The eBay Scambuster Topic
- RadeonMaster
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I bought this the other day off of Ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 11745&rd=1
It says that this supposed 1500 only holds 40 oz. of water and is only 23 inches long. Neither is true according to all the super soaker web-sites that I've been to.
Does this smell fishy to anybody else? :unsure:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 11745&rd=1
It says that this supposed 1500 only holds 40 oz. of water and is only 23 inches long. Neither is true according to all the super soaker web-sites that I've been to.
Does this smell fishy to anybody else? :unsure:
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- RadeonMaster
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- SSCBen
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Yes, you have to watch out for things like this! There are loads of what appear to be authentic water guns on eBay, but in reality they are poor fakes. The one good fake is the Super Shooter CPS 2000 which may just be a Super Soaker CPS 1000 repackaged with different stickers.
I'd also tell the seller that I'm not sending the money because his auction was full of deception in that it appeared to have a real Super Soaker water gun and also lied about the price of comparable guns. I'd also report them to eBay for fraud, with links to disprove his claims.
I'd tell the seller to quit pettling his trash and quit lying. The Super Soaker Flash Flood's reservoir is 39 oz and the PC is 11.7 oz. The Flash Flood retails for $20. I don't know what sites he's been surfing, but a comparable water gun (pressurized reservoir like this fake) would go for $15 at most, the price of the Super Soaker Arctic Shock (which carried more water by the way).After doing a bit of web surfing, I've seen soakers with equivalent performance and capacity go for $30 to $40.
I'd also tell the seller that I'm not sending the money because his auction was full of deception in that it appeared to have a real Super Soaker water gun and also lied about the price of comparable guns. I'd also report them to eBay for fraud, with links to disprove his claims.
- RadeonMaster
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- Spinner
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Good luck. The fewer such sellers there are, the better place eBay is. eBay UK is inundated with suchlike auctions at the moment. -_-Originally posted by RadeonMaster@Jul 26 2005, 03:24 PM
Unfortunately I already paid with PayPal. But I will get a refund and report his fraud and nonsense to Ebay.[snapback]26020[/snapback]
- Crashdummy
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- NiborDude
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If for any reason you think something is not right, don't bid yet and ask someone on the forums to make sure that the soaker is the real deal. There are tons of fake soakers on eBay. I would have to say 1/3 of the soakers you find are fake.
<span style='color:EEF2F7'>Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes! -Leonardo Da Vinci
- RadeonMaster
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- Spinner
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For anyone who has difficulty in finding the Contact eBay pages, here are the links:
For the USA: http://pages.ebay.com/help/contact_us/_base/index.html
For the UK: http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/contact_us ... index.html
Please report every violating listing you find, and hopefully eBay will start to take note. <_<
For the USA: http://pages.ebay.com/help/contact_us/_base/index.html
For the UK: http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/contact_us ... index.html
Please report every violating listing you find, and hopefully eBay will start to take note. <_<
- Master Yogurt
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I loved his responses to the negative feedback.
Obvioiusly they didn't get a refund because shipping it back, combined with the initial shipping, costs about the price of the entire bloody product.
Obvioiusly they didn't get a refund because shipping it back, combined with the initial shipping, costs about the price of the entire bloody product.
My Armory
<span style='color urple'>
4 XP-210s
Secret Strike with drilled nozzle and increased range
XP 310 with shotgun nozzle and fan nozzle
Storm something-or-other pistol
Old "Power Soaker" - hey, it's made by Larami!
I miss my XP 75 classic... I don't miss my XP 85.
Need DOS help or looking for games? Dosgames.com is a great resource, and its forums are excellent, and, hey, I've been a mod there for years!
<span style='color urple'>
4 XP-210s
Secret Strike with drilled nozzle and increased range
XP 310 with shotgun nozzle and fan nozzle
Storm something-or-other pistol
Old "Power Soaker" - hey, it's made by Larami!
I miss my XP 75 classic... I don't miss my XP 85.
Need DOS help or looking for games? Dosgames.com is a great resource, and its forums are excellent, and, hey, I've been a mod there for years!
- Spinner
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Okay, I'm pinning this and making it into a general "warning topic". This is for reporting fakes listed as Super Soakers, both for warning people of them and for the community to generally engage in mass reporting of them to eBay.
Everybody report these auctions to eBay:
5988757290
5988756528
5988994237
5989924879
5990009534
5990017169
Claiming to be not only Super Soakers, but also to be made by Larami and to be CPS!
You can copy this text in to the reporting text box:
Everybody report these auctions to eBay:
5988757290
5988756528
5988994237
5989924879
5990009534
5990017169
Claiming to be not only Super Soakers, but also to be made by Larami and to be CPS!
You can copy this text in to the reporting text box:
5988757290 , 5988756528 , 5988994237 , 5989924879 , 5990009534 , 5990017169
- Master Yogurt
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What exact steps should we use on the 3-tier listing? There's a couple of potential ones.
My Armory
<span style='color urple'>
4 XP-210s
Secret Strike with drilled nozzle and increased range
XP 310 with shotgun nozzle and fan nozzle
Storm something-or-other pistol
Old "Power Soaker" - hey, it's made by Larami!
I miss my XP 75 classic... I don't miss my XP 85.
Need DOS help or looking for games? Dosgames.com is a great resource, and its forums are excellent, and, hey, I've been a mod there for years!
<span style='color urple'>
4 XP-210s
Secret Strike with drilled nozzle and increased range
XP 310 with shotgun nozzle and fan nozzle
Storm something-or-other pistol
Old "Power Soaker" - hey, it's made by Larami!
I miss my XP 75 classic... I don't miss my XP 85.
Need DOS help or looking for games? Dosgames.com is a great resource, and its forums are excellent, and, hey, I've been a mod there for years!
- Spinner
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Originally posted by Master Yogurt@Jul 28 2005, 09:14 PM
What exact steps should we use on the 3-tier listing? There's a couple of potential ones.[snapback]26113[/snapback]
I've gone for:
"Report a listing policy violation or prohibited (banned) item" > "Listing policy violations (improper keywords, outside links, etc)" > "Used improper keywords (keyword spamming)"
If you find a set that you think matches the circumstances better, though, please use that instead and post what you used!