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General Chat => Off Topic => Topic started by: WoD on 16 December, 2003, 08:37:36 PM

Title: ebay bidding - a warning
Post by: WoD on 16 December, 2003, 08:37:36 PM
I expect people have seen this, but;......

Link: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2448756945

Title: Re: ebay bidding - a warning...
Post by: Byron Virgo on 16 December, 2003, 08:44:32 PM
Are these people bidding on it idiots or just massochists?
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Post by: Queen Firey-Bou on 16 December, 2003, 08:46:41 PM
that is pure class !  

acording to the counter he's had thousands of hits?? is it possible to rig them?
Title: Re: ebay bidding - a warning......
Post by: Byron Virgo on 16 December, 2003, 08:53:42 PM
You can rig anything if you have the correct jerrymandering skills.
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Post by: Oddboy on 16 December, 2003, 09:00:29 PM
Bwa ha ha!
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Post by: petemaskreplica on 16 December, 2003, 09:02:01 PM
I think it was Frank Zappa who said "the most common element in the universe isn't hydrogen, it's stupidity".
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Post by: Priv8eye on 16 December, 2003, 09:06:10 PM
I think thats brilliant!

(not the bike, the drivel that goes with it I mean)
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Post by: Richmond Clements on 16 December, 2003, 09:54:02 PM
Oh come on people! The man is a bloody genius!
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Post by: jdmobius on 17 December, 2003, 01:02:12 AM
Has anyone noticed in the wonderful picture he has provided us with that the front wheel has a wheel lock on it.....like somebody is going to try to steal it, or try to ride it away!!
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Post by: Richmond Clements on 17 December, 2003, 01:37:11 AM
I reckon that the water pistol is worth more than the bike... I wonder if it's included in the price..?
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Post by: Wake on 17 December, 2003, 03:55:42 AM
I reckon that the water pistol is worth more than the bike... I wonder if it's included in the price..?

I wouldn't ask the seller that if I were you. The description already says it isn't.

Wake
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Post by: stront692 on 21 December, 2003, 09:01:56 PM
the auctions gone - what was it???
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Post by: Queen Firey-Bou on 21 December, 2003, 09:09:29 PM
Ahhhhhh ! what party poopers ! can anyone remember the sellers name?
stront, it was a knackered rusty useless bit of old like, but the desvription was halarious, along the lines of " this is useless & knackered but you idiots will bid on anything" only funny, and they did, people were bidding.
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Post by: stront692 on 21 December, 2003, 09:16:23 PM
hmmm - it wasnt a'chopper' bike was it by any chance

heh heh (probaly got lots of free adverts from similar forums to this, probably got posted on lots of them due to amusin description)
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Post by: Queen Firey-Bou on 21 December, 2003, 09:23:12 PM
honda something motor bike.  he offered to deliver it at ?1 a mile, someone bidded from states !!
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Post by: Devons Daddy on 22 December, 2003, 02:35:52 PM
it may have been a Mens glossy mag article again.
 
FHM did it two years ago in singapore to see what they could get rid off.
they actaully sold a bucket of water, a stuffed seagull and an hour in the editors chair. plus some other things. including a photo shoot by the professional studio they use.
they then ran a full editorail feature on the fact that you can sell ANYTHING on ebay.  

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Post by: Dudley on 22 December, 2003, 03:05:59 PM
Nah - it had a link to his website off eBay, he was selling loads of mugs and T-shirts marked with slogans like "people are stupid and will bid on anything", this was just a thinly-disguised advert for his own wares.  V funny though.