Funny Thing About Ebay
beanman25
01-10-2006 07:27:02
I listed my referral link, and in the description put do not bid. and its at 41$
TFOAF
01-10-2006 07:28:38
Huh? ?
Referral link for what?
beanman25
01-10-2006 07:29:48
for this dsliteisfree, just to get referrals, but i said not to bid. It has like 15 people watching it and its at 41$
TFOAF
01-10-2006 07:31:05
rofl. So they're bidding on your referral link?
Lemme see. D
Darkside
01-10-2006 07:32:52
your gonna get kicked off ebay.
cwncool
01-10-2006 07:38:54
[quotedcb8fd36d9="Darkside"]your gonna get kicked off ebay.[/quotedcb8fd36d9]
yeah. probably. if you really didn't want people bidding you should have set a reserve for like $500 or something. now it seems as if you are deep in a large, steaming pile of doo-doo. hopefully it gets worked out though. lol.
VrExe
01-10-2006 07:41:47
Ya alot of people got banned for doing such thing. Cuz the buyer usually reports that it was a scam.
freaky1718
01-10-2006 07:44:17
not they should not they are agreeing to the terms tell them that tehy would get nothing in return for paying for the item or print them out the refferal link and mail it out lol
beanman25
01-10-2006 07:46:55
60.97
ilanbg
01-10-2006 07:51:50
Just withdraw the bid. I hate those fucking auctions and report every ref link I come across.
beanman25
01-10-2006 07:53:38
how do i do that
beanman25
01-10-2006 08:08:09
how can i cancel the auction?
Dave82
01-10-2006 08:32:23
Haha, no surprise, all the bidders are new or have less than three feedbacks.
beanman25
01-10-2006 08:33:45
yea theres one with like 23 i think
It's not necessarily true he'll get in deep for it... When I did FreeiPods (when it was 20gig monochrome), I made a listing on eBay and "sold" my referral link for $20-some and even got positive feedback for it.
beanman25
01-10-2006 08:56:29
what should i tell the winning bidder then
J4320
01-10-2006 09:11:32
[quote86153341c4="beanman25"]what should i tell the winning bidder then[/quote86153341c4]
To read the damn auction...
beanman25
01-10-2006 09:14:27
ha, thats true, should i just send them the link and make them pay>
tylerc
01-10-2006 09:37:15
I used to do this for a while until eBay started pulling them and I had some people bid on my auction for 1 cent and stuff like that, but they never paid.
beanman25
01-10-2006 11:19:39
winning bid, ......80$
egyptianruin
01-10-2006 11:31:22
lmao omg I want to see this auction. It's so funny when people do not read what the actual auction is for. I read everything in fine detail and ask questions before placing a bid (sigh)
AstonisheD
01-10-2006 11:59:17
dude tell them to pay, you clearly state that its a referral link, nothing else, and they bid.. LOL if they dont pay contact ebay..
its just like that situationw here the guy soldan xbox 360 BOX for like $200 and the other guy had to pay -.-
BD2006BD
01-10-2006 12:11:13
no, they do not have to pay. I would definately rather get a negative feedback instead of paying $80 for a ref link. He could explain how he thought it was something else and try to work it out by paying the relist fee. If the seller is an ass, he could leave negative feedback..but he will get one in return and one negative isn't the end of the world.
beanman25
01-10-2006 12:13:35
what would be best for me to do
BD2006BD
01-10-2006 12:19:28
Send him a message saying something about thanks for winning my dsliteisfree referral link! The total is - blah blah. If you want to..i'm not sure what to do really.
BTW did you get any yellows/greens?
beanman25
01-10-2006 12:31:30
yea, 2 greens, and like 15 others signed up
tjwor
01-10-2006 14:39:18
just to let you know, when freeipods.com was new, I did this and got over 20 greens on my ipod site, but I lost my ebay and paypal account because people were buying the auctions, even though over 10 times in each auction, in huge red letters it said "Do Not Bid On This Item, There is Nothing For Sale, You Will Receive Nothing if You Win This Auction" people were paying hundreds of dollars and sending it to my paypal, I was refunding the money when I got it but ebay and paypal still got all pissed about it... good luck with your account...
x323smostwantedx
01-10-2006 14:40:57
[quote4ed058d50b="tjwor"]just to let you know, when freeipods.com was new, I did this and got over 20 greens on my iPod site, but I lost my ebay and paypal account because people were buying the auctions, even though over 10 times in each auction, in huge red letters it said "Do Not Bid On This Item, There is Nothing For Sale, You Will Receive Nothing if You Win This Auction" people were paying hundreds of dollars and sending it to my paypal, I was refunding the money when I got it but ebay and paypal still got all pissed about it... good luck with your account...[/quote4ed058d50b]
Me 2, I completed a couple of sites doing this, and they cancelled my account a couple of times for like a month and I havent done it since
Daggoth
01-10-2006 14:43:20
[quotee3d04e43ce="tjwor"]just to let you know, when freeipods.com was new, I did this and got over 20 greens on my iPod site, but I lost my ebay and paypal account because people were buying the auctions, even though over 10 times in each auction, in huge red letters it said "Do Not Bid On This Item, There is Nothing For Sale, You Will Receive Nothing if You Win This Auction" people were paying hundreds of dollars and sending it to my paypal, I was refunding the money when I got it but ebay and paypal still got all pissed about it... good luck with your account...[/quotee3d04e43ce]
shock shock shock shock shock shock shock shock
beanman25
01-10-2006 15:48:13
the first time?
AstonisheD
01-10-2006 16:30:22
maybe if a person puts a reserve on it like $500, people wont pay?
tylerc
01-10-2006 17:07:25
Start bids at like $10000.
mikeman565
01-10-2006 17:32:59
What exactly do you do though? Say "Free Ipod". I dont get it. Can one of you that got it to work please explain for me, a pm would be fine.
Daggoth
01-10-2006 17:39:57
I wouldn't risk your ebay account and/or paypal account so you can get a few extra greens with the chance of your referral link being reported.
unknown uchiha
01-10-2006 18:02:22
I just listed my DSLiteIsFree link, hopefully nobody reports me =/
ilanbg
01-10-2006 18:11:00
Stop making those types of auctions, you assholes.
mnx12
01-10-2006 18:37:53
I used to do that too, but then ebay warned me so I stopped. I would say they no longer tolerate it...
megotcash
01-10-2006 19:33:21
ya, you will loose your account if the auction gets over and the bidder gets pissed. you need to cancel the auction before it ends. otherwise you will be in trouble, despite if you are in the right. i've seen a good number of people loose their accounts over this stuff.
unknown uchiha
01-10-2006 19:43:52
My format is that they pay $1.00 for the info (I couldn't set it to $0.01 for some reason, any help on this?) and they get refunded upon request.
unknown uchiha
02-10-2006 21:21:07
liliI have one green and four yellows so farlili
x323smostwantedx
02-10-2006 21:38:50
[quote563a539e65="unknown uchiha"]liliI have one green and four yellows so farlili[/quote563a539e65]
Link?
so i can report you, j/k[/size563a539e65]
Daggoth
02-10-2006 21:50:15
unknown uchiha
02-10-2006 22:01:43
Daggoth Yeah. I couldn't find my real proof pics so I ripped a few =X
Daggoth
02-10-2006 22:11:44
[quoteea23eaecd1="unknown uchiha"]Daggoth Yeah. I couldn't find my real proof pics so I ripped a few =X[/quoteea23eaecd1]
At least the referral link wasn't on the auction.
x323smostwantedx
02-10-2006 22:16:31
[quote136b1977af="Daggoth"]
At least the referral link wasn't on the auction.[/quote136b1977af]
And what do u call this?
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unknown uchiha
02-10-2006 22:22:21
Yeah I put that there so like people who didn't want to pay for the item could click on it there.
Daggoth
02-10-2006 22:33:19
Sorry, I only took a cursory glance.
winkie
03-10-2006 15:00:09
[quotee1c97699e6="unknown uchiha"]Daggoth Yeah. I couldn't find my real proof pics so I ripped a few =X[/quotee1c97699e6]
wow, you stole my pic of my nano, and didnt even give credit to the correct site
p.s. photographers dont like it when ppl steal their stuff...
tylerc
03-10-2006 17:40:15
It's a photo for an eBay auction.
Chill.
winkie
03-10-2006 17:55:04
I just think if the photographer has copyright to the picture, the person should at least ask for permission to use the pic. that is all
tylerc
03-10-2006 18:14:02
I could understand using a picture that you took that is more...artistic, but a picture of a Nano?
Same reason why gettyimages charges high prices to use their photos once. shrug
You're entitled to copyrights, and each individual is protected under the fair use law (or act, i dunno.) as long as the "work" is not used to make financial gains. Which, unfortunately, unknown uchiha is doing.
unknown uchiha
03-10-2006 18:23:29
I'm sorry if my taking your picture offended you, wasn't aware that it was "copyrighted"
Everything on the internet is copyrighted. It doesn't necessarily mean it has to have a copright notice on it to be copyrighted.
Sorry if I'm giving you a hard time, I just had a "lesson" on copyright laws a couple of weeks ago in my Flash MX class so it's still fresh in my mind.
TFOAF
04-10-2006 13:00:58
ilanbg
04-10-2006 13:38:49
[quoteff4e7cb941="Psyc"]Everything on the internet is copyrighted. It doesn't necessarily mean it has to have a copright notice on it to be copyrighted.
Sorry if I'm giving you a hard time, I just had a "lesson" on copyright laws a couple of weeks ago in my Flash MX class so it's still fresh in my mind.[/quoteff4e7cb941]
Sorry, but that wouldn't hold up in court, and there's nothing anyone can do to prevent anyone else from using pictures or proof shots or whatever.
Why the hell would anyone care about a simple picture like that? You planning on selling it in an art gallery?
[quoteff4e7cb941="TFOAF"]Hey, someone just pointed out to me.
Click This.[=http//cgi.ebay.com/FREE-Nintendo-DS-Lite-READ-INSTRUCTIONS-EASY-FREE_W0QQitemZ110039732306QQihZ001QQcategoryZ62054QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item110039732306]Click This.
Click it...you'll see. He's claiming he received $950 from GetRewardz...that's my image. Please remove it, because that's a lie. You did NOT receive $950 from GetRewardz.[/quoteff4e7cb941]
Just report his ref link.
winkie
05-10-2006 11:46:41
I am quite aware that this isnt something to sue over, never suggested I would.
I have been previously asked by other people if they could use an image I had posted... I've typically always allowed them to use it. (granted this was before I obtained a dSLR). However, I probably would have still let him use the pic of my nano if he had just asked.
This has been my gripe since the very beginning. He took without asking, and then on his auction gave credit to the wrong freebie network... slightly irritating.
geej86
05-10-2006 12:03:38
if i did an auction like this i'd use random proof pics too, i don't have a camera right now anyway (and lazy). it's not like this is his first freebie and hes blatently lying about receiving other stuff previously. he just made the mistake of using someones pic that someone in this thread would recognize, i mean it's a picture of a nintendo not a sunset so who cares
winkie
05-10-2006 12:16:38
I dont care any more... I simply just pulled my pic. He had directly linked to my hosting site.
geej86, why dont you go ask that question to any commercial photographer... see what their response is....
ilanbg
05-10-2006 15:54:05
[quote5e0f77b061="winkie"]geej86, why dont you go ask that question to any commercial photographer... see what their response is....[/quote5e0f77b061]
Here is the thing You are not a commercial photographer and that is not a commercial photograph. The picture is [i5e0f77b061]worthless[/i5e0f77b061]. Quit yer moaning.
winkie
05-10-2006 17:42:54
[quote2609aa8bb1="ilanbg"]
Here is the thing You are not a commercial photographer and that is not a commercial photograph. The picture is [i2609aa8bb1]worthless[/i2609aa8bb1]. Quit yer moaning.[/quote2609aa8bb1]
if it's so worthless why did he steal it? I typically dont steal trash...
I already said I didnt care any more, why do you keep bringing it up?
ilanbg
05-10-2006 18:16:00
[quotefa5be5564b="winkie"][quotefa5be5564b="ilanbg"]
Here is the thing You are not a commercial photographer and that is not a commercial photograph. The picture is [ifa5be5564b]worthless[/ifa5be5564b]. Quit yer moaning.[/quotefa5be5564b]
if it's so worthless why did he steal it? I typically dont steal trash...[/quotefa5be5564b]
I steal trash when I find some convenient use for it.
[quotefa5be5564b]I already said I didnt care any more, why do you keep bringing it up?[/quotefa5be5564b]
Because you keep responding.
bballp6699
05-10-2006 18:22:46
[quotecc7decde35="ilanbg"]Stop making those types of auctions, you assholes.[/quotecc7decde35]
Breathe...
snickers
06-10-2006 05:31:37
[quote5f419fb726="unknown uchiha"]I just listed my DSLiteIsFree link, hopefully nobody reports me =/[/quote5f419fb726]
[quote5f419fb726="Auction"]Once you click on the link, register for the site with your information (This information is NOT sold or used for spam purposes.[/quote5f419fb726]
If I were to win this auction, I'd report you to eBay just because of this blatant lie. Sign up for a freebie site, and you WILL be spammed.