Jazzem
13 Sep 2005 19:56:14
A rather strange ebay auction
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/final-fantasy-2_W0QQitemZ8218505649QQcategoryZ112762QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Starting bid      £10,000.00


Erm, its rare, but not Metal Slug Neo Geo rare!

And I can't quite understand why he put this either...

PLEASE DO NOT BID!!


Despite the rest of the description being a completely normal ebay bid.

Still, not as bad as the person who put an unboxed N64 up for a starting bid price of £1,000,000!
Shvegait
13 Sep 2005 20:05:12
Re: A rather strange ebay auction
Well, that is silly. Maybe they made an error in the price? I really can't see why someone would *want* to bid, though. And if someone's going to give you £10000 for a SNES cartridge, why would you not want them to? :P
AstralLemming
14 Sep 2005 17:38:15
Re: A rather strange ebay auction
I think the the 'please do not bid' part is an attempt at reverse psychology...
Isu
14 Sep 2005 18:05:13
Re: A rather strange ebay auction
And a very poor attempt by the looks of things.
AstralLemming
16 Sep 2005 16:33:16
Re: A rather strange ebay auction
Exactly.
Timballisto
16 Sep 2005 19:25:37
Re: A rather strange ebay auction
Hey.  The dude posted an email address for questions.  Who's up for asking him about the whole don't bid thing?
Conway
16 Sep 2005 21:50:57
Re: A rather strange ebay auction
Done
Jazzem
17 Sep 2005 10:49:11
Re: A rather strange ebay auction
Any reply yet?
Conway
17 Sep 2005 13:55:17
Re: A rather strange ebay auction
hi

it was up for auction but as i had a very good offer for it i sold whch
means tht i no longer had the item so raised the starting price so no
one
wud bid

thanks pete


 That's what he said.
Jazzem
17 Sep 2005 22:12:19
Re: A rather strange ebay auction


 That's what he said.


How bizarre. Isn't there a way to cancel an auction?
Timballisto
18 Sep 2005 03:19:13
Re: A rather strange ebay auction
You know I wonder if the "good offer" was anywhere near what he put in for the starting bid...
Conway
18 Sep 2005 15:24:56
Re: A rather strange ebay auction


How bizarre. Isn't there a way to cancel an auction?


 I asked him that and he said he's quite new to eBay so he doesn't know.