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You should contact ebay about the fraud...they have people that look deeper into these kinds of things. |
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Sorry, not near as good as the Draw Thief video. |
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I don't really see a problem. People buy and sell all kinds of property based on not having the funds in expectation of a future transaction all the time. |
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Looks like he was dealing on this thread also: |
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Ryan Kelly wrote:Sorry, not near as good as the Draw Thief video. By the looks of it he "strung you along" for a day and a half? Seems fairly standard due diligence when purchasing something over the internet IMHO. Is he a douchebag for taking your exact pictures and description and posting them on eBay before actually buying the jacket, sure. But I didn't see any sign that you had other offers that you turned down because of this guy, or that he strung you along for a week. You offered a price and found a potential buyer at that price. If he wants to put the time and energy into reselling it for a profit that's his deal. Welcome to capitalism.I think your missing the point here... the problem is that he tried to resell the item without even having the item in hand in the first place. For one, what if something happened and the sale fell through the in first place? Then the person that bought the jacket from the fraud is out his money, or at the very least has to go through the hassle of filing a complaint with eBay/Paypal. Bottom line is you don't sell something that's not yours... even if it *might* be yours in the near future. |
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Pretty common arbitrage tactic for ebay pros. There are actually people who make a good living off this form of 'sell first buy later'. Many will look for an item with BuyItNow of $X here, and relist it in the EU with the same pics.... then have the domestic seller actually ship it directly to the buyer in the EU, instructing them not to include a price receipt because it is a "present" for a family member. Boom, money made. |
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Many people do business that way. I don't really see a problem He is seeing if there is a market for an item he sees as a good value, to make a PROFIT. Just my point of view. |
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Robert Buswold wrote: I think your missing the point here... the problem is that he tried to resell the item without even having the item in hand in the first place. For one, what if something happened and the sale fell through the in first place? Then the person that bought the jacket from the fraud is out his money, or at the very least has to go through the hassle of filing a complaint with eBay/Paypal. Bottom line is you don't sell something that's not yours... even if it *might* be yours in the near future.No Robert, I didn't miss that point at all. I agree that it's kinda lame, and as a seller I'd want to know if a potential buyer had a history of this - as I'd prefer to sell my gear at a good price to someone who will actually use it and appreciate the deal, then someone who is just out to make a buck. However, and as Mark also pointed out, this kind of thing happens all the damn time. It happens in the business world with multi-million dollar deals and big promises. Sure the guy misrepresented what he had - or in this case, didn't. And I dunno, maybe eBay has some sort of clause in the fine print against this. But basically he was feeling out the market. I find it more offensive that he reused the pics and description verbatim than he offered up something he doesn't have. I disagree with your 'bottom line'. I do think that it's 'lame', for lack of a better word, but not fraud. |
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I guess this stuff happens all the time...but, here's a warning if you're gonna try it! |
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AJS wrote:I guess this stuff happens all the time...but, here's a warning if you're gonna try it! reddit.com/r/funny/comments…hahaha thats awesome! |
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AJS wrote:I guess this stuff happens all the time...but, here's a warning if you're gonna try it! reddit.com/r/funny/comments…That's funny, but also a completely different situation. The purchaser in that situation entered an agreement, through the auction, to purchase the tickets. |
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God Bless 'merica!! |
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jeep1212 wrote:So, yes, I was hoping that I could sell it if I didnt fit me -- makes sense, right? -- selling things that dont fit. I was going to buy the parka, try it on, and if it didnt fit, it would already be listed on ebay, so I wouldnt have to wait a week to sell it. Of course I would have taken a new picture and updated the description with my thoughts on the condition. If it fit, I would have just ended the auction.It probably would have been best if you just stayed silent instead of posting up this bullshit. As a lot of us agreed, you're not a thief, just a douchebag. Your rationale for setting up the auction is just crap. jeep1212 wrote:And stay classy Evan!There's a saying for this... something about a glass house and stones. |
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jeep1212 wrote:a girl (me). (not to many 300lb climbers out there).You're a 300 pound female climber? Riiiiiiiight. |
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EDIT: (Sorry I should have read all the posts before entering the following) |
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Ryan Kelly wrote:[regarding jeep1212's reply] It probably would have been best if you just stayed silent instead of posting up this bullshit. As a lot of us agreed, you're not a thief, just a douchebag. Your rationale for setting up the auction is just crap.+1, absolute crap. And I mean ABSOLUTE crap. Plus your "possible $20" profit is BS; you know damn well your margin starts at $38 based on your opening price and Evan's quoted $268 for Priority. Lastly, Evan's built social equity on this site by contributing over the years, we certainly trust and consider him one of our own long before someone who just joined 3 days ago... so if you're going to try and call him out and drop backhanded insults you better come with some better shit than the above. |
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Cindy Mitchell wrote: You're a 300 pound female climber? Riiiiiiiight.This is what I was thinking. |
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At 300, Those have got to be some seriously large tits |
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Erik W wrote: Plus your "possible $20" profit is BS; you know damn well your margin starts at $38 based on your opening price and Evan's quoted $268 for Priority.Geez, my math is poor or did I see the eBay listing at 350, with 20 bucks for shipping? That's 268 v 370. That ain't a $38 buck profit. This stuff is pretty amazing. I can't imagine its legal to list something for sale that you don't have possession of. Businesses get shut down on doing that. Maybe individuals get away with it because they're smaller fish? Pretty shady at the least. Talk about hedging bets. Something to keep an eye out for, to be sure. Doesn't seem fair to the folks trying to legitimately buy and sell stuff. Bait and switch for at least one of the parties. Crazy. |