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Very strange listing

I guess designed to gain quick feedback for buyer and seller - quite inventive but a little naughty!!! Item unmber below:

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  • POSSETTE
    POSSETTE Posts: 1,474 Forumite
    odd. you have to collect a piece of paper from them with a number on. im wondering if they are using the charity thing,to get feedback for them selves,to then go on and scam people with expensive items.:confused:
    TO FINISH LAST, FIRST YOU HAVE TO FINISH....
  • vangirl_2
    vangirl_2 Posts: 1,956 Forumite
    edited 24 April 2009 at 9:34PM
    What exactly are you bidding on?

    At first glance this seems to be a charity but not so and the seller previously seems to have been selling copied dvds as well
  • NeilJung
    NeilJung Posts: 322 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    It's a feedback generator. Neither the seller or buyer expect anything other than feedback to ever be exchanged, and I guess if the buyer actually wants to go and pick up a bit of paper then that's their business. Usually if you put in a bid for 1p it will be auto-accepted, and then feedback is exchanged. There's normally a few such listings around at any given time.
  • Ladywhisper
    Ladywhisper Posts: 165 Forumite
    And just 10% to the charity
  • boombap
    boombap Posts: 765 Forumite
    Very silly. The seller's account is going to be dead soon. It's a pre November 07 account too, which, I'm led to believe is subject to less scrutiny than more recent accounts.

    S.
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