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Somini on 09 December 2013

His stupidity was not punished in the end! That's quite sad :(



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Frequency on 09 December 2013
Zkuq said:
Frequency said:
Zkuq said:
Max King of the Wild said:
Zkuq said:
Umm, people, the guy wasn't being stupid. The photo was listed in the console category, not in some photo category, in which case it's reasonable to expect that a product of such price is actually the console and not just a photo. eBay is full of erroneous product listings, and often you just have to guess what information is correct. Of course the smart thing would be to ask and not assume, but in this case, it seems to have been pretty safe to assume it was the actual console. And either way, the seller wasn't up to anything good, no matter how you try to spin it.

The only thing I'm not liking about this too much is the fact that he got not only a refund but also a free console.

He even admitted he noticed that it said it was a photo of one. He was stupid

Now where did I say he didn't notice it? I'm fully aware he did notice it, thank you. I'm saying he still had every reason to expect it was the real thing and not the photo because of the price and category of the product. You don't simply list a photo in the console category and price it at the price of a console and expect people to believe it's a photo. It's reasonable to expect that the word 'photo' in the title is an error unless it's repeatedly stated in the description as well. Heck, for all you know, the word 'photo' in the title could indicate that there's photos of the product in the description.

You must be new to ebay, repeat the following. "If in doubt, get the f**k out".

So you mean that scammers should be free to scam because people should just stop buying from them? And that this scammer did nothing wrong but only the buyer did? Your advice is good but it's not a strict law you have to follow. As I said, in this case there was every reason to expect it was an actual console, and you can see that eBay agrees with me because the seller was banned.

No, im saying, quite obviously, that anyone who spends more than a week on ebay knows by default who to avoid completely.

there will always be scammers, there are scammers who do much worse than making baiting auctions to pull in suckers, thats for sure.

Again, you clearly dont have much experience with ebay.



Munkeh111 on 09 December 2013

Really disappointing that his stupidity was not punished. I want a free PS4 because I saved enough money for it and ordered it as soon as I could so that I could play it. He gets a free console because he was unprepared and didn't even read what he was buying

The only thing that I can say in his defence is that the $750 figure is unfair. He reportedly paid £450 which is £20 over the £430 RRP



Akvod on 09 December 2013

Edit: Fuck it.



d2wi on 09 December 2013

lol lucky him

i'd be confused too honestly, so many xbox ones being listed in the same column, it was a genuine mistake i think

people saying he should be punished, nah, the seller was deliberately misleading, he deserves his money, and the xbox one he's gonna play lol, playing that pity card "it's for my son"

crafty bastard



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Videokameras on 09 December 2013

I think its could be a made up story for advertising because:

ITS SHOWS AN XBOX ONE IS WORTH 700+

IT SHOWS AN XBOX ONE IS A GOOD GIFT FOR A 4 YEAR OLD KID

AND PEOPLE ASSOCIATE THE XBOX WITH GOOD CHRISTIAN BEHAVIOR AND CHRISTMAs...



d21lewis on 09 December 2013

his 4 year old is gonna have the best christmas ever! dad really came through for him.



LivingMetal on 09 December 2013

Maybe I need to use my almost three year old daughter as an excuse and pretend to be a moron to get free expensive stuff.



Kane1389 on 09 December 2013
Zkuq said:
Max King of the Wild said:
Zkuq said:
Umm, people, the guy wasn't being stupid. The photo was listed in the console category, not in some photo category, in which case it's reasonable to expect that a product of such price is actually the console and not just a photo. eBay is full of erroneous product listings, and often you just have to guess what information is correct. Of course the smart thing would be to ask and not assume, but in this case, it seems to have been pretty safe to assume it was the actual console. And either way, the seller wasn't up to anything good, no matter how you try to spin it.

The only thing I'm not liking about this too much is the fact that he got not only a refund but also a free console.

He even admitted he noticed that it said it was a photo of one. He was stupid

Now where did I say he didn't notice it? I'm fully aware he did notice it, thank you. I'm saying he still had every reason to expect it was the real thing and not the photo because of the price and category of the product. You don't simply list a photo in the console category and price it at the price of a console and expect people to believe it's a photo. It's reasonable to expect that the word 'photo' in the title is an error unless it's repeatedly stated in the description as well. Heck, for all you know, the word 'photo' in the title could indicate that there's photos of the product in the description.

Are you seriously going to try and defend this guy? His gigantic stupidity is pretty obvious.



Munkeh111 on 09 December 2013
Videokameras said:
I think its could be a made up story for advertising because:

ITS SHOWS AN XBOX ONE IS WORTH 700+
IT SHOWS AN XBOX ONE IS A GOOD GIFT FOR A 4 YEAR OLD KID

AND PEOPLE ASSOCIATE THE XBOX WITH GOOD CHRISTIAN BEHAVIOR AND CHRISTMAs...

That's just how much it costs in the UK, he only paid a small premium for it. The console itself is the same price as a basic iPad Air I think