Bad kids lose presents to Ebay

[yoda313]

Hello,

http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/4023140/detail.html

Boy I'm glad ebay wasn't around when I was their age!! (not that I was ever really bad.....

But the threat of that is pretty big for that age group...

Kevin

[MrMoody]

Aw, man. Yet another Ebay seller comes up with an imaginative story to sell his merchandise. He bought his kids 3 video game systems, yeah right. There's a sucker born every minute.

[zzyzzx]

The man decided that his children were being naughty instead of nice -- and he's taught them a lesson by auctioning their presents on eBay.

[yoda313]

Hello,

He should have kept one of them for himself to play at work!!

Kevin

[bazooka]

That would suck.

That will get the kids to behave next year.

[zzyzzx]

I think I found the actual auction:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=62054&item=8156925428

[SLICK RICK]

I think I found the actual auction:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=62054&item=8156925428

Yep, looks like a perfect fit.

[yoda313]

I think I found the actual auction:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=62054&item=8156925428

Yep, looks like a perfect fit.

Hello,

WOW! Great find there zzyzzx

Kevin

[Goober57]

The father's solution won't solve the problem.

The only thing that will work is a swift
kick in the pants.

Don't flame me if you don't know
what I'm talking about.

It worked about 40 years ago, and it will still work today.

____________

[zzyzzx]

http://maddox.xmission.com/beat.html

[zzyzzx]

[Goober57]

Perfect!

Now I'll have a nice Christmas!

____________

[bazooka]

The kids will behave next time

[JohnnyCNote]

If kids that age are misbehaving, there's a good chance the problem is with the parents....

[freestyler]

Why bother with eBay when you can just return the dumb gifts and get your money back?

I'm callin' bullshit on this one, sounds like a publicity stunt to attract attention to his everyday auctions...

We hear this every year.

[Tommyknocker]

They took the item off. Guess I want see the auction to make up my own mind.

[Capmaster]

I suspect ...........

...........



Clever gimmick, though It got us talking about it, didn't it

[bazooka]

The bids fell short of the asking price and he is threatening to reauction or take the stuff back to the store.

[Tommyknocker]

Hmmm. Looks like Da Prez had it pegged from square one.

[handyguy]

"The bids fell short of the asking price and he is threatening to reauction or take the stuff back to the store."

Doesn't say that when you look at it.

[bazooka]

Doesn't say that when you look at it.

It was in today's newspaper.

www.dallasnews.com

The Dallas Morning News

[zzyzzx]

I think he was either not getting the price he wanted or got to many phoney bidders (like the one witha -2 rating, etc.). And so he took it back to the store. I stil think it's real though.

[bazooka]

It is real.

The kids did not believe the father would do it.

[Tommyknocker]

Rumor has it the same thing happens every year.

[zzyzzx]

Auction is back up on eBay here:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=62054&item=8157047854


CNN article about this here:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/12/25/ebay.gifts.ap/index.html

[yoda313]

Auction is back up on eBay here:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=62054&item=8157047854

Hello,

The "NEVER ENDING AUCTION"

What about those listing fees???? That gets a little pricy when the starting bids are high

Kevin

[bazooka]

Auction is back up on eBay here:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=62054&item=8157047854

Hello,

The "NEVER ENDING AUCTION"

What about those listing fees???? That gets a little pricy when the starting bids are high

Kevin

He don't care.

He is in the IT field.

He originally paid $700 for the stuff.

[JohnnyCNote]

The whole thing sounds fishy. He could simply take the stuff back to the store to make his point. Why does he need to air his dirty laundry in public this way?

[yoda313]

The whole thing sounds fishy. He could simply take the stuff back to the store to make his point. Why does he need to air his dirty laundry in public this way?

Hello,

Jerry Springer was booked!!!

Kevin

[JohnnyCNote]

Maybe that's what he's after, a spot on Springer....