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Posted: 4/28/2015 11:37:25 PM EDT
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What was it?
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Posted: 4/28/2015 11:37:29 PM EDT
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So I found something very rare that I have been wanting on Ebay with a very low buy it now price, but I can't get it because I will not pay over an unsecured connection, so I wait a few hours to get home. The buy it now was magically gone, why? Because some dumb ass who thought he was being clever bid 1 fucking penny OVER the buy it now price so he could disable the button to try and get it even cheaper instead of just using the button like he was clearly willing to do. It's out of the range of sanity now so I won't get it, but at least I have the satisfaction of knowing that low balling asshole wont get it either, because I bid what i was willing to pay, which was more than him. Someone else outbid me and has taken it into crazy town, but at least if that one penny asshole comes back for it it will cost his stupid ass way more than he would have paid had he just used the button instead of playing stupid assed games. Seriously if your willing to pay the buy it now price just fucking do it, don't over bid it just to be a dick. Yeah either way I don't get it, but that was just poor form. Was it knock off airsoft rails? Or a sopmod stock with no QD swivel? |
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Posted: 4/28/2015 11:37:39 PM EDT
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Keep watching.
The buyer might turn out to be a NPB and the seller may relist it. I've seen it happen before. |
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Posted: 4/28/2015 11:38:40 PM EDT
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You seem to be very unhappy about a lot of things. That's sad.
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Posted: 4/28/2015 11:40:17 PM EDT
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You could've done the buy it now through your phone and then paid when you got home
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Posted: 4/28/2015 11:42:11 PM EDT
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S_A_C thread
I'd have no problem paying over a supposed unsecure connection with a CC |
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Posted: 4/28/2015 11:43:05 PM EDT
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You could've done the buy it now through your phone and then paid when you got home BUT IT'S NOT SECURE!!!!!!!!!!!! 
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Posted: 4/28/2015 11:44:01 PM EDT
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What was it? A non leaking radiator for his race car. |
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Posted: 4/28/2015 11:44:02 PM EDT
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that bid was by a secrete ebay user account by the seller . welcome to capitalism
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Posted: 4/28/2015 11:49:01 PM EDT
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I never got why sellers would do that. Seemed silly.
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Posted: 4/28/2015 11:51:38 PM EDT
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I never got why sellers would do that. Seemed silly. Do what? Use the "buy it now" feature? A lot of times that winds up being their reserve price (minimum they will sell for), and if a bidding war kicks off then anything more is gravy. |
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Posted: 4/28/2015 11:52:38 PM EDT
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BUT IT'S NOT SECURE!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote HistoryQuoted:
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You could've done the buy it now through your phone and then paid when you got home BUT IT'S NOT SECURE!!!!!!!!!!!! Sounds like it was an "immediate payment required" BIN listing. |
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Posted: 4/28/2015 11:56:23 PM EDT
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I'm not following.
How could anyone bid higher than the buy it now price in hopes of getting it for less than the buy it now price? |
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Posted: 4/28/2015 11:58:07 PM EDT
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I'm not following. How could anyone bid higher than the buy it now price in hopes of getting it for less than the buy it now price? Yeah, I had to read that twice and still don't get it myself. |
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Posted: 4/28/2015 11:58:28 PM EDT
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Thread title is accurate.
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Posted: 4/28/2015 11:59:15 PM EDT
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You seem to be very unhappy about a lot of things. That's sad. This. I read GD everyday, and frankly Im surprised more people here just don't jump out of windows. They are depressing, now Im depressed... 
Just kidding, we need less people in the world.... 
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Posted: 4/29/2015 12:02:04 AM EDT
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Hey, don't go knockin' my best customers...
I put shit up with a reasonable BIN, they get squirrely and run up bidding, I make some scratch and can sleep at night...they keep me honest. |
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Posted: 4/29/2015 12:06:11 AM EDT
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I'm not following. How could anyone bid higher than the buy it now price in hopes of getting it for less than the buy it now price? Ebay's proxy bidding. Item listed $5 opening bid, $10 BIN. Buyer bids $15 max, hoping to get it for $5 but willing to go as high as $15. IIRC their new system automatically puts your bid at just above BIN price if you bid a maximum over that amount. |
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Posted: 4/29/2015 12:08:20 AM EDT
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Ebay's proxy bidding. Item listed $5 opening bid, $10 BIN. Buyer bids $15 max, hoping to get it for $5 but willing to go as high as $15. IIRC their new system automatically puts your bid at just above BIN price if you bid a maximum over that amount. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I'm not following. How could anyone bid higher than the buy it now price in hopes of getting it for less than the buy it now price? Ebay's proxy bidding. Item listed $5 opening bid, $10 BIN. Buyer bids $15 max, hoping to get it for $5 but willing to go as high as $15. IIRC their new system automatically puts your bid at just above BIN price if you bid a maximum over that amount. Okay, I see it now. |
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Posted: 4/29/2015 12:09:47 AM EDT
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I'm not following. How could anyone bid higher than the buy it now price in hopes of getting it for less than the buy it now price? Because once a higher bid is in the buy it now button disappears, the buyer was hoping that no one else would bid and he could get it for less, at least I think that's how it works. Basically, say its a $50 buy it now, but the opening bid is $10. Low baller buyer puts in bid for $50.01. Ebay then deletes the buy it now button. Seller only owes $10 unless there is another bid. Put simply the buyer is willing to pay the buy it now if he has to, but really doesn't want to because he thinks the bidding might not go that high, but he also wants to make sure someone else does not come along first and just use the buy it now button honestly and "take" it from him so he submits a bid in bad faith deliberately intended to disable the buy it now button just so he can try to win the item with a low ball bid. I know that earlier in the day the buy it now button was there, and later it was gone, yet there was only one bidder and the minimum bid was only $1 higher than where it was earlier in the day. The bid is now substantially higher than the buy it now was. Fuck him. 
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Posted: 4/29/2015 12:11:01 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: What was it? |
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Posted: 4/29/2015 12:15:45 AM EDT
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What was it? Mystery item. |
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Posted: 4/29/2015 12:23:41 AM EDT
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Because once a higher bid is in the buy it now button disappears, the buyer was hoping that no one else would bid and he could get it for less, at least I think that's how it works. Basically, say its a $50 buy it now, but the opening bid is $10. Low baller buyer puts in bid for $50.01. Ebay then deletes the buy it now button. Seller only owes $10 unless there is another bid. Put simply the buyer is willing to pay the buy it now if he has to, but really doesn't want to because he thinks the bidding might not go that high, but he also wants to make sure someone else does not come along first and just use the buy it now button honestly and "take" it from him so he submits a bid in bad faith deliberately intended to disable the buy it now button just so he can try to win the item with a low ball bid. I know that earlier in the day the buy it now button was there, and later it was gone, yet there was only one bidder and the minimum bid was only $1 higher than where it was earlier in the day. The bid is now substantially higher than the buy it now was. Fuck him. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I'm not following. How could anyone bid higher than the buy it now price in hopes of getting it for less than the buy it now price? Because once a higher bid is in the buy it now button disappears, the buyer was hoping that no one else would bid and he could get it for less, at least I think that's how it works. Basically, say its a $50 buy it now, but the opening bid is $10. Low baller buyer puts in bid for $50.01. Ebay then deletes the buy it now button. Seller only owes $10 unless there is another bid. Put simply the buyer is willing to pay the buy it now if he has to, but really doesn't want to because he thinks the bidding might not go that high, but he also wants to make sure someone else does not come along first and just use the buy it now button honestly and "take" it from him so he submits a bid in bad faith deliberately intended to disable the buy it now button just so he can try to win the item with a low ball bid. I know that earlier in the day the buy it now button was there, and later it was gone, yet there was only one bidder and the minimum bid was only $1 higher than where it was earlier in the day. The bid is now substantially higher than the buy it now was. Fuck him. Bid him up to what ever you're willing to pay. Either you get it at a price you think is fair or you don't. |
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Posted: 4/29/2015 12:24:15 AM EDT
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Ebay's proxy bidding. Item listed $5 opening bid, $10 BIN. Buyer bids $15 max, hoping to get it for $5 but willing to go as high as $15. IIRC their new system automatically puts your bid at just above BIN price if you bid a maximum over that amount. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I'm not following. How could anyone bid higher than the buy it now price in hopes of getting it for less than the buy it now price? Ebay's proxy bidding. Item listed $5 opening bid, $10 BIN. Buyer bids $15 max, hoping to get it for $5 but willing to go as high as $15. IIRC their new system automatically puts your bid at just above BIN price if you bid a maximum over that amount. I thought ebay removes the Buy it now button when the first bid equal to or over the starting price is made. |
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Posted: 4/29/2015 12:25:57 AM EDT
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iPhone with EBay app for the win.
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Posted: 4/29/2015 12:25:58 AM EDT
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If it was suck as hot deal then you shoulda "bought it now" when you had the chance.
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Posted: 4/29/2015 12:33:37 AM EDT
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If it was suck as hot deal then you shoulda "bought it now" when you had the chance. I would have if I were not on a public hotspot at the time. |
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Posted: 4/29/2015 12:44:01 AM EDT
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I don't understand why you are mad at him though...?
If he would have used the Buy It Now button, you still wouldn't have gotten it. And clearly from the increased bidding it would have went over the reserve anyways, soooo.............? |
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Posted: 4/29/2015 12:46:24 AM EDT
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I thought ebay removes the Buy it now button when the first bid equal to or over the starting price is made. Yeah, that's how it works. At least when I put a Case 2014 Christmas Trapper up for sale in December. BIN goes away with the first bid, whether it's above the BIN price, or below it. Chris |
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Posted: 4/29/2015 12:46:33 AM EDT
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I would have if I were not on a public hotspot at the time. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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If it was suck as hot deal then you shoulda "bought it now" when you had the chance. I would have if I were not on a public hotspot at the time. You realize your connection is still encrypted even on public hot spots...right? |
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Posted: 4/29/2015 1:12:52 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: You could've done the buy it now through your phone and then paid when you got home ..newbe |
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Posted: 4/29/2015 1:19:51 AM EDT
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What is your definition of "unsecured"?
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Posted: 4/29/2015 1:21:39 AM EDT
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What is your definition of "unsecured"? A public hot spot. |
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Posted: 4/29/2015 1:25:34 AM EDT
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Buy it now goes away as soon as the item gets any bid even a $1 bid makes it go away .
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Posted: 4/29/2015 1:26:06 AM EDT
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who the fuck uses public hot spots/wifi anyways. your LTE is as fast.
Should have used your cellular data with the app, bought and paid later when you were in your "safe" place. OP fail
Post the link to the auction already |
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Posted: 4/29/2015 1:36:58 AM EDT
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I would have if I were not on a public hotspot at the time. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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If it was suck as hot deal then you shoulda "bought it now" when you had the chance. I would have if I were not on a public hotspot at the time. Public hotspot...fuck that noise. Use your 4G data service, that ought to be secure enough for an eBay purchase. Who the fuck would bother with a "public" hotspot when you have 4G???? Am I missing something here? |
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Posted: 4/29/2015 1:41:11 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Was it knock off airsoft rails? Or a sopmod stock with no QD swivel? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: So I found something very rare that I have been wanting on Ebay with a very low buy it now price, but I can't get it because I will not pay over an unsecured connection, so I wait a few hours to get home. The buy it now was magically gone, why? Because some dumb ass who thought he was being clever bid 1 fucking penny OVER the buy it now price so he could disable the button to try and get it even cheaper instead of just using the button like he was clearly willing to do. It's out of the range of sanity now so I won't get it, but at least I have the satisfaction of knowing that low balling asshole wont get it either, because I bid what i was willing to pay, which was more than him. Someone else outbid me and has taken it into crazy town, but at least if that one penny asshole comes back for it it will cost his stupid ass way more than he would have paid had he just used the button instead of playing stupid assed games. Seriously if your willing to pay the buy it now price just fucking do it, don't over bid it just to be a dick. Yeah either way I don't get it, but that was just poor form. Was it knock off airsoft rails? Or a sopmod stock with no QD swivel?    |
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Posted: 4/29/2015 1:59:50 AM EDT
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Don't know it until you've tried it.
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f306/ASULeadTrumpet/DSCN1275_zpsdkfyylmg.jpg http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f306/ASULeadTrumpet/DSCN1276_zpsudznwent.jpg Airsoft rail on a firearm? I thought they made the upper threads different so you couldn't fit a barrel nut? http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f306/ASULeadTrumpet/DSCN1301_zpsyss4epja.jpg |
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Posted: 4/29/2015 2:17:06 AM EDT
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Public hotspot...fuck that noise. Use your 4G data service, that ought to be secure enough for an eBay purchase. Who the fuck would bother with a "public" hotspot when you have 4G???? Am I missing something here? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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If it was suck as hot deal then you shoulda "bought it now" when you had the chance. I would have if I were not on a public hotspot at the time. Public hotspot...fuck that noise. Use your 4G data service, that ought to be secure enough for an eBay purchase. Who the fuck would bother with a "public" hotspot when you have 4G???? Am I missing something here? I'm lost too. |
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Posted: 4/29/2015 2:23:48 AM EDT
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BUT IT'S NOT SECURE!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote HistoryQuoted:
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You could've done the buy it now through your phone and then paid when you got home BUT IT'S NOT SECURE!!!!!!!!!!!! But TLS and trusted certificate chains... |
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Posted: 4/29/2015 2:31:42 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I'm lost too. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: If it was suck as hot deal then you shoulda "bought it now" when you had the chance. I would have if I were not on a public hotspot at the time. Public hotspot...fuck that noise. Use your 4G data service, that ought to be secure enough for an eBay purchase. Who the fuck would bother with a "public" hotspot when you have 4G???? Am I missing something here? I'm lost too. Or the fact that most sellers will allow at least 24 hours to pay once you commit to buy something. |
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Posted: 4/29/2015 2:40:34 AM EDT
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Or the fact that most sellers will allow at least 24 hours to pay once you commit to buy something. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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If it was suck as hot deal then you shoulda "bought it now" when you had the chance. I would have if I were not on a public hotspot at the time. Public hotspot...fuck that noise. Use your 4G data service, that ought to be secure enough for an eBay purchase. Who the fuck would bother with a "public" hotspot when you have 4G???? Am I missing something here? I'm lost too. Or the fact that most sellers will allow at least 24 hours to pay once you commit to buy something. Except that's not how it works with buy it nows. When you use buy it now you must pay immediately. |
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Posted: 4/29/2015 2:45:00 AM EDT
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A public hot spot. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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What is your definition of "unsecured"? A public hot spot. Post the link, unless its more used butt plugs like last time. 
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Posted: 4/29/2015 6:24:11 AM EDT
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I haven't bought anything 'on auction' on Ebay for at least 8 - 10 years. People will bid OVER the MSRP for a USED POS.
I wonder what they are using in place of the brains they donated to science. |
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Posted: 4/29/2015 6:28:00 AM EDT
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If you e-mail the Seller, he may end the auction and sell it to you any way. |
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Posted: 4/29/2015 6:43:46 AM EDT
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A public hot spot. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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What is your definition of "unsecured"? A public hot spot. This is not like waiting to get home in order to take a shit. eBay, (like all E-commerce sites) is SSL encrypted. I wouldn't worry about it. |
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Posted: 4/29/2015 6:47:31 AM EDT
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I haven't bought anything 'on auction' on Ebay for at least 8 - 10 years. People will bid OVER the MSRP for a USED POS. I wonder what they are using in place of the brains they donated to science. Used it all the time 15 years ago. I rarely use it anymore. The fees are outrageous if your selling something. Most merchandise is priced near full retail due to the retarded fees. |
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Posted: 4/29/2015 6:50:21 AM EDT
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You could've done the buy it now through your phone and then paid when you got home This. Although I use my phone to buy all types of stuff. |
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Posted: 4/29/2015 6:50:54 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: You seem to be very unhappy about a lot of stupid things. That's sad. FIFY. |
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Posted: 4/29/2015 6:51:53 AM EDT
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OP is calling someone an Idiot because they out manuvered him on Epay?
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