Tempest Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 Anyone want to explain this one? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=120395956351 I can understand a 2 feedback shill bidder raising the price to stupid levels, but then there's the 800+ feedback user with a $177 bid on a $75 max item (more like $50 really). I'm dumbfounded. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhwolfman Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 (edited) Anyone want to explain this one? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=120395956351 I can understand a 2 feedback shill bidder raising the price to stupid levels, but then there's the 800+ feedback user with a $177 bid on a $75 max item (more like $50 really). I'm dumbfounded. Tempest Maybe he thinks the computer comes with it, even then. There is , for sure, Hanky Panky going on. Edited March 29, 2009 by hhwolfman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 I'm dumbfounded. Tempest So am I, considering I just had to move this thread to the proper place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homerwannabee Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 I'm dumbfounded. Tempest So am I, considering I just had to move this thread to the proper place. Now, if Tempest really wanted to be evil, he could move the thread back to it's original place since he is also Global Moderator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirage Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 Huh? I'm confused. Going by the auction title, it implies to me it is the computer, it just happens to be boxed. But then his answer to the question says (I think) that there is no computer? So, it's a box with the other stuff thrown in? Yeah, that's a crazy price, even if a 400 was in the box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetset Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 Umm....because it's misleading. VINTAGE ATARI 400/800 COMPUTER 2 GAMES 2 JOYSTICKS MIB Heavily implies there's a computer being sold, not just a box and some accessories. Granted, the buyer was clearly not paying attention for bidding when Q & A section tells you there's no computer, but it's otherwise very misleading, no doubt purposefully so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted March 29, 2009 Author Share Posted March 29, 2009 Personally I just wanted the Entertainer box... Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirage Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 Yeah, it's misleading, and I think intentionally. At least he did answer the question (sort of, not as clearly as I would have liked). In the auction title, it does not say BOX, until MIB. There's not much to be MINT in the BOX, now is there?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckwalla Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 Sorry for the thread duplicate. I agree, the whole thing is worth ~$50. In fact, I think that's what I paid years ago at Best Electronics or Video 61 for two new joysticks and two boxed games. What a deal for the vendor if all is as it appears Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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