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Wow people still selling pictures of items!
 

Wow guys I havent seen this in awhile. I was looking at my competition on eBay. Never guess what I came across. Some eBay seller was selling like 60 cans on Similac Alimentum for $700 BIN. He had already sold 4 and had 3 left up. But when reading in his description. This is what it said,

You are buying pictures of Similac Alimentum. Not the actual cans. These pictures are printed off of my computer, and the pictures are from the internet! PICTURES ONLY!

This was the only thing in his description!

The listing in no longer up, I did not put a watch on it but I should have. How can someone really do that! He was accepting paypal as his only payment option to.

I cant believe some people!

the real question is: Wow, are people still stupid enough to buy pictures of items on ebay?

This is why buyers need to read before they purchase items. I can't tell you how many times i listed auctions on ebay accepting PAYMATE, then afterwards they tell me that they no longer need the item due to me not accepting paypal..... *sigh*

to tell the truth, I am pro-picture selling. Simply because it lets people know that they are just too ****ing stupid to be able to push buttons, and should stay well away from the internet, and any kind of thing that requires responsibility

LMAO $700 printed picture off your computer, I can guarantee you though he didn't end up with any of that money. 100% disputes

of course they will dispute, but the thing is he delivered EXACTLY AS ADVERTISED. what is there to dispute other than stupidity?

You guys are all on the same boat I am. I swear I was speechless! Im sure that seller got away clean!

wow, lol that is funny

Its like that seller I saw sellin a $500 gift card. Clear as day in the description in big bold letters. Only $75 left on the card! Bids were close to $500! Do you think the seller is going to warn the buyer?? No!

lmaaaaao loll

lol yep but ebay/paypal will still side with buyer, but still very funny that people fall for it

It just shows that people don't read the auctions they buy. 80% of the questions I get is something I already wrote in the listing. People look at the picture and then they buy it. In this case, they do buy the actual picture.

:D

Very good point. i could have sworn this was illegal.

That is epic.

So true though that buyers don't read the listings. I was selling some stuff but I was going on vacation for a few days so I said I won't be able to ship right away in my listings. I wrote it in red, but not really big or special. If you read the listing you would see it though...WRONG. Nobody noticed, and bam I get some nice disputes already and people wondering what's up.

Next time around, right at the top of my listings in big red bold size 24 letters...DELAY IN SHIPPING.

Surprisingly enough, some people still didn't notice :P

When I was an eBay seller outreach agent, I used to get complaints about that all the time! But the truth is buyers really dont read what they are buying! Until they get a pet rock named ROCKY in the mail instead of the ROCKY dvd collection!

This type of thing IS illegal. It is covered under most states' "Deceptive Business Practices" acts. PayPal will not allow this regardless of the wording in the auction ad. And no court will grant a judgment to the seller.

Many people have tried this. There are stories all over the internet. I'm sure some sellers got away with it back in the day, but not anymore. Hell, even Judge Judy weighed in on this:


Should people read the listings? Sure. But the fact that they do not read every single word does NOT give you a license to rip them off. It is ILLEGAL, it is IMMORAL, and it is just PLAIN WRONG! Sorry if I burst any bubbles.

maybe we should have like flashing 72 size print like those dinosaur sellers . Y0u know the ones with famous people then you scroll down 5 minutes later.....
you get to the print of the ad..
lol lame

LMAO thanks for posting this video,gave me a good laugh, judge judy is hilarious at times, was fun to watch... and wow she was really dumb in thinking she had a chance to win... :lol:

OMG!!!! How could you do such a thing and still think it is ok?

Here is one more thought...

If you are fortunate enough to have been blessed with above average intelligence, why not use it to help people? Or at least use it to figure out how to make money without HURTING PEOPLE?

This may just be my opinion, but the people who try to pull this crap are really not smarter than anyone else. They just THINK they are.

some people are beyond help. It's like the people who fall for the scam emails where they said the government is holding $10,000 of their taxes but they need $3,000 to pay for the fees to get it released. If you don't have plain common sense, then you really can't be helped. Hard enough to raise a child to have common sense, much less teach it to someone who already is set on their way of thinking.

Global overpopulation is definitely starting to shine through our societies.

Out of interest did this guy have ANY feedback? I can't imagine anybody leaving anything but negative feedback after getting that.

He had less than one hundred. I believe it was all from buying. Not to sure!

Sadly, yes. People wont read the ads. They cant seem to be bothered...
It baffles me sometimes how anyone can spend any money without reading at least some of the ad.

I dont disagree. But they probably shouldn't be punished by getting ripped off. They just need the computer taken away....

Exactly, preying on the people who don't bother to read the listings is not a license to rip them off.

[QUOTE=jeffweico;184322]Here is one more thought...

If you are fortunate enough to have been blessed with above average intelligence, why not use it to help people? Or at least use it to figure out how to make money without HURTING PEOPLE?
QUOTE]

Agree. It's a shame they would target busy young folks with babies. And that stuff is so expensive they lock it up at the store. Just like cigarettes. If they don't people will rip it off.

But yeah, Mind boggling how people don't read. Had my share.

They will get their refund with the buyer protection. Might have the return the picture. Spend another 42 cents + DC.

Saw this episode~! So funny~!

I've seen some Apple-tards mindlessly bidding on a Lockerz invite with an iPad as its main listing picture all the way up to 600 dollars

They will get their refund with the buyer protection. Might have the return the picture. Spend another 42 cents + DC.[/QUOTE]

Yeah but thats it?? These *******s dont get in any trouble!?

Well, they probably lose their eBay and PayPal accounts. And if the money is not returned, they can be sued in civil court.

Technically, I suppose they could be charged with a crime, but in reality they don't usually prosecute this type of stuff.

Speechless!:faint:

Their was a criminal case about this. A woman sold a 'picture of a mobile phone', the eBayer took her to court... the court ruled in the buyers favour because she put the weight of the item on the listing which was like 120g, a piece of paper doesn't weigh that.

I reckon had she not have put that she would have got away clean, so technically speaking if he describes everything exactly in a court of law he could get away with it.

what a clever buyer would do is, do a SND dispute and then just give a reason other than the fact the description is misleading, say it is a torn picture or something, return it with tracking and get refund. (oh, and return a poop for good measure)

seller from where? malaysia? no wonder because got ebook writer in here teach do sell that. that seller name his ebook is blackhatebay. u all can find it @ google. i believe that writer also member of this forum. this writer has been blame and flame in malaysia but what we all can do?

There was this famous scammer from Europe that listed thousands of vehicles from many sources that sell cars from the net and listing them on ebay motors. He clocked up millions of dollars. Him and his father were doing it. they got caught and arrested but the money was gone!

You guys are making too much of this, OBVIOUSLY he won't get paid, either the person backs out before paying or disputes after, so just a waste of time

depends on the account. If they built it up long enough I believe the plan is to get as much out as they can before it all crumbles down. Out and/or spent... Any amount is free money so even a fraction is what they are after. They can stall the fools long enough to make some of it pay off. Sadly its crap like this that makes us have to put up with so much. They will get some and that makes the system tougher....