Trouble waiting to happen

danglen · January 19, 2003 8:01AM

Here is one of those "illegal" eBay auctions. Someone is going to be pretty upset when they find out they bid on only one of 20 coins

I have filed a report with eBay. Hopefully they will act before the auction ends

ViewItem&item=3306417315&category=544">Linky

airplanenut · January 19, 2003 8:04AM

mbbiker · January 19, 2003 8:04AM

My question is how can a SBA be a silver anything?

ms71 · January 19, 2003 8:06AM

Wow! The guy gets his pick of those jewels for only $30+ But... the buyer has 121 feedbacks, you'd think he'd have the experience to read the whole thing. The seller has some interesting feedbacks, and has made some interesting responses to his negatives.

leothelyon · January 19, 2003 8:08AM

Yes but the seller listed it as a 1 item or group. The buyer may argue this.

Leo

UncleJoe · January 19, 2003 8:14AM

Reading is fundamental!!!

Even the first negative I read in his feedback could have been prevented if the buyer simply read and understood what he was buying.

The buyer probably received exactly what the seller wrote in his description. (unfortunately for buyer)

Joe.

Dog97 · January 19, 2003 8:18AM

Clearly fee avoidence. Should be listed as dutch.

relayer · January 19, 2003 8:19AM

I like one of his neutrals:

Neutral : leider nicht angekommen - schade !

Maybe it's the German but it looks more like a complaint to me

sinin1 · January 19, 2003 8:28AM

The high bidder when i checked near $51 was "scumthumper" who has only 1 bid in the last few weeks and no feedback and sunglasses.

Is that person on this board and are the going to pay?

segoja · January 19, 2003 8:39AM

The translation of the German is as follows:

It never arrived - what a shame!

Sounds like a negative not a neutral.

danglen · January 19, 2003 8:49AM

Somehow I messed up the link when I edited the post. Here it is again.

Linky

Stigmata · January 19, 2003 8:51AM

<< <i>Somehow I messed up the link when I edited the post. Here it is again.

Linky >>

You added an extra http:// there buddy..

Petescorner · January 19, 2003 8:58AM

Fixed Link

Yep. Choice auctions are illegal. And it's a deceptive one at that. Although the last time I reported a choice auction to eBay, they didn't pull it. Must have been a powerseller!

danglen · January 25, 2003 11:45PM

Our very own Scumthumper won this auction for $182.50.

It will be interesting to see the feedback results on this transaction

cosmicdebris · January 25, 2003 11:55PM

What a scumbag seller.

littlewicher · January 26, 2003 12:04AM

Hooray for Scumthumper!! Always serving justice!

mbbiker · January 26, 2003 12:26AM

<< <i>Hooray for Scumthumper!! >>

cosmicdebris · January 26, 2003 1:47AM

I posted about this auction on the ebay forums and got an email saying I violated their rules by asking if this was an illegal auction on their auction listing forums????????????

Russ · January 26, 2003 2:03AM

<< <i>violated their rules by asking if this was an illegal auction on their auction listing forums >>

Huh? Was the eMail from eBay or some poser toad?

Russ, NCNE

cosmicdebris · January 26, 2003 2:08AM

email I got from eBay:

Hello cosmicdebris@snet.net,

Recently we became aware that your eBay registered account was involved in the
following activity:

Posting auction reports or member violations. To report suspected violations,
please use our online forms:
http://pages.ebay.com/help/community/investigates.html#how_to_report

which is not permitted at eBay.

This is a copy of your post:

Isn't this an ILLEGAL AUCTION
cosmicdebris@snet.net (70) (view author's auctions)
7:56am January 26, 2003

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/ebayISAPI.dll?
MfcISAPICommand=ViewItem&item=3306417315&indexURL=0&photoDisplayType=2

See the item description. The seller is try to avoid ebay fees.

We realize that you may not have been aware there was a rule against this
activity. Therefore, we would like to take this opportunity to invite you to
review our site policies, which can be found at:

http://pages.ebay.com/help/community/png-board.html

Please understand our goal is to help you understand our policies to ensure
successful experiences at eBay. Therefore, we respectfully request that you
refrain from this activity in the future to avoid the possibility of a
suspension of your eBay registration.

Thank you for your cooperation in this important matter.

Regards,

Deann

eBay Moderation Team

Russ · January 26, 2003 2:10AM

Geez, they gig you for that yet when Danglen reported this turd for running a "choice" auction, they did nothing.

Russ, NCNE

EVillageProwler · January 26, 2003 2:35AM

Ok, forgive a relative eBay newbie... But, what was wrong with that auction? Can someone explain it to me?

Thanks!

EVP

Russ · January 26, 2003 2:39AM

EVP,

He has 20 coins in the auction, and offers a "choice" of one of the coins for the winning bid. The buyer picks which one or two or three, etc., based on the winning bid. Besides being very deceptive, (creating the impression that the bid is for all 20), this type of auction is a violation of eBay policy because it is a way around auction fees.

Edit: Here's the key sentence in the auction:

<< <i>If you win this auction,You can buy one of this coins ,two or how many you want, even all 20.You are bidding for one of this 20 coins-your choice >>

Russ, NCNE

EVillageProwler · January 26, 2003 2:43AM

Oh, I see...

The violation is because he's only listing ONE auction while actually conducting up to 20 simultaneous auctions?

As a side question: does anyone here know who scumthumper actually is?

Thanks, Russ!

EVP

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