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Ebay scam? Why are people bidding for weird stuff on Ebay?

admin — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:24:51 +0000

What’s with the auctions on Ebay, where a caps lock key from somebody’s keyboard sells for $50? Or the secret of invisibility, or an empty soda can… and these guys have no negative feedback!!! What’s going on?
It actually seems that both seller and buyer are getting SOMETHING from this. Had it been a scam seller would not have all this positive feedback. There are books sold on Ebay about how to make money selling nothing.
I’m not bidding myself, just mystified about scams, if it is one…

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Do The People At Yahoo Actually Know What They’re Doing?

admin — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 23:41:25 +0000

Seems that they’re going backwards while Google and you tube kick their backside for fun! This rubbish of closing Yahoo photos to use an outside image host is totally strange behaviour. It reminds me of when they closed their UK auctions to recommend an up and coming site called EBAY!!!
Way to go YAHOO you really know how to push the self destruct button!

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Why Do People ‘watch’ Items They Wont Bid On?

admin — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:50:02 +0000

Like if theres like 5-10 mins left on an auction, a surge of watches will appear, and these 5-8 watches wont even bid on the item before the time expires. Whats that all about?
Are they just ‘watching’ the item just so there have a reminder of the item for next time it appears on ebay for cheaper or something?
Strange.

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Why Do People Buy Weird Stuff On Ebay?

admin — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:38:28 +0000

Why do people bid so much for weird stuff on ebay? Some of the sellers say don’t bid on the auction if you don’t understand. Well, I don’t understand and I would like to know. Does anyone know the significance of this stuff and why people buy it?
Here is some stuff I found:http://cgi.ebay.com/MCDONALDS-FRENCH-FRY…http://cgi.ebay.com/ANTIQUE-HIGH-END-BEL…

Why Do People Wait Until The Last Day To Bid Of Stuff On Ebay?

admin — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 17:56:28 +0000

It just seems pointless to me. Ebay encourages posting an auction as…the more days you list it for, the better your chance for bidding. While I’ve found that true in regards to the more days there are, the more people will “watch” the item…they don’t bid anything until the last 1 or 2 days. I just find that kind of odd. What’s the point of having 5 or 10 day auctions when nobody actually bids until sometimes the last day or hours before the auction ends? A lot of people seem to go straight for the “sort by auction ending time” and purposefully look for the ones that end first. I don’t know…I was just wondering if any other people out there thought this was really strange and a waste of time?

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