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$69,000 Powerbook??
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But but but, it's got free shipping!
Love it when people bid crazy final price on auctions trying to out bid the competition. There was one where some guy bid millions on some crap.
Love it when people bid crazy final price on auctions trying to out bid the competition. There was one where some guy bid millions on some crap.
People are actually bidding on it...
Some of those people have been confirmed as seriously braindead.
Some of those people have been confirmed as seriously braindead.
Could there be a mistake somewhere? There are only about a half dozen bids and the first one is only $243. I don' know how you get from $243 to $69,000 in a few bids...unless the seller had a couple friends set very high max bids to catch a sucker.
I would bet it's either a really strage glitch, or a mask for some sort of scam or subversive activity. I wonder what eBay will have to say about this one...
michaelrjohnson said:I *highly* doubt that this auction will end in the sale of a PowerBook.
Hehehe. Do they take checks?
ChrisFromCanada said:Every bidder except for one has 0 feedback so that might tell you something.
does that surprise you?
although the money laundering thing is interesting.....lets see, some guy has to pay $69k for his illegal purchase and they're using a PowerBook as the smoke screen?
Right!
D
I've seen everyone of the images used in the description before. The seller has just used photos from other bids, i doubt that there is a photo of the actual item there. (i have some pics saved of ibooks and these just so happen to look very similar to the ones i have, not wait they are the same!)
what are the chances!
heroin screen, must be!
what are the chances!
heroin screen, must be!
Money laundering is a very interesting theory. I'd never thought of that before but it could work--at least as long as you don't do something blatant like sell a $1600 computer for 70 grand. Greed is always what gets people caught.
yellow said:
This really made me laugh... Although, having a new PowerBook would be a lot like heroin, so I guess there's a little bit of truth in everything.
The folks at eBay are pretty saavy - I had a friend who worked there, and she was telling me that there's dozens of folks whose job it is to look for banned items and sham auctions. I'd be surprised if this auction wasn't pulled by eBay.
Who are you asking? See, that's why it should end with a period.
Oh, and don't forget to sell your left armpit as a free bonus.
Oh, and don't forget to sell your left armpit as a free bonus.
4:30 p.m. EDT
It's now $300,000 at 4:30 p.m. EDT. What a bizarre thing.
Per eBay rules, "To place a bid of US $15,000.00 or more, you'll need to provide a valid credit card or complete the ID Verify process ($5)." Odd that someone would go through so much trouble, but I guess the publicity of the stunt is the point.
Is there a point?
It's now $300,000 at 4:30 p.m. EDT. What a bizarre thing.
Per eBay rules, "To place a bid of US $15,000.00 or more, you'll need to provide a valid credit card or complete the ID Verify process ($5)." Odd that someone would go through so much trouble, but I guess the publicity of the stunt is the point.
Is there a point?
iBook said:It's now $300,000 at 4:30 p.m. EDT. What a bizarre thing.
Per eBay rules, "To place a bid of US $15,000.00 or more, you'll need to provide a valid credit card or complete the ID Verify process ($5)." Odd that someone would go through so much trouble, but I guess the publicity of the stunt is the point.
Is there a point?
It's now $1,000,100.00.
What a joke.
I'm soooo tempted to bid like $50 million or something, just for fun. Since the seller isn't registered, this auction is basically null and void. No one can hold you to it. But I respect my eBay ID too much to jeopardize it.