ebay weirdness

vic user · Post by **vic user** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 5:57 am

nice game titles!

very interesting pics and bidders!

Vic 20 - castlevania II game
Item number: 8712731467

Vic 20 - dragon's lair game
Item number: 8712732332

Vic 20 - fun balloon game
Item number: 8712735306

Vic 20 - Bastr the furet lover game
Item number: 8712754947

Vic 20 - Bastr, oldest man on earth game
Item number: 8712755486

chris

carlsson · Post by **carlsson** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 7:44 am

Umm, what is this? A way to perform a bunch of successful auctions and get a head start on positive feedback? Somehow it makes sense though; with a machine language monitor you can in theory program any game you wish...

I wonder, will the seller accept bids from outside, and if the auction is cancelled by seller, is it possible to give feedback due to that? If realistic looking labels had been counterfeited, maybe some people would've put in bids.

Post by **Jeff-20** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 8:49 pm

that's really strange. I don't get it.

Centallica · Post by **Centallica** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 7:11 am

I emailed the guy about these "games" and he said he was playing a practical joke on one of his co-workers and not to bid.

ooooohhh K,
Brian

vic user · Post by **vic user** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 7:32 am

is that some form of ebay fraud then?

chris

Centallica · Post by **Centallica** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 10:12 am

vic user wrote:is that some form of ebay fraud then?

chris

It should be pulled by Ebay.

I'd like to see if someone bid on this item and emailed to make delivery arrangements what would happen to this bozzo

Brian

carlsson · Post by **carlsson** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 5:47 pm

The same person has a small amount of real auctions going right now. I still believe it either was layout testing or a way to boost feedback.

Post by **Jeff-20** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 10:48 pm

Now HERE's an interesting looking cart...

http://cgi.ebay.com/Commodore-Personal- ... dZViewItem

Mayhem · Post by **Mayhem** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 4:11 am

Very late manufacture then. My PF is in the usual creamy plastic casing.

ral-clan · Post by **ral-clan** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 6:47 am

I guess those prank auctions are gone. I can't find them. Did they have funny mock-up pictures?

carlsson · Post by **carlsson** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 4:12 am

I think the prank auctions just displayed a VIC-1213 (?) Machine code monitor cartridge, thus my earlier comment.

Post by **Jeff-20** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 12:03 am

I've never seen this before... Spelling Bee for VIC 20?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Commodore-VIC-20-Ta ... dZViewItem

ral-clan · Post by **ral-clan** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 11:43 am

Yeah, that a Spelling Bee comes up a couple times a year on Ebay.

eslapion · Post by **eslapion** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 9:29 pm

Jeff-20 wrote:I've never seen this before... Spelling Bee for VIC 20?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Commodore-VIC-20-Ta ... dZViewItem

I own a set like that.