This guy always has insane item descriptions...I'm amazed anyone buys anything form him.
This one, however, totally takes the cake.
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He doesn't live far from me; I wish I could investigate... It seems that he has sold many items for under $1. Very strange because the descriptions seem so misleading!
The following auction may explain:
Titled: "Leave Good Feedback Please Commodore 64 Black Disk #1"
Look at this evidence:
His Negative Feedback
Some of the funnier remarks:
What does that mean??? Sold for $0.01 and $0.50 shipping.Use for Playstation 1 or 2 (Analog Controller 2) New Made in China - I am selling alot of the same products
The following auction may explain:
Titled: "Leave Good Feedback Please Commodore 64 Black Disk #1"
There were about 10 listed, and almost all sold to the same guy. Seems like a feedback scam to maybe set himself up for a bigger scam auction... (?)Description
Leave Good Feedback Please Commodore 64 Black Disk #1 Bid on this disk, Need Quick Good feedback? Buy it now and will send you a black disk. Soon as you buy for a penny you get good feedback,. Buy it now - Will Ship Worldiwde with no tracking number. Will Ship as soon as you buy because I am on Vacation for 9 Days, 1 days Only , Please you need good Feedback or Not? Free Shipping Worldwide
Look at this evidence:
His Negative Feedback
Some of the funnier remarks:
no communication, no product, DO NOT BUY FROM THIS SELLER REPORT TO EBAY
Reply by marchese7535: Who Communicates for 1 cent what a idiot. - GET A LIFE
6 weeks (!) after payment: “I will ship when I am ready - today I am not ready."
If could be funny if people were not getting ripped-off!marchese7535: This person waited 3 months before why can't wait on this? Money gonna be refund
I know of someone who wanted to build up their feedback when they first joined eBay so they bid on a bunch of inexpensive (< $2) auctions for information items (like recipes etc.) that didn't have any shipping charges. Within a month they had a great rating with lots of positive feedback. The system is ridiculous.
In the end it will be as if nothing ever happened.
Would you better like a system where feedback is multiplied by the amount involved in the sale? Something like this:
* Sell/buy for $0 - $9: feedback +1
* $10-$49: feedback +2
* $50-$99: feedback +3
* $100-$199: feedback +4
* $200-$399: feedback +5
* $400-$799: feedback +6
* $800-$1499: feedback +7
* $1500 and above: feedback +8
* Sell/buy for $0 - $9: feedback +1
* $10-$49: feedback +2
* $50-$99: feedback +3
* $100-$199: feedback +4
* $200-$399: feedback +5
* $400-$799: feedback +6
* $800-$1499: feedback +7
* $1500 and above: feedback +8
Anders Carlsson
I've thought about it on and off over the years and I've never come up with a system that would be appreciably better than the one they have now, warts and all. I can think of small improvements though. One might be weighted feedback. Positive feedback from someone with 100+ positive received feedbacks should carry more weight than positive feedback from someone that joined the day before and has no feedback. Seems logical. It would also help if feedback was more than just positive/negative/neutral although I realize that if the process became more complex, people would be less inclined to bother.
In the end it will be as if nothing ever happened.
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doesn't make sense
I must be guilty too, I have often offered items for nothin, and included freebee's. I just like to see if I can get others interested in things.
I thunk once and it hurt!