Thread: ebay scam will warm your heart

Originally Posted by Undream

Maybe you misunderstood -- he only got his $600, the reason she handed over the $600 (that she was legally obligated to do in the first place!!) was that she thought she was going to make $500 by selling them to his "made up friend" the following day.

Of course you're right. I read about this about a few days ago and forgot that obvious point. So in that case she lost exactly what she deserved and I would have had no qualms about doing that to her.

I would have done it and not think twice

NIIIICE!!!!!!

Thats a witty answer to the problem of someone backing out of a deal and as long as its legle im all for it. after all its ebay not a car dealership.

A friend told me about this story a few days ago and then we spent the next 20 mon discussing the morality of his actions (yeah I know lame friends) I think it's a great story and love the ladies reaction. Id like to ask her what the fire department is going to do in a case of eBay fraud though.....

Originally Posted by Utopian

So in that case she lost exactly what she deserved

language is a funny thing - you can use either of two words with an opposite meaning, 'got' or 'lost', and not alter the meaning of the phrase


IANAL, but it seems that agreeing to a sale over a phone is different from a bidding bid on ebay, ebay claims the later is a binding contract, though I'd like to know how enforceable it is.

Originally Posted by gugi

IANAL, but it seems that agreeing to a sale over a phone is different from a bidding bid on ebay, ebay claims the later is a binding contract, though I'd like to know how enforceable it is.

I imagine, being local to him, he could have taken her to small claims court. The way he did it was much funner though!

She got what was coming to her, and imo the seller didn't do anything wrong. Winning an ebay auction is a binding contract. You can't back out without a solid reasons. Buyers remorse is not one of those.

He only tricked her into keeping her promise. Nothing more.

Originally Posted by gugi

language is a funny thing - you can use either of two words with an opposite meaning, 'got' or 'lost', and not alter the meaning of the phrase

That was exactly the turn of phrase I intended. I thought "got" first but then decided "lost" was much better.

That is awesome. That is one of the best ebay stories I've ever heard.