@*tippy*toes* wrote:
There is no helping some people. I am now convinced the world has gone mad. In 12 minutes, it's now up to 263. Sadly, I've stopped feeling sorry for these people. Even if you could tell them it was a scam, they'd still buy it.
Now up to 266 since I started this post 2 minutes ago. I'm even more convinced people are so gullible, in a time when people should be more careful than ever!
Now 267.
I haven't seen the listing but I am wondering if the very number sold is actually helping to convince newish ebay buyers that the seller is legit.
When you see an item with 267 previous sales, it could look like a regular, steady seller.
For me, I'd be looking up their feedback and if they had very little or none for that product, that would give me immediate pause, it would strike me as suspicious..
Hundreds of new items at well under retail would also make me wonder if the items, even if available, were fakes, cheap knock offs.
I think there are a certain number of buyers out there who might suspect fakes and don't care, as long as it's cheap, but haven't looked beyond that to a bigger scam where they might get nothing.
And there are some other more experienced buyers of usually good intelligence (I know of one as I had to work hard to convince her not to bid under any circumstances on an item some time ago) who are willing to take a risk even if you outright tell them it's a scam with no item, because their response is, "I can just get my money back if i don't get it."
Makes me shudder as so much can go wrong with that.
