I feel for the high bidder of this item. http://cgi.ebay.com.au/10oz-100-MIL...0741079614?pt=AU_Bullion&hash=item3cb5561223e
Well at least this seller actually declares that they are base alloy. Frankly with that in the description the buyer deserves to be had. Information on 100 mills is literally a Google search away from showing what it actually is - people who rush out and buy this sort of stuff without an iota of research when it IS marked in the auction as "SILVER/BASE ALLOY MIX" deserve to be parted from their money.
This is jargon and although accurate is not understandable to the uninformed. Imagine the public uproar and media coverage if the same type of behaviour was going on with a property developer selling sinking apartments when insolvent. "Totally encumbered freehold title right on the water table! - Buyer takes all" Which means the buyer gets a sinking apartment AND the developers debt and pays for it. This is why property deals have solicitors involved, because buyers simply dont know. Not everyone can be an expert in everything and as a seller you have a duty to ensure that your customers are buying what they want and expect.
what is "100 mills" a reference to anyway? is it a reference to plating depth ? I am not familiar with a formal unit of measure as "mills"
here is another listing for a potentially expensive piece of lego http://cgi.ebay.com.au/STACKABLE-10...60741081358?pt=AU_Bullion&hash=item3cb561290e
Yep, they're on here. None have been stupid enough to try listing the crap for sale on here though. This site has been pretty diligent in the past in exposing what 100 mills, layered, German silver, nickel silver, HGE etc type scams are out there - after a while it just gets tiring watching scumbags make money preying on people who think they're purchasing a legitimate investment. Dunno how they sleep at night - one day one of them will rip off the wrong person - there's some real nutjobs out there.
True... so if you're not, stay out of the market Perhaps true between corporate buyers and private sellers when protected by our current nanny-state laws, but between private buyers and sellers, absolutley untrue. If somenone wants to spend their hard-earned on something, the it's up to THEM to do their own research and not start pissing and whinging if they get it wrong. Via the internet, buyers now have the entire knowledge of the world at their fingertips. Ignorance is no longer an excuse. "Caveat emptor" is a nice way of saying "a fool and his money are soon parted". It's as true now as it was a thousand years ago. [/rant]
+1 Excellent I was thinking of doing the exact same thing myself, It,s not like you can get negative feedback as a buyer on feebay anyways and the listing is private as well ....LMFHAO lets make it the most expensive Fake 10 oz ever to sell on Feebay would be a hoot $100,000 DOLLARS on the way.
It's gonna go for at least $500 now, if everyone jumps in on this I will guarantee a bid up to a Million on it,
This wisdom applies to everything. People who rip people off or are dishonest - one day that will do [blank] to the wrong person. Its like people with severe road rage, you never know who that person is. When you drive into Texas, the welcome signs say -"Drive Friendly, The Texas way!" As a side, as of 2007, the governor approved a bill that allows non concealed-carry-license holders (basically anyone legally allowed to own) to carry a concealed firearm in their vehicle! So, that drive friendly motto carries a whole new meaning now. The point is, I don't think a lot of people understand the concept that there are crazies out there, and if you don't know someone, then ... you don't know. Being an asshole is like playing Russian Roulette.
By bidding the price into the ridiculous will save this poor buyer from buying a $350 hunk of copper! Do it!
Very sad. Just looking at his feedback, people have been buying this rubbish off him and paying ridiclours ammount of $$ for it.
Guys, all the seller is going to do now is second chance offer all the bidders. You have basically just helped him extract the maximum bid out of all the genuine bidders. (presuming they do accept the second chance offer)
Yes, but the seller can still offer the product to all the loosing bidders, for the maximum price they bidded. So in a way its like unintentional shill bidding.
Guess I should put on my Mr Responsible hat and point out that bidding on an auction with no intention of completing the transaction is a violation of eBay rules, and probably something that should not be coordinated on a publicly readable forum
