Idiots...

AGDee · #1 12-16-2007, 01:50 PM

Does your friend understand that he could end up having to pay $900 for this??

SigmaChiGuy · #2 12-16-2007, 01:52 PM

It has to be a TKE ritual, it's only going for $20. Rituals are easy, EASY to get. eBay is one way to get them, but paying for them is pretty ridiculous. That's so, how does one say, '5 years ago'?

DZRose · #3 12-16-2007, 02:21 PM

I don't know about other orgs, but DZ rituals belong to DZ, not the individual. Soooo...anyone who tried to sell one of our rituals would actually be selling something that does not belong to them.

Of course, this is also true for badges and people sell those all the time.

EE-BO · #4 12-16-2007, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by AGDee

Does your friend understand that he could end up having to pay $900 for this??

Trusting in the wonderfully wicked ways of Greek Chat, I expect there is someone out there who read this and plans to bid $899.99 right before the auction closes

Leslie Anne · #5 12-16-2007, 02:41 PM

A "friend" of mine just sent the seller a question. I'll let you know if "she" hears back from him and what he says.

Benzgirl · #6 12-16-2007, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Leslie Anne

A "friend" of mine just sent the seller a question. I'll let you know if "she" hears back from him and what he says.

Thank your "friend" for doing this because MY "friend" was going to do the same thing.
I don't think the seller misrepresented himself in his item description so scamming the "scammer" is a gross misrepresentation in itself. People who do this give eBay a bad name.

texas*princess · #7 12-16-2007, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Benzgirl

Thank your "friend" for doing this because MY "friend" was going to do the same thing.
I don't think the seller misrepresented himself in his item description so scamming the "scammer" is a gross misrepresentation in itself. People who do this give eBay a bad name.

While I don't think it's a good idea to makeup fake IDs and make bogus bids on items, I feel like the seller is grossly misrepresenting what is for sale here in a sad attempt to make cash. None of that info is ritual. If it was, I'm sure TKE's HQ wouldn't have put that info on their website for anyone to download and print.

jmagnus · #8 12-16-2007, 11:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Leslie Anne

A "friend" of mine just sent the seller a question. I'll let you know if "she" hears back from him and what he says.

Not to offend anyone, but I am not that stupid. It actually is a friend, not me. Getting charged money I don't have or possibily facing criminal charges...not really my style. I'm the kind of person who would just report the seller to ebay (which I did). Don't get me wrong, it makes me really angry that someone is trying to sell something like this, but I wouldn't do something stupid. Although, I'm not saying that I didn't have a part in the suggestions

And no, I didn't even bother to email HQ. I've sent them things like this in the past and the response is usually quite the brush-off. Unless it is an actual ritual book, they don't want it (no money, archives are full, blah blah blah...) If collectors happen to see this and bid, good for them. In the odd event that they do win, they wasted their money to learn something they could have seen for free.

So yeah, I'll try to keep checking in with you all as much as possible and I'll let you know if I hear anything else.

Leslie Anne · #9 12-16-2007, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by EE-BO

Trusting in the wonderfully wicked ways of Greek Chat, I expect there is someone out there who read this and plans to bid $899.99 right before the auction closes

ooooh! That would be wonderfully wicked!

AGDee · #10 12-16-2007, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by EE-BO

Trusting in the wonderfully wicked ways of Greek Chat, I expect there is someone out there who read this and plans to bid $899.99 right before the auction closes

I thought of that too, then I thought... that could really backfire on someone if the guy didn't really make a bid that high. Also, I believe that I've read in the bidding agreement that if the high bid falls through, the item goes to the next highest bidder. I worried about that when I was bidding on auction after auction last year for a pink DS Lite (the things we do for our kids). I was worried that someone who won an auction that I had lost would back out and I'd end up with two. Therefore, that strategy might not be wise either.

Leslie Anne · #11 12-16-2007, 08:09 PM

Yes, it can backfire on you if he didn't actually place the bid or if he retracts the bid. Otherwise, if you're the second highest bidder it's optional. You get a "second chance" email and you can either accept it or reject it.

AGDee · #12 12-16-2007, 08:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Leslie Anne

Yes, it can backfire on you if he didn't actually place the bid or if he retracts the bid. Otherwise, if you're the second highest bidder it's optional. You get a "second chance" email and you can either accept it or reject it.

That's good to know!