you may know. I went to turn on the 360 there and noticed the play and charge kit wasn't working. Pulled it out of the controller and noticed one of the pins on it was bent back. Went digging at it with a little pocket knife and bent it somewhat back into shape, enough to make a connection. Just wondering that since I was probably scratching the connection with a knife will this cause it to short out or anything? seems to be working fine now.


  • #3615
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,460 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    atavan-halen wrote: »
    o1s1n were you in club hell tonight? There was a guy who looked exactly like you there!

    Nope! I wasn't! Perhaps this guy?

    white-jesus.jpg


  • #3616
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,460 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    By the way, I didn't know Christ shot laser beams out of his chest now. Church seems to have changed somewhat in the years since I've been.


  • #3617
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,763 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    That's not Christ, it's his brother Judas, don't worry, it's a common mistake!


  • #3618
    Sparks43
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,072 ✭✭✭Sparks43


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    That's not Christ, it's his brother Judas, don't worry, it's a common mistake!

    Anyone got any Lemons?


  • #3619
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,763 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Sparks43 wrote: »

    Anyone got any Lemons?

    In a new fangled bag if you can manage it!


  • #3620
    MrVestek
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,278 ✭✭✭MrVestek


    atavan-halen wrote: »
    I am seriously building up an immunity to alcohol! Had 1 pint, 1 shot, 1 bottle of smirnoff ice and 4 bottles of kopparberg last night and wasn't even buzzed.

    Quick question that some of you may know. I went to turn on the 360 there and noticed the play and charge kit wasn't working. Pulled it out of the controller and noticed one of the pins on it was bent back. Went digging at it with a little pocket knife and bent it somewhat back into shape, enough to make a connection. Just wondering that since I was probably scratching the connection with a knife will this cause it to short out or anything? seems to be working fine now.

    You better go and fire proof your home... that controller will short-circuit and cause a white hole to develop in your front living room.

    That or you'll be grand...


  • #3621
    Sparks43
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,072 ✭✭✭Sparks43


    A White Hole???????


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  • #3622
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 53,327 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    So, what is it?


  • #3623
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,763 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Ahh, not only retrogames but retromemes.... It's so meta, I love it!


  • #3624
    Atavan-Halen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,183 ✭✭✭✭Atavan-Halen


    I'm gonna go with the typical Irish response "it'll be grand"


  • #3625
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    atavan-halen wrote: »
    I'm gonna go with the typical Irish response "it'll be grand"

    Even Joe thinks so


  • #3626
    Nerdkiller1991
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,999 ✭✭✭Nerdkiller1991


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    That's not Christ, it's his brother Judas, don't worry, it's a common mistake!
    Sparks43 wrote: »
    Anyone got any Lemons?
    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    In a new fangled bag if you can manage it!
    Many missed opportunities for me in my time off.


  • #3627
    Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,021 ✭✭✭Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy


    atavan-halen wrote: »
    o1s1n were you in club hell tonight? There was a guy who looked exactly like you there!
    thought I saw o1s1n myself there one Sunday weeks ago when Retr0 was bringing me to the bus, he was the spit him with a bubble bobble tee, walking under where the bridge for the dart, himself will tell you which one. If he's o1s1n's doppelganger and he meets him, he'll die


  • #3628
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,460 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    I don't own a Bubble Bobble tee. Kinda wish I did though :(

    I guess I could kill my doppelganger and steal his shirt! Or wear his skin. Although I guess I'm doing that as is.


  • #3629
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,763 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    I reckon there's an R&A forum somewhere and we can find Atavans doppelganger there, probably talking about his friends seeing his own double... lying under a pile of empty Captain Morgans bottles.
    Perhaps we all have doubles there! Let me know what they'll be like and what differences there'll be!


  • #3630
    Dr Bob
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 3,184 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dr Bob


    o1s1n wrote: »
    By the way, I didn't know Christ shot laser beams out of his chest now. Church seems to have changed somewhat in the years since I've been.
    Ah yeah, it's his limit break attack.


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  • #3631
    Dr Bob
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 3,184 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dr Bob


    Dr Bob wrote: »
    Ah yeah, it's his limit break attack.
    ...going to hell for that one. ;)


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