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pagemap
08-10-2002, 07:36 PM
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2043098163
ski
08-10-2002, 08:41 PM
Reminiscent of the "XBOX BOX" and "GEFORCE3 URL" days... selling boxes and links is devious! But there are a lot of rash consumers out there
CynJon
08-11-2002, 12:06 AM
DF, weren't you looking for a box to ship that IBM drive back? :laugh2:
hang10wannabe
08-11-2002, 12:36 AM
something that sounds too good to be true normally is :heh:
hang10wannabe
08-11-2002, 12:12 PM
Originally posted by DarkFury
True... but this time, that ad wasn't deceptive. It clearly stated that it was only a box and that the computer was not included.

People are just DUMB to have bid on it. :2far:

hehe they are they are... but it was more deceptive than the bid on the "oragmi rock" (a brown piece of crumpled paper) :heh:
ZrEo0
08-11-2002, 12:57 PM
i would have bid a penny, no more
IntegraTypeR
08-11-2002, 01:12 PM
if you look at the bid history you'll note that the winner of the wonderful cardboard box was most likely the owner himself.... he first bid it to 50, then 100... then a member w/o any previous purchases (again, prolly the owner of the box) bid it up again.... so i think the whole thing was just to have a good laugh to see if anyone woudl fall for it and no one was that stupid -- yet
Grimm
08-11-2002, 04:25 PM
Originally posted by DarkFury
I just wonder if the "laugh" is worth having to pay Ebay for their percentage for even having that listing posted.

Well, it must have been for him... :shrug:
ribitch
08-12-2002, 05:28 PM
ha, i actually used to have three of these laying around. Nice heavy duty boxes, but not worth that price.
DoPeY5007
08-12-2002, 08:49 PM
Originally posted by ribitch
ha, i actually used to have three of these laying around. Nice heavy duty boxes, but not worth that price. now the truth comes out, MACs cost more cause the box is more expensive! :heh: