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Originally Posted by nothingx
This reminds me of something I saw on cockeyed.com awhile back. The acution was for an "Awesome 36½ inch flat screen", which would make you think television, but the photos revealed it was clearly a flat WINDOW screen. He wasn't attempting to fraud anyone, he just thought it would be something funny for his website and dupped eBayers would surely figure out the joke when they saw the pictures.... saddly, some didn't! They wrote him emails asking if it would be compatable with their Playstations and high defintion sets!
The aution price went up to a little over a hundred dollars before eBay pulled it citing a violation of their user agreement. I do believe that this kid was probably trying to rip people off by misleading them, but I also think that the poeple that paid for his auctions got what they deserved. C'mon people, a little more attention to detail will serve you well.
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attention to detail?!
the lady is holding a remote control at the "screen." And every picture looks pretty much like a plasma screen--not to mention his widescreen emblem, how well it would go with entertainment components, etc. BTW, projection screens go for a lot more than $100, so even if it was a "screen" those bidders weren't necessarily being stupid or anything.
He would have certainly ran with the money if he had received it, his claim to not want to dupe anyone, notwithstanding.
But whatever, this
kid took some money. He needs to give it back, not go to
prison. That's just a sick attitude to have about what constitutes appropriate punishment.