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Richard J.
Joined: 11 Aug 2006
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Location: Sic Semper Tyrannis.
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 Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 4:23 pm
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| PantsGoblin wrote: |
| Quote: | | Possibly the dumbest thing I've seen sold was some guy who sold his cat's toenails for about $1.50. |
How about this? $157.50 for a french fry... Although, it is a very unique one. |
There goes my last lingering shred of faith in human intelligence. What kind of moron pays money for something like that?
And what in the heck are they going to do with it? 
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Animefreak6969
Joined: 18 Aug 2006
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Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 5:00 pm
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| Richard J. wrote: |
| PantsGoblin wrote: |
| Quote: | | Possibly the dumbest thing I've seen sold was some guy who sold his cat's toenails for about $1.50. |
How about this? $157.50 for a french fry... Although, it is a very unique one. |
There goes my last lingering shred of faith in human intelligence. What kind of moron pays money for something like that?
And what in the heck are they going to do with it? |
Well, i would guess microwave it then eat it, and it better taste good for $157.
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Abarenbo Shogun
Joined: 19 Jul 2005
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Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 5:11 pm
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| PantsGoblin wrote: |
| Quote: | | Possibly the dumbest thing I've seen sold was some guy who sold his cat's toenails for about $1.50. |
How about this? $157.50 for a french fry... Although, it is a very unique one. |
Looks like a turd I dump into the benjo than a penis.
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Mindless Watcher
Joined: 17 Oct 2006
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Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 6:06 am
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| Azathrael wrote: | | For those informed, the simple solution is to boycott ebay and let it die!
/anti-ebay |
Excuse me? Ebay is a wonderful and often the only source for things you simply don't get anymore in a store. Books that are out of print for example, or games (those you played on a board and with a dice, the older folk might remember) And (absolutely legal!) stuff from pro-sellers is generally much cheaper than in a store. Why should I pay 30 percent more for the same harddisk? Plus it allows small dealers to compete with the big chains. And isn't it nicer to sell your old garbage on ebay instead of throwing it away and even if it's only because you know that however obscure it might be, there is probably somebody who will be extremely happy to get it? We should boycott all this just because ADV doesn't like it? Like hell I will.
/very much pro-ebay
Meh, maybe my irony detector is just broken.
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zliplus
Joined: 22 Feb 2005
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Location: St. Jerome's, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 12:58 pm
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| Mindless Watcher wrote: |
| Azathrael wrote: | | For those informed, the simple solution is to boycott ebay and let it die!
/anti-ebay |
Excuse me? Ebay is a wonderful and often the only source for things you simply don't get anymore in a store. Books that are out of print for example, or games (those you played on a board and with a dice, the older folk might remember) And (absolutely legal!) stuff from pro-sellers is generally much cheaper than in a store. Why should I pay 30 percent more for the same harddisk? Plus it allows small dealers to compete with the big chains. And isn't it nicer to sell your old garbage on ebay instead of throwing it away and even if it's only because you know that however obscure it might be, there is probably somebody who will be extremely happy to get it? We should boycott all this just because ADV doesn't like it? Like hell I will.
/very much pro-ebay
Meh, maybe my irony detector is just broken. |
I think Azathrael is being perfectly serious about boycotting ebay, and not because "ADV doesn't like it." Instead, the point is that ebay is filled with scams, bootlegs, and various other illegal activities.
My apologies for assuming Azathrael's meaning - please correct me if I'm wrong in any way.
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Mindless Watcher
Joined: 17 Oct 2006
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Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 2:29 pm
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| zliplus wrote: | | I think Azathrael is being perfectly serious about boycotting ebay |
No need to quote whole posts. Well, I can honestly say that most people I know use ebay the way I've outlined above. And not all of them are computer-literate enough to know that starting bittorrent is cheaper than buying bootlegs. Of course, if you only use the search function on ebay to look for bootlegs you'll find only bootlegs. A call to boycott ebay isn't very much in touch with reality anyway, to put it mildly. I would put it somewhere between "boycott General Motors" and "boycott the internet". Well, his loss. Or, in the case or General Motors, his gain.
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blind_assassin
Joined: 07 Aug 2006
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Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 8:20 pm
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| PantsGoblin wrote: |
How about this? $157.50 for a french fry... Although, it is a very unique one. |
It's climbed to $350 with 7 days left. That guy might actually get his 20 Million at this rate.
And anybody who thinks actively boycotting eBay to be an intelligent move is frankly being a retard. Not using it is fine and the same goes for not having a paypal account or credit card or something but when you say to yourself "despite the fact that I can easily save money, time and effort by using eBay to get items I otherwise would have almost 0 chance of finding, I'm going to boycott eBay." then you're being an idiot. Yes, it has plenty of scams and stupid auctions but you are legally protected in the event of a non-paying bidder or non-shipping seller and I must say that it would take some creative wording to dupe someone into buying a penis shaped french fry without them knowing what they're paying for. Just read the listing and check the reputation of the seller.
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Nerv1
Joined: 24 Aug 2006
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Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 11:19 pm
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| Zalis116 wrote: | | My advice, don't buy anything off ebay unless you know it's a verified R1 release (or R2 if that strikes your fancy). |
Well, also watch out for bootlegs that claim to have Region Code 1.
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