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winnieb 04-27-2004 10:54 PM

Another funny ebay listing...
 
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...343&category=6

this had 1.19 million hits last I looked! :eek:

honeychile 04-27-2004 11:01 PM

Thank you, thank you, thank you for the great laugh!!!! :D

msn4med1975 04-27-2004 11:16 PM

this is crazy, but VERY VERY funny, i'm just mad the bid is 5K, is someone REALLY gonna pay that much for it?

Neosoulchild 04-27-2004 11:21 PM

It's at $9,100 now :eek: :eek: :eek:

kafromTN 04-27-2004 11:32 PM

It's up to 160k. Someone has to be joking on these bids.

-Mark

AGDee 04-27-2004 11:43 PM

It just shot up to 11,000,100.00

ETA: 12,400,000.00

AGDee 04-28-2004 06:56 AM

They retracted some bids and it's back at 17,000.00 now. Still nuts!

WCUgirl 04-28-2004 09:15 AM

:eek:

It's up to $331,000!!! Are they seriously going to pay that for this dress?

DZPrincess2003 04-28-2004 10:30 AM

It's only at $25,100 right now.... but look at some of the stuff these bidders have bought. Lots of crap.

GMUBunny 04-28-2004 11:45 AM

This was all over The Knot yesterday. The other brides-to-be and myself had a good chuckle over it. Ebay is getting involved with the false bids and is trying to clean up the mess. Probably not such a bad-looking gown in real life :p

GMUBunny 04-28-2004 07:24 PM

Our favorite ebay seller was on CNBC tonight wearing the dress. He says he's had over 5 million hits. There were 15 minutes left on the auction when "Bullseye" aired and the high bid was $6300. Who knew? ;)

CatStarESP4 04-28-2004 10:32 PM

That made my day! LOL!

http://instagiber.net/smiliesdotcom/...xxrotflmao.gif

tinydancer 04-28-2004 10:51 PM

Now that's pretty funny!! Kind of like the ad in the classifieds:

For Sale:
Wedding Gown
Worn once by mistake
;)

toocute 04-29-2004 01:25 PM

Re: Another funny ebay listing...
 
Quote:

Originally posted by alphagam-alum
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...343&category=6

this had 1.19 million hits last I looked! :eek:

Unreal.....:eek: :eek: :eek:

chideltjen 04-29-2004 03:47 PM

bidding ended at a little over $3800!

:eek:

You can see the long list of bid cancellations as well.

MSKKG 04-30-2004 12:56 AM

The guy's name is Larry Star. He's in a band called The Buzz Cuts based out of Seattle. He's got a website now: www.weddingdressguy.com. I just signed up for eBay, and someone interviewed him on eBay's radio station (?). The auction site had about 6 million hits, definitely a record. He said he found the gloves that went with the dress--be on the lookout!

SATX*APhi 04-30-2004 01:38 AM

Several people whose bids were cancelled are no longer registered members. Most are well-established ebayers. Could their accounts have been cancelled for placing these bogus bids??

Glitter650 05-01-2004 02:05 AM

Your account sure can be cancelled for placing bogus bids... it says your bid is a contract when you bid... no matter how good you are if you bid and don't buy they take it seriously over there. My friend was a SERIOUS super star E bay person... we bought lots of expensive tickets to concerts, she once purchased an expensive camera... basically she was addicted to E bay... but she always paid ,had only positive feedback... paid with speed... well she bid on something recently, forgot about it and won, didn't pay and now she's cancelled and had to create a new account and start all over. so yeah they take it seriously when you place a bid you don't intend to keep.

SATX*APhi 05-01-2004 05:44 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Glitter650
Your account sure can be cancelled for placing bogus bids... it says your bid is a contract when you bid... no matter how good you are if you bid and don't buy they take it seriously over there. My friend was a SERIOUS super star E bay person... we bought lots of expensive tickets to concerts, she once purchased an expensive camera... basically she was addicted to E bay... but she always paid ,had only positive feedback... paid with speed... well she bid on something recently, forgot about it and won, didn't pay and now she's cancelled and had to create a new account and start all over. so yeah they take it seriously when you place a bid you don't intend to keep.
Wow! Of course I'd never bid on something like this, but I'm glad ebay won't have it.

GMUBunny 05-02-2004 12:19 AM

Unfortunately, the winning bid was bogus and Larry is stuck with the dress... I think the bidder should be forced to pay for it. That's what you get when you enter a serious auction. Poor guy... maybe he can try again when he auctions off the gloves :D

kddani 05-02-2004 10:04 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Glitter650
well she bid on something recently, forgot about it and won, didn't pay and now she's cancelled and had to create a new account and start all over. so yeah they take it seriously when you place a bid you don't intend to keep.
If she got suspended, it wasn't just that one thing. You have to have 3 different sellers file Non Paying Bidder Alerts on you to get suspended. A seller can file a Non Paying Bidder Alert Warning on you after 7 days if you don't pay- you get a strongly worded email from ebay. So there's not excuse that you "forgot about it"- you would get several emails from the seller AND ebay. 10 days after that, the seller files for their Final Value Fees (gets back a part of the fees that they lost), and that completes the NPB process.

I WISH that ebayers would be gone after one non-pay.... would make my life as an ebay business person a heck of a lot easier.

I HATE people who bid and don't pay. Unfortunately I get a lot of those... my guess is that many of the people who buy my auctions are young, college kids, who either have no money or just think it's kind of a game and they don't have to pay.


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