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Thread Number: 92995
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$100 GE oven, Florida delusional seller |
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Post# 1175892 3/24/2023 at 21:12 (400 days old) by bradfordwhite  (central U.S.) |
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Seller trying to pay sky rocketing property insurance in the hurricane/sinkhole/fraud state
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| Post# 1175897 , Reply# 1 3/24/2023 at 21:34 (400 days old) by qsd-dan (West) | ||
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Post# 1175919 , Reply# 2 3/25/2023 at 00:50 (400 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc) |
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WHAT!!!!!????? How STUPID-the oven cost more than the house that its in!!!!!What has the seller been taking or huffing???Maybe 98 dollars would be more realistic.Question?How much do the other appliances cost? | ||
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Post# 1175920 , Reply# 3 3/25/2023 at 01:34 (400 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI) |
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Post# 1176108 , Reply# 4 3/26/2023 at 11:13 (399 days old) by JustJunque (Western MA) |
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I see listings like this occasionally. I've never contacted a seller to ask what they're thinking.
But, I have to believe that they sometimes just make up a random number, because eBay requires you to enter an asking price. I would imagine it probably means they're looking for offers or something. I can't imagine that anyone, regardless of their political leanings, 🙄 (must we inject politics into everything?) honestly expects to get someone to pay almost $100,000 for an oven...any oven. | ||
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Post# 1176121 , Reply# 5 3/26/2023 at 13:24 (399 days old) by bradfordwhite (central U.S.) |
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If they were looking for offers they would check the box to allow buyers to make a formal offer when they put together the listing.
I suspect it's either: A. a form of gambling and wishful thinking. B. some form of money laundering or C. someone who really thinks they're going to make the market and will start out with a high price "but can always lower it". The way to really confuse and screw with a person like this is to contact them and say you really REALLY want to buy and just have to arrange for shipping before you commit. They will probably be initially excited that it's selling but then....greed will set in even more and they'll start thinking they priced it too low so they will probably retract the ad to price it higher and repost, or change the price to something higher using some lame excuse. LOL. | ||
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Post# 1176122 , Reply# 6 3/26/2023 at 13:29 (399 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Post# 1176130 , Reply# 7 3/26/2023 at 14:16 (399 days old) by JustJunque (Western MA) |
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Brad,
May I call you Brad? Anything is possible. But, the seller does have a good feedback rating. I've never sold anything on eBay. Maybe they didn't post a "best offer" option because that might then be binding? Like I said, I'm just guessing, having never listed anything for sale. It just seems like there must be a less nefarious reason behind it. Again, I've seen people do this occasionally. You could be right, and there could be some sort of shenanigans afoot. I just feel like it's probably something a lot less diabolical. I'm not on a device right now where I can log in to my account. When I can, maybe I'll shoot them a question, and just see what they say. | ||
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Post# 1176134 , Reply# 8 3/26/2023 at 14:39 (399 days old) by bradfordwhite (central U.S.) |
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One really can't be selling on Ebay and be digitally challenged. There are too many details. And for an item like this, one can put any price they want.
As for the "make offer" feature, it allows one to start a haggling process that is verifiable. Simply making an offer is not a contract to buy until the seller accepts that offer. And there is a time limit on how long each party has to respond to the other, usually 24 to 96 hours.
Even an accepted offer, or a completed auction can be cancelled by either party so long as they don't have a long history of having done so as that will jeopardize they're account.
I wouldn't say all the options I suggested are nefarious, only letter B. Letter A is harmless, and letter C frankly allows one to test the market and see if there are people actually willing to pay that.
For example: the ridiculous prices on some pick up trucks that's happened in the last five or so years didn't just happen. The auto makers tested out people and found that there were suckers out there actually willing and stupid enough to mess up their finances and pay those amounts Plus banks willing to offer $1200 a month, ten year financing ..... and good for the automakers. It looks like that trend has come to the end of the line but.... Market testing allowed them to see if there was interest. | ||
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Post# 1176152 , Reply# 9 3/26/2023 at 17:13 (398 days old) by JustJunque (Western MA) |
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Well...okay then!
I sent a question, worded very politely, to ask how they arrived at their price. Brad, I'm going to go with choice "A" from your list of possiblities. The answer I received from the seller simply said, "One man's trash is another man's treasure". I still can't imagine that they expect to get anywhere near their asking price. But, it does sound like they're hoping for a big payday! Barry | ||
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Post# 1176176 , Reply# 10 3/26/2023 at 19:14 (398 days old) by pulltostart (Mobile, AL) |
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Post# 1176329 , Reply# 11 3/28/2023 at 14:27 (397 days old) by mb1974 (pa) |
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At least the shipping is free. | ||
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