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Re: Another ebay scammer
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lugnet.market.auction
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Tue, 5 Oct 1999 04:46:38 GMT
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Troy Cefaratti <dnbnprime@=AntiSpam=hotmail.com>
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> I am really curious as to why these over-ambitious capitalists are • considered
> scam artists. None of these listings openly lie about the products, true • they
> don't come out and advertise their competition, but they break no laws. • These
> sellers are simply trying to make easy money. What is the difference • between
> what they do and what a retail outlet does, both mark product up to make a
> profit. These ebay bidders are not tricked or coerced into making their • bids,
> they believe that the product is worth the amount they are willing to • spend.
> Around here KB toys typically charges about 10% above retail on all sets, • but
> no one gets upset or hostile toward them, we just purchase elsewhere.
"not available in stores" implies that you cannot get the set yourself.
Also, did you see the editing on the image? I'm sure that there was a price
or a phone number there. Misleading again.
The difference between this and KB is that there is a BIG difference between
a 10% markup over retail and a 100% markup over retail.
The difference between this and say a lot that gets bid up to an extravagant
ammount is that this set had an opening bid that was extravagant.
Unfortunately, I really don't see a solution to the problem. It really is
the bidders fault if they are not educated enough on the product to know
what a fair price is. And evidently one person did think that this was a
fair price for this set, or else they wouldn't have bid on it.
I must admit though, that this one isn't as bad as some of the McDonalds
ones recently.....
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Message has 3 Replies:
 | | Re: Another ebay scammer
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| (...) Um, it's WORSE than the McD sets. It's not a limited time set, and the starting bid was 400% markup, and if the guy used the buy-5-save-$4.50 deal in the S@H catalogs, it was a 600% markup. Believe it or not, some of us PAID $11 for that McD (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
| | | Re: Another ebay scammer
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| (...) Now here's where you might have a legitimate beef. If the seller has modified the image, they are definitely violating fair use guidelines of TLG copyrighted material. Unfortuanately, eBay might not do anything unless TLG pursued the issue. Of (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
| | | Re: Another ebay scammer
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| Troy Cefaratti wrote in message ... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) price (...) As Troy pointed out, the auction ((URL) mentions not available in stores. This is false advertising because I have personally purchased this set in a store. Granted that (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Another ebay scammer
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| I am really curious as to why these over-ambitious capitalists are considered scam artists. None of these listings openly lie about the products, true they don't come out and advertise their competition, but they break no laws. These sellers are (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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