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HSquares2003:
His ad should be pulled regardless of how it's written, it's a scam in a sense.

Matt Ottinger:

--- Quote ---If he is successful in selling tickets like this, I now realize how 150,000 people are now making their livings from just selling stuff on eBay! (Number quoted from recent News Source).
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150,000 might be doing it, but my guess is only a fraction of them are doing it successfully.  There was a time when eBay was a seller's market, but it's a lot harder today to find people who still *desperately* need the stuff in your basement.

As for ticket boy, less than half of his auctions see any action at all, and he's made less than a hundred bucks doing this over the last month.  Hardly seems worth the effort, and definitely doesn't seem worth us getting too worked up over it.

Robert Hutchinson:
[quote name=\'TV Favorites\' date=\'Jul 3 2003, 01:40 PM\']Nope, the guy knows the tickets can be gotten for free and even states it in his auction description:


--- Quote ---Payment reimburses me for my time and efforts locating these tickets only - the actual tickets are provided FREE. Shipping is $1 via USPS First class mail.
--- End quote ---
[/quote]
Actually, that means that he knows he's not supposed to resell them. It's similar to the auctions that say \"Bid on this shiny rock, and I'll throw in 5 movies I taped in the theater,\" except that those auctions are started by the deeply stupid.

rugrats1:
[quote name=\'Robert Hutchinson\' date=\'Jul 3 2003, 05:21 PM\'] [quote name=\'TV Favorites\' date=\'Jul 3 2003, 01:40 PM\']Nope, the guy knows the tickets can be gotten for free and even states it in his auction description:


--- Quote ---Payment reimburses me for my time and efforts locating these tickets only - the actual tickets are provided FREE. Shipping is $1 via USPS First class mail.
--- End quote ---
[/quote]
Actually, that means that he knows he's not supposed to resell them. It's similar to the auctions that say "Bid on this shiny rock, and I'll throw in 5 movies I taped in the theater," except that those auctions are started by the deeply stupid. [/quote]
 First of all, is mailing a SASE to CBS and waiting a few weeks really worth the $10?

Also, this same person is now offering them for $10 because he knows he can't sell them for $100, as it was in the previous auction.

(By the way, that person has also stolen the $5 DSW graphic from a Price Is Right site.)

Also, as for actually paying for another item, and not the illicit material, I've seen people at the local malls selling bootleg DJ mix CDs for about $15 each, though they mention that you're paying for the case they came in, not the DVD itself, in hopes of warding off the lawsuits.

vtown7:
Slightly OT: speaking of silly eBay auctions, I saw on the news this morning that the world's largest krinkle cut french fry went for $200 (!) yesterday.  6.5 inches in length, IIRC.

Cheers,

Ryan V.

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