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You wanna bet?

redneck2013au — Mon, 24 Nov 2014 22:09:36 GMT

There is an auction ending in less then 1 hr. 201222364461 It's Carls suit from the Today Show. Even though Today Show just opened this acct and have 0 feedbacks how much ya wanna bet they won't hold their money for 21 days on a new acct like the rest of us lol.

Re: You wanna bet?

cq_tech — Mon, 24 Nov 2014 22:18:15 GMT

From the listing:

"It's a little bit stanky" - Karl

NOTE - may need dry cleaning ASAP

Under eBay's term & conditions, I thought it was mandatory that used clothing was washed or dry-cleaned before being put up for sale. If we listed an item using those words, it would be pulled immediately. I'd call eBay a bunch of hypocrites except I'd probably start sounding like a broken record.

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character_parties_aus — Mon, 24 Nov 2014 22:34:36 GMT

Never to mind links to websites in the listing description.

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redneck2013au — Mon, 24 Nov 2014 22:36:53 GMT

i doubt it would do any good..you can't call them anything they haven't already been called before lol. Today show should have said bank deposit only. Obviously they haven't seen where Ebay consider themselves a "charitable institution". They'll be happy to accept a nice chunk of that sale.

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aps1080 — Mon, 24 Nov 2014 22:48:19 GMT

I can't believe what it is going for. Just hit $6100.

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cq_tech — Mon, 24 Nov 2014 22:55:43 GMT

What a pity for eBay that their FVF is capped at a maximum of only $250 then...

I see it ended at $6500.

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redneck2013au — Mon, 24 Nov 2014 22:52:38 GMT

that's it!!! i have found a new market. I'm gonna stop doing laudry and start listing all my "stanky" clothes...j/k Well good on ya Carl..the Ebay fees will help pay the weekly wage for at least 30 people.

Re: You wanna bet?

redneck2013au — Mon, 24 Nov 2014 22:53:31 GMT

really?? 250.?

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cq_tech — Mon, 24 Nov 2014 23:01:03 GMT

Yep, that's all. Just as well, too.

Category*	Standard fees	Basic Store Package	Featured Store Package	Anchor Store Package
Fashion Tech accessories Media Collectables	9.9%	9.5%	8.5%	7.5%
Technology Home Appliances (where the buyer pays $200 or more)	6%	5%	4%
All other categories	8%	7%	6%
Final value fee cap (maximum charge per item)	$250.00

Re: You wanna bet?

lizzy6107 — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 05:51:14 GMT

I bet it's not even the today show.. probably a scam.

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lyndal1838 — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 06:03:11 GMT

@cq_tech wrote:
What a pity for eBay that their FVF is capped at a maximum of only $250 then...

I see it ended at $6500.

It is a pity the winning bidder is NARUed....that lowers the price by several hundred dollars.

Re: You wanna bet?

character_parties_aus — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 06:07:41 GMT

the winning bidder is 'no longer a registered user'

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i-love-my-sheep — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 06:10:42 GMT

Did you see the bid retractions at the bottom of the bid history? One for $17,500 and one for $25,000. People are insane.

I find it very interesting (and suspicious) that the 0 FB winner is NARU already. A shill bidder maybe?

Re: You wanna bet?

aps1080 — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 06:13:08 GMT

NARU being ?????

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i-love-my-sheep — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 06:56:25 GMT

@aps1080 wrote:
NARU being ?????

Not a Registered User - eBay shut their account down.

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imastawka — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 07:07:38 GMT

So.....what happened, then?

Sorry - bit blurry

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i-love-my-sheep — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 08:13:40 GMT

Only thing I can think of is a shill account and they got caught.

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digital*ghost — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 08:22:11 GMT

The original winner could have been deregistered for a range of other reasons, though.

Once someone places a bid, or wins an item, the seller can request contact details, and on an item like that (reaching that price, more particularly), I certainly would be tempted to check out the newly registered, 0-FBacker. If they had false contact details, and/or were found to be associated with an already banned account, eBay would deregister the new one.

For a high profile seller and auction, anyway. Gotta keep (some of) the market place (looking) safe.