Gotta love BS sellers.

[icbrkr]

I've been looking for a 1581 Drive for my C64 for a little while, so I did a search on completed auctions to see what they go for. I found this one:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...sPageName=WDVW

Then I searched for current auctions:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MakeTrack=true

Hey.. that looks kinda familar.

So I shot him an email:

I was considering bidding on this item, but I noticed that the picture in your auction matches one that has already ended by someone else exactly (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...sPageName=WDVW) ... do you have a real picture of the item?

Brian

I'm sure I'll receive an email with much cussing in it.

[tholly]

you'll probably just get a reply that says that the item looks like that, but he didnt have a camera to take a pic....and, then, if you won and received it in the mail it would probably be all dirty, marked up, and scratched up

[Griking]

Geez, everyone's such a pessimist.

Why is it so hard to imagine that he may not own a digital camera?

[Predatorxs]

Tricky and lazy ebay sellers!

..XS

[VACRMH]

Geez, everyone's such a pessimist.

Why is it so hard to imagine that he may not own a digital camera?

Because it's easy to get burned on eBay?

[icbrkr]

Geez, everyone's such a pessimist.


Why is it so hard to imagine that he may not own a digital camera?

I'm guessing you didn't look at the auction.

"CHECK THE ACTUAL PIC BELOW!!!"

Actual pic? But yet it was an actual pic for another person's auction...

Hmmmm...

[farfel]

No camera here. I take my pics from amazon.com cause if it looks the same, why not?

[whoisKeel]

i dunno, both have satisfactory feedback...i think i wouldn't worry too much, tho it is weird.

[icbrkr]

I'm confused on why someone *wouldn't* get upset.

If a seller said (like this one did) "Here is an actual picture of the item" and it turns out to be a picture from a completed auction a few weeks ago, wouldn't you be, oh I don't know, suspicious?

Oh well, I managed to pick up a drive from another seller

[farfel]

What did the email reply say?

[icbrkr]

I haven't gotten a reply... for some reason, I don't believe I'm going to either

[Iron Draggon]

I hate it when they don't post pics of the actual item they're selling too. And I really hate the new stock photo option. That was a very bad idea.

But worse yet is when they don't even post a pic of the item at all. I've gotten some real bargains because of that, but I still hate taking the risk.

[VACRMH]

I hate it when they don't post pics of the actual item they're selling too. And I really hate the new stock photo option. That was a very bad idea.

But worse yet is when they don't even post a pic of the item at all. I've gotten some real bargains because of that, but I still hate taking the risk.

Ditto, "Manual has some wear" means a dog chewed up the cover

[chaoticjelly]

Recently, I've found a lot of people are stealing my descriptions and pictures

One women even directly linked to my picture of an item I sold, on MY webspace using MY bandwidth, and copied MY description!!

I emailed her and asked her not to do it again, of course she was abusive and asked me what I was having a "fanny fit" over

I delved into her recently sold and bought items... seems she was a nice little shill bidder... reported her... now both accounts banned

Proud of it.

[farfel]

I emailed her and asked her not to do it again, of course she was abusive and asked me what I was having a "fanny fit" over.

Should have replaced it with two guys doin anal. That'd teach her.