woberto Report This Comment
Date: January 05, 2009 06:32AM

I hope that is fiction

zxz555 Report This Comment
Date: January 05, 2009 07:35AM

something is amiss

jgoins Report This Comment
Date: January 05, 2009 12:33PM

I just went to Ebay and looked this is crazy. People are paying more then what they could go to Amazon and get their own gift card for. People are nuts some are saving 40 cents.

FrostedApe Report This Comment
Date: January 05, 2009 04:06PM

There's an auction site I use that is run by an online retailer, and some of the higher-end items routinely get bid higher than they could just click over to the retail site and buy the item outright. Part of it might be chalked up to sloppy research and operator error, they either don't know they're over-bidding or they just clicked the wrong maximum bid, but I think a lot of it is just getting caught up in the competitive feeding frenzy. Whatever the cause, it happens every damned day.

Mrkim Report This Comment
Date: January 05, 2009 08:47PM

Yep, I've seen a lot of such stupidity at live auctions as well as online ones too. I guess some folks have just tooooo much money

pulse Report This Comment
Date: January 05, 2009 10:56PM

A fool and his money are soon parted. Shame they never seem to part with it in my direction

GAK67 Report This Comment
Date: January 06, 2009 12:23AM

Only mitigating factor I can think of is the free postage. How much would Amazon charge to post out a gift certificate?

90130_ Report This Comment
Date: January 06, 2009 07:44AM

Good 'ol fraudbay. People are just damn stupid.

jgoins Report This Comment
Date: January 06, 2009 11:44AM

O've bought and sold on Ebay since 1999 and never been defrauded or defrauded anyone else. One does have to read the auctions and check feedback but it is the same anywhere you purchase anything, you have to do your homework.

fossil_digger Report This Comment
Date: January 06, 2009 04:32PM

i've bumped heads with a couple people on "e-fraud", but the majority are reputable vendors.