$1,000,000 ipod - WTF?!!!

[dirtysecret]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...712&category=73839&viewitem=&salenotsupported

This is clearly some sort of ebay marketing ploy. Can someone explain how doing this helps their ebay presence?

 

[electric]

Some retard who was prob drunk bid and obviously hasnt paid.

 

[dirtysecret]

Yeah, I thought about jacking up my own ebay ID by listing and then buying my own shit to get a high feedback score....in order to benefit from the *reported* search placement benefit you get in showing your ebay listings when you have an account with lots of sales and good DSR scores.

Obviously, I hit a brick wall when I realized that would involve losing a lot of money to listing fees, final value fees, paypal transaction fees, etc.

For instance, if I sold something to myself for $100, I'd lose
-$5 to $15 in final value fees
-$2 to $4 in paypal processing fees
-listing fee (relatively small compared to the two above)

Take the "million dollar ipod touch"

You could create fake buyer accounts, bid on it, win, and then NOT pay for it....but I don't see how that'd benefit the seller account any...

 

[dirtysecret]

set a reserve extremly high so its gaurenteed to make cash

Sorry to burst your bubble, but just because someone wins the auction does NOT mean that they are going to pay for the item they 'won'.

I have a friend who makes a living selling shit on ebay and has for 7 years. He says about 5% of his sales never pay. I'm guessing that even if you somehow manage to trick someone into bidding on the auction - it doesn't mean they'll pay.

 

[havokb8]

wow..This gave me an idea...
imagine a real ipod that sold for a million....

or even 100k.. people bid on pretty stupid things.. imagine setting a world record for most expeosive ipod touch or something,,

i have an idea for this i wonder if i should actually go through with it.. it would basically be at no cost to me.. set a reserve extremly high so its gaurenteed to make cash

im not going to divulge more cause to me it seemsd like an awesome idea and could set a world record

Yes please divulge the information that would magically get someone to bid on an Ipod for 100k Im pretty sure your wrong about the guaranteed to make cash part

 

[the_wildcard]

Yes please divulge the information that would magically get someone to bid on an Ipod for 100k Im pretty sure your wrong about the guaranteed to make cash part

its all in your head guys er... if you you know what i mean..

that page seemed to know i came from black hat world...

this page also makes me mad, because I know whats happening

PS. also found this which is somehow related to the guy listing the auction:

http://cstat.kku.ac.th/Cache6/

 

[Hyperion]

Well if you have one million dollar laying around you can actually buy your own ipod and cash the referral fees.

 

[havokb8]

if promoted right it's deffinatley possible... just have to be smart about it, youve heard of the milliondollar homepage and the guy who tattoo's hid forehead for a million... imagine a your own crazy twist for a million dollar ipod idea?

imagine the buisness/person wh obought it and the publicity it would bring when people found out?:

Yes everyone would want to find out about the idiot that overpaid $999,800 dollars for an Ipod

 

[showbizvet]

yeah.. doubt that would be happening anytime soon... maybe if it was the first ipod ever made (with proof). I remember reading about one of the first AOL CDs, the ones they used to give away long time back, went for thousands.

 

[tonlilaz]

Yes please divulge the information that would magically get someone to bid on an Ipod for 100k Im pretty sure your wrong about the guaranteed to make cash part

dip it in gold?
line it with diamonds?
load it up with real celeb sex vids?
have the pope bless it?
put it up on ebay.in....what is 10,000 rupia equivalent to?
take it back in time ...to like 1980...loaded with every major playoff game since then?
here's an idea....a car that runs on an ipod? forget the electric car....it's the apple icar...

i hope i didn't accidentally leak anybody's method here...

 

[tonlilaz]

if promoted right it's deffinatley possible... just have to be smart about it, youve heard of the milliondollar homepage and the guy who tattoo's hid forehead for a million... imagine a your own crazy twist for a million dollar ipod idea?

imagine the buisness/person wh obought it and the publicity it would bring when people found out?:

i don't know of any 'business' person that would pay a million for an ipod....unless it's got an app that spits out 100 dollar bills every morning

 

[digzober]

I wonder how they were not banned by eBay... Usually anything this large must be approved by eBay or they would remove it right away themselves. How odd!

 

[twinkle88]

Now the listing has been removed.