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eBay fail

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http://cgi.ebay.com/Astal-for-Sega-Drea ... 45f02ca43a

I mean I can understand if maybe they just had the disc for sale but they have a stock pic of the game posted. They didn't see the huge letters saying SEGA SATURN. It makes me wonder how these people are so ignorant.
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I get plenty of awesome deals off ebay due to misspells and items put into wrong catagories. For example, try typing in platstation and see for yourself. Once in awhile you get a prick who says they broke the item by accident while packing it or while moving it. For the most part though thats where the deals are though.
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corn619 wrote:I get plenty of awesome deals off ebay due to misspells and items put into wrong catagories. For example, try typing in platstation and see for yourself. Once in awhile you get a prick who says they broke the item by accident while packing it or while moving it. For the most part though thats where the deals are though.
I do this sometimes when shopping for Famicom games. I usually type in Famicon but I haven't seen anything noteworthy. I think there is a service that searches mispells on ebay for you.
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When I was seriously collecting Intellivision stuff I got some GREAT wins by searching for Intellevision items. You also have to remember that about half the video game things sold on ebay are being sold by people who wouldn't know a Sega Master System from an Atari 2600.
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Scooter wrote:When I was seriously collecting Intellivision stuff I got some GREAT wins by searching for Intellevision items. You also have to remember that about half the video game things sold on ebay are being sold by people who wouldn't know a Sega Master System from an Atari 2600.
Haha yea I know I just posted it for the entertainment.

Here is another one!!
http://cgi.ebay.com/Lunacy-for-the-Sega ... 45f020afed
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The best part is under special features in the detailed item info.

It says
Special Features
Most unique, Robust and realistic skateboarding game experience ever Tony Hawk's Project 8 offers more goals, side-missions and secret areas than any other Tony Hawk's game. Track your stats with new in-game record keeping or just skate how you want to skate; innovative, never-before-seen gameplay elements the new ball mode allows players to control the body of the skater during falls to minimize or maximize damage for fun. Trick through photo shoot locations by watching yourself skate through a picture in picture to get the best looking shot while on your way to 1 pro skater status. Do it all in a massive living city full of interactive pedestrians featuring all new ai; enhanced physics and responsive controls the new physics systems allow for a greater sense momentum and gravity. Players will want to seek out bigger ramps to gain enough speed to perform bigger air tricks and get to secret areas.
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Re: eBay fail

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Yea, and note the 83.3% positive feedback. I wouldn't buy from this guy
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I never buy games or systems off ebay or Craigslist without a legit picture of the actual item. If the seller is too lazy or doesn't want to post a real picture of the item for some other reason, then it is definitely not worth my time or money.

On a related note, I've seen people list stuff under Item Condition as "New" but then go on to mention that the product has actually been opened or used in a latter part of the description page.
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