What's the craziest thing you've bought or sold on eBay?

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  1. weazel200

    weazel200 Regular member

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    I've never used eBay but I hear people buy weird things on there. e.g. Someone bought a supermarket carrier bag and another person bought a £1 coin for £5. If you have any experience tell us all here. There must be someone?
     
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    creaky Moderator Staff Member

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    i've seen some classics on there, like some twigs, a half eaten biscuit, a bag of air, that radio dj's wife who sold his cherished sports car due to him cheating on her. i've used ebay a lot but there's some scary, deranged people out there
     
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    never used eBay but i remember reading this in the news "Last year, a half-eaten banana signed by the GMTV presenter Kate Garraway fetched £1,650 in an eBay auction, after a round of furious bidding." crazy!!
     
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    Lethal_B Moderator Staff Member

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    i ebay all the time the wierdest thing i got was a coathanger for 50 p or somethin!!!


    (what??? it looked nice at the time!!!)

    for real!

    lethal
     
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  6. slnixon

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    The craziest thing I've ever bought on eBay was a pack of (supposedly) Taiyo Yuden blank dvd-r's. I'm too ashamed to say just how many I bought before finding out the hard way, that they were fakes. Wanna learn a lesson from a fool? Don't buy ANY media on eBay!! I won't say the seller, because You should stay away from any media from any seller on eBay! Buy from sellers suggested on this site and You're chances of getting authentics is better!
     
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    I mean i can't say that all media is fake on ebay but it sure cost a lot. I paid some blank dvd+r for 70cent each. It was not even good quilty. I try to bin on veribatm but the price was outrages.
     
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  9. slnixon

    slnixon Member

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    I'm sure not all media on eBay is fake either, but Ya gotta ask "is it worth the risk?". To some, maybe, but I'm burnt on it...
     
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    You know, if You really analyze it, fake media is kinda like a virus. Whether a virus is for real or a hoax, hoaxes cause problems too. When I started having problems with this fake TY crap I bought on eBay, I thought maybe my firmware was buggy, so I went through that for about two days, then I thought my ASPI was goin' nuts, so I made some changes with that for about two days, then I started questioning my media and bought some Verbatim discs--WHAALAA! I finally found my problem and started investigating. Others who have bought from this same seller that I bought from, have had the same problems. I know because I read alot here on the forums and found someone who had purchased from the same seller on eBay. Anyway, to make a long story longer, I'm sending the fakes back to the guy and getting back some of the money that was ripped off from me. Again, learn a lesson from someone else's mistake...
     
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    @doggy bot

    there that much cause you get 5 of them.
     
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    Didnt see, sorry...
     
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    Someone tried to sell Canada once. I didn't made bid for it.
     
    romero, Aug 22, 2005
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  15. Alien13

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    Someone tried to sell a piece of nutri grain coz it looked like E.T, i didnt bid tho.
     
    Alien13, Aug 22, 2005
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  16. aabbccdd

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    your right e-bay is NOT the place to buy blank media period why even take the chance stick with supermedia store,meritline,rima or newegg
    and as far as buying stuff from e-bay i buy LOTS of music CDs from there you can find really great deals for under 10 buck all the time even new stuff
     
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    I've sold quite a bit of media on ebay.I don't sell the cheap crappy kind.Sony and maxells.

    Early this year,I sold an attachment for a ryobi weedeater.It was a set of hedge trimmers. By the time the bidder payed ups shipping from ohio to pennsylvania,it was about $80.

    During the time span I had them on auction,Lowes home improvement had the same hedge trimmers for $65 on clearance, LOL

    My factory I work at sold some used robots on ebay.I didn't have the net during that time so I couldn't see how much they got out of them.
     
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    a hooker...ok it might happen someday.call it E-PIMP or PIMP-BAY...P-BAY...i got craps and the clap,a stripper to dance on my lap..on EEE-BAYYY!!!
     
    sui-cyco, Aug 23, 2005
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  19. J-Kwon

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    My mate bought a used rubber chicken LOL,

    "Benji loves et"
     
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    I was reading in a record book once that a guy attempted to sell his family of four on eBay but the auction was closed because it was against rules. Recently in TIME magazine they mentioned that a farmer in China sold 16 dairy cows to pay for wedding expenses, delivery was not included, LMAO!!
     
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