Buyatari Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 With the links and all........incredible. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=190273771894 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STGuy1040 Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 What the hell? Report his ass! I'm sure AA can do something about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iwan-iwanowitsch-goratschin Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 PR for free! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 Nice. I've seen this sort of thing before. Wish I had seen this sooner--I could have some fun with all the hotlinked images. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monzamess Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 You still got 3 hours! I'm sure an unfiltered Google image search for "double ender" will turn up some interesting pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buyatari Posted December 15, 2008 Author Share Posted December 15, 2008 Hmm might be better if he can't end it. What if you change the pic to show a lot of 300 or so cartridges. Then add the text "this auction is for all 295 cartdidges pictured" That will sure be hell for him to deal with once the auction ends with a bidder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 Hmm might be better if he can't end it. What if you change the pic to show a lot of 300 or so cartridges. Then add the text "this auction is for all 295 cartdidges pictured" That will sure be hell for him to deal with once the auction ends with a bidder. LOL that would be hilarious. If someone wants to make an interesting picture for me (nothing disgusting or perverse--all the links DO go back to AtariAge), I can quickly swap it out. Even something simple like, "I HOTLINKED THIS IMAGE AND NEARLY ALL THE TEXT ON THIS PAGE AND DIDN'T ASK FOR PERMISSION. THE GAME PICTURED WASN'T THE ACTUAL GAME BEING SOLD." ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Beard Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 Why not use this picture? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iwan-iwanowitsch-goratschin Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 Hmm might be better if he can't end it. What if you change the pic to show a lot of 300 or so cartridges. Then add the text "this auction is for all 295 cartdidges pictured" That will sure be hell for him to deal with once the auction ends with a bidder. LOL that would be hilarious. If someone wants to make an interesting picture for me (nothing disgusting or perverse--all the links DO go back to AtariAge), I can quickly swap it out. Even something simple like, "I HOTLINKED THIS IMAGE AND NEARLY ALL THE TEXT ON THIS PAGE AND DIDN'T ASK FOR PERMISSION. THE GAME PICTURED WASN'T THE ACTUAL GAME BEING SOLD." ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buyatari Posted December 15, 2008 Author Share Posted December 15, 2008 (edited) I say swap it out for the rare red label Lochjaw Edited December 15, 2008 by Buyatari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Beard Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 In this seller's defense, he didn't steal all the text from AA. I can't picture Al ever writing, "THIS GAME GO'S FOR $100 AS IS" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 Refresh the auction. Unfortunately he added a gallery image, which is shown at the top and bottom of the auction still. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 LOL Priceless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STGuy1040 Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 LOL! He's selling the best game of all time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckrtech Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 I almost did an "ask seller a question" and said: Hi - Is this auction really for the E.T. game in the picture? I am confused. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 I almost did an "ask seller a question" and said: Hi - Is this auction really for the E.T. game in the picture? I am confused. You should have, would have been amusing to see his/her response. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumbai Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 ...and here I thought it was tasteless when sellers reproduce Wikipedia articles in full for listings... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supercat Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 (edited) Refresh the auction. Unfortunately he added a gallery image, which is shown at the top and bottom of the auction still. It would probably require more effort than it would be worth, but what would be particularly amusing would be if you kept a cache of which IP addresses had accessed pictures from which eBay items, such that the first IP address to access a picture from a particular eBay item would always see it correctly, while others would see some other arbitrarily-selected picture (what would be most cool, IMHO, would be a picture of a common cart or box with a post-it note bearing the name of the game, using the same general concept as the Church Sign Generator, etc.) Give the impression of "I'm selling this rare game, mint with box. The mint box happens to be from some other common game, but it's a mint box." If reloads from the first IP to post the item keep showing the good picture, sellers may not realize what buyers are talking about when they ask questions. (incidentally, I think any good auction site should insist upon hosting pictures themselves, so as to maintain a record of what pictures were associated with what items). Edited December 16, 2008 by supercat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumbai Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 (incidentally, I think any good auction site should insist upon hosting pictures themselves, so as to maintain a record of what pictures were associated with what items). Shhh... don't give eBay any more idea for required seller surcharges. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supercat Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 (incidentally, I think any good auction site should insist upon hosting pictures themselves, so as to maintain a record of what pictures were associated with what items). Shhh... don't give eBay any more idea for required seller surcharges. They're perfectly capable of adding surcharges for things whether or not they add real value, so what's wrong with suggesting something which would at least add some value for the money? Under the present system, it would be pretty easy for someone to show a picture of a high-quality item, wait until they'd gotten a good bid, and then replace it with a picture of a crummy item. I'm unaware of any means by which the buyer could prove that when the bid was placed the seller's site showed a quality item. I don't know if any scammers presently play that game, but it would be easy for them to do so. IMHO, any material change to an item's description or pictures should constitute a legitimate basis for a prospective purchaser to withdraw a bid; a seller who changes his listing should be able to demand that within a specified time a buyer must either reaffirm his bid (after having noted the changes) or have the bid canceled, but a bidder should not be forced to buy something whose description is materially different from what he bid on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 It would probably require more effort than it would be worth, but what would be particularly amusing would be if you kept a cache of which IP addresses had accessed pictures from which eBay items, such that the first IP address to access a picture from a particular eBay item would always see it correctly, while others would see some other arbitrarily-selected picture (what would be most cool, IMHO, would be a picture of a common cart or box with a post-it note bearing the name of the game, using the same general concept as the Church Sign Generator, etc.) Give the impression of "I'm selling this rare game, mint with box. The mint box happens to be from some other common game, but it's a mint box." If reloads from the first IP to post the item keep showing the good picture, sellers may not realize what buyers are talking about when they ask questions. That is an amusing idea and it would be a lot of fun to do. The easiest thing is to simply block any image references coming from eBay. I had remote linking disabled for a while, but then I was running some auctions on eBay and using AtariAge to host the images, so I turned that off. Probably should turn it back on since I'm not running any auctions at present. (incidentally, I think any good auction site should insist upon hosting pictures themselves, so as to maintain a record of what pictures were associated with what items). I'm sure eBay does this as a cost saving measure (images hosted elsewhere aren't costing them any bandwidth) and because they'd need a good system for uploading images and then referencing them in HTML that people use in their descriptions. And given the horrible user interfaces I've seen on eBay's site, I'm quite confident they'd screw this one up as well. Your suggestion wouldn't stop people from simply copying the images instead of hotlinking them directly. I do agree that eBay should "archive" successfully ended auctions, in case a dispute does arise later. Just another fine example of something eBay could do to improve their service (and something I'm sure has been suggested to them countless times), but doesn't. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buyatari Posted December 16, 2008 Author Share Posted December 16, 2008 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=140288945625 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the.golden.ax Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=140288945625 HAAAAAA! I can't believe they used the persons eBay name in the joke... that's great! AX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=140288945625 Awesome. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariLeaf Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 OMG thats hilarious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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